זוהר, תזריע ט׳Zohar, Tazria 9

Segment 1א׳

רעיא מהימנא (ויקרא י״ב:ג׳) וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי יִמּוֹל בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתוֹ. פִּקּוּדָא דָּא, לְמִגְזַר לִתְמַנְיָּא יוֹמִין גְּזִירוּ דְּקַּיָּימָא קַדִּישָׁא. רָזָא עִלָּאָה, דִּכְתִּיב, (תהילים כ״ה:י״ד) סוֹד יְיָ' לִירֵאָיו וּבְרִיתוֹ לְהוֹדִיעָם. לְמַאן, לְאִינּוּן יְרֵאָיו אִינּוּן דַּחֲלֵי חַטָאָה, דְּהָא רָזָא דְּקַּיָּימָא קַדִּישָׁא לָא אִתְחֲזִי לְגַלָּאָה בַּר לְהוּ. וְרָזָא דְּקַּיָּימָא קַדִּישָׁא, הָא אוּקְמוּהָ וְאִתְּמַר בְּכַמָּה דּוּכְתִּין.

1. Raa'ya MeHemna "And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised" (Leviticus 12:3). This commandment is to perform the circumcision on the eighth day — a cutting that corresponds to the Holy Covenant (Yesod). It is a supernal secret, as it is written: "The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him, and His covenant, to make them know it" (Psalms 25:14). To whom is this revealed? — To those who fear Him, meaning those who fear sin. For the mystery of the Holy Covenant is not revealed openly to anyone except them. And this mystery of the Holy Covenant has already been explained and discussed in several other places.

Segment 2ב׳

וְרָזָא דָּא, לַח' יוֹמִין, אִיהוּ חִיוּבָא עַל עָלְמָא, לְכָל עַמָּא קַדִּישָׁא. דִּכְתִּיב, וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי יִמּוֹל בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתוֹ. יוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי, דָּא הוּא אָת קַיָּימָא קַדִּישָׁא, וְאִיהוּ תְּמִינָאָה לְכָל דַּרְגִּין. וּגְזִירוּ דְּהַהוּא קַיָּימָא, לְאַעְבְּרָא הַהוּא עָרְלָה. מִקַּמֵּי בְּרִית.

2. And this secret — regarding the eighth day — is an obligation upon the world, for all the holy nation, as it is written: "And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised." The eighth day refers to the sign of the Holy Covenant, which is the eighth among all levels. And the cutting of that covenant is to remove the foreskin before entering into the covenant.

Segment 3ג׳

דְּהָא בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא דְּמִתְכַּנְשֵׁי עַמָּא קַדִּישָׁא לְאַעְבְּרָא הַהוּא עָרְלָה מִקַּמֵּי בְּרִית, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא כָּנִישׁ כָּל פָּמַלְיָא דִּילֵיהּ, וְאִתְגְּלֵי וַדַּאי לְאַעְבְּרָא לְהַהוּא עָרְלָה לְעֵילָּא, מִקַּמֵּי בְּרִית קַיָּימָא קַדִּישָׁא. דְּהָא כָּל עוֹבָדִין דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל עַבְדִּין לְתַתָּא, מִתְעָרֵי עוֹבָדָא לְעֵילָּא. וּבְהַהוּא זִמְנָא אִתְדַּחְיָיא הַהוּא עָרְלָה, מִכָּל עַמָּא קַדִּישָׁא לְעֵילָּא. וּלְהַהוּא עָרְלָה מְתַקְּנֵי מָאנָא חֲדָא בְּעַפְרָא, לְאַשְׁרָאָה הַהוּא עָרְלָה בְּגַוִיהּ. בְּרָזָא דִּכְתִּיב, (ישעיהו ס״ה:כ״ה) וְנָחָשׁ עָפָר לַחְמוֹ. (בראשית ג׳:י״ד) וְעָפָר תֹּאכַל כָּל יְמֵי חַיְּיךָ.

3. For at the time when the holy nation gathers to remove the foreskin before entering the covenant, the Holy One, blessed be He, gathers all His hosts, and it is revealed that the foreskin must be removed above, before the establishment of the holy covenant. All the actions of Israel below stir up actions above, and at that time, the foreskin is removed from all the holy nation above. And to that foreskin, they prepare one item of earth to strengthen the foreskin in its place, as it is written: "And the serpent shall eat dust for its bread" (Isaiah 65:25) and "Dust you shall eat all the days of your life" (Genesis 3:14).