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זוהר, תזריע ל׳Zohar, Tazria 30

Section 30 of 35 in Tazria — 5 segments

Segment 1א׳

וְאִי תֵּימָא בְּמַה יְדִיעַ. כְּגוֹן דְּאִתְּזַק בְּהַהוּא בֵּיתָא, הַהוּא דְּבָנֵי לָהּ, אוֹ אַנְשֵׁי בֵּיתֵיהּ, אוֹ בְּנִזְקֵי דְּגוּפָא, אוֹ בְּנִזְקֵי מָמוֹנָא, הוּא וּתְרֵין אָחֳרָנִין אֲבַתְרֵיהּ. הָא וַדַּאי יַעֲרוֹק בַּר נָשׁ לְטוּרָא, וְלָא יָדוּר בֵּיהּ. יָדוּר בְּטִיחֲלָא דְּעַפְרָא, וְלָא יָדוּר בֵּיהּ.

If it is asked, How is one to know such a house? it is one in which the man who built it has come to harm, he or his family, whether through sickness or loss of money, he and two others after him. Better a man should fly to the mountains or live in a mud hut than dwell there.

Segment 2ב׳

וּבְגִין כַּךְ, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא חָס עָלַיְיהוּ דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּאִינּוּן לָא יַדְעִין מִלָּה בְּכָל אִינּוּן בָּתֵי. וְהוּא אָמַר, אַתּוּן לָא יַדְעִין, אֲנָא יְדַעְנָא, וְאַרְשִׁימְנָא לוֹן בְּנֶגַע. נֶגַע דָּיִיר בְּבֵיתָא, הָא נֶגַע אָחֳרָא תַּקִּיפָא, דְּיָפִּיק לֵיהּ, וְיַּעֲבַּר לֵיהּ מִן עָלְמָא. וּכְדֵין וְנָתַץ אֶת הַבַּיִת אֶת אֲבָנָיו וְאֶת עֵצָיו. כֵּיוָן דְּאָזִיל לֵיהּ, מַאי טַעֲמָא וְנָתַץ אֶת הַבַּיִת. אֶלָּא בְּכָל זִמְנָא דְּהַהוּא בִּנְיָן לִהֱוִי קַיָּים, דִּילֵיהּ הוּא, וְיָכִיל לְאָהַדְּרָא.

Therefore God had pity on Israel, who knew nothing of all those houses. He said; “You do not know, but I know them, and I will indicate them with the plague. There is a plague in the house; here is a greater plague which will drive it out.” Hence “he shall break down the house, the stones thereof and the timber thereof’. We may ask, since the uncleanness has gone, why should he break down the house? The reason is that as long as the house stands it belongs to the “other side”, and it may return.

Segment 3ג׳

הַאי בְּאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן בְּאַרְעָא אָחֳרָא, דִּזְמִינָא רוּחַ מִסְאֲבָא יַתִּיר, וְיָכִיל בַּר נָשׁ לְאִתְזְקָא. אָמַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר, וְכָּל שֶׁכֵּן דְּאִקְרֵי בִּקְלִפּוֹי דְּחַבְרוֹי אָחֳרָנִין, לְאִשְׁתַּכְּחָא תַּמָּן, וַאֲפִילּוּ טוּרְפֵי דְּקַסְפְּתָא לָא מַעְבְּרָן לֵיהּ מֵהַהוּא בֵּיתָא, וּבְגִין כָּךְ הַאי קְרָא אַכְרִיז וְאָמַר, הוֹי בּוֹנֶה בֵיתוֹ בְּלֹא צֶדֶק. הוֹי וַדַּאי קָאַמְרֵי כָּל יוֹמָא בְּהַהוּא בֵּיתָא.

If that is the case in the Holy Land, how much more so in other lands!’ Said R. Eleazar: ‘Especially since that evil spirit calls his companions there, and even a hawk’s talons could not scratch out the uncleanness from there. Therefore the Scripture says, “Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness”.’

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)