זוהר, תזריע כ״דZohar, Tazria 24

Segment 1א׳

אֶלָּא הָכִי תָּאנָא, כֹּלָּא הוּא בְּחַד מַתְקְלָא סַלְּקָא, וְכֹלָּא חַד. וּמִשּׁוּם דְּדִינֵי תַּתָּאֵי מִתְאַחֲדָן (נ"א ומתלכדן) וּמִתְחַבְּרָן בְּשַׂעֲרוֹי דְּהַאי. אִקְרֵי הוּא דִּינָא קַשְׁיָא, וְכַד אִתְעַבָּר מִנֵּיהּ שַׂעֲרָא דְּרֵישָׁא, אִתְבְּסָם, וְדִינִין דִּלְתַתָּא לָא אִזְדְּמָנוּ. וּבְגִין כָּךְ אִקְרֵי טָהוֹר. דְּלָא אִקְרֵי טָהוֹר, אֶלָּא כַּד נָפִיק מִסִּטְרָא דִּמְסָאֲבָא, וְכַד נָפִיק מִן מִסְאֲבָא, אִקְרֵי טָהוֹר. דִּכְתִּיב, (איוב י״ד:ד׳) מִי יִתֵּן טָהוֹר מִטָּמֵא. מִטָּמֵא וַדַּאי, וְהָכָא כְּתִיב, וְאִישׁ כִּי יִמָּרֵט רֹאשׁוֹ קֵרֵחַ הוּא טָהוֹר הוּא.

Because the lower judgements are attached to the hair of this one, he is called “Stern Judgement”, but when the hair is removed he becomes mitigated and the lower judgements are not held in readiness. Therefore he is called clean, as having emerged from the side of uncleanness, and here too it is written: “And if the hair of ish be fallen off his head, he is bald, he is clean.”

Segment 2ב׳

וְתָּא חֲזֵי, בְּרֵישָׁא דְּהַאי אִישׁ, בּוּצִינָא דְּקַרְדִּינוּתָא. וּבְגִין כָּךְ גּוּלְגַלְתָּא דְּרֵישָׁא דְּהַאי, סוּמָקָא כֹּלָּא כְּוַורְדָּא, וְשַׂעְרֵי סוּמָקֵי בְּגוֹ סוּמָקֵי, וְתַּלְיָין מִנֵּיהּ כִּתְרִין תַּתָּאִין דִּלְתַתָּא, דְּמִתְעֲרִין דִּינִין בְּעָלְמָא. וְכַד אִתְעַבָּר מִנֵּיהּ שַׂעֲרָא וְאִתְגְלִישׁ, מֵחֶסֶד עִלָּאָה אִתְבְּסָם כֹּלָּא, וְאִתְקְרֵי טָהוֹר עַל שְׁמֵיהּ.

Observe: in the head of this Ish is butzina de-kardinuta (the lamp of darkness). And therefore the skull of the head of this one is all red as a rose, and the hairs are red within red, and from it hang the lower crowns below, which rouse judgements in the world. And when the hair is removed from him and he is made bald, all is mitigated by the supernal Lovingkindness, and he is called clean after his own name.

Segment 3ג׳

אָמַר רִבִּי יְהוּדָה, אִי אִתְקְרֵי עַל שְׁמֵיהּ, קָדוֹשׁ אִתְקְרֵי, וְלָא טָהוֹר. אָמַר לֵיהּ לָאו הָכֵי, דְּקָדוֹשׁ לָא אִתְקְרֵי אֶלָּא כַּד תָּלֵי שַׂעֲרָא. דִּקְדוּשָּׁה בְּשַׂעְרָא תָּלֵי, דִּכְתִּיב, (במדבר ו׳:ה׳) קָדוֹשׁ יִהְיֶה גַּדֵל פֶּרַע שְׂעַר רֹאשׁוֹ. וְהַאי אִקְרֵי טָהוֹר, מִסִּטְרָא דְּתַּלְיָין לְתַתָּא מִנֵיהּ, וּבְגִּינֵי כַּךְ אִתְעַבָּר מִנֵּיהּ שַׂעֲרָא, וְאִתְדַּכְיָא.

R. Judah said: if he is called after his own name, he should be called holy, and not clean. He said to him: it is not so, for he is called holy only when the hair hangs, since holiness depends upon hair, as it is written: “He shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long” (Num. 6, 5). But this one is called clean from the side of those that hang below him; and therefore the hair is removed from him, and he is purified.