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The Zohar · Terumah

זוהר, תרומה א׳Zohar, Terumah 1

Section 1 of 98 in Terumah — 7 segments

Segment 1א׳

(שמות כ״ה:א׳-ב׳) וַיְדַבֵּר יְיָ' אֶל מֹשֶׁה לֵאמֹר. דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִקְחוּ לִי תְּרוּמָה מֵאֵת כָּל אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִדְּבֶנּוּ לִבּוֹ וְגוֹ'. רַבִּי חִיָּיא פָּתַח, (תהילים קל״ה:ד׳) כִּי יַעֲקֹב בָּחַר לוֹ יָהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לִסְגוּלָתוֹ, כַּמָּה חֲבִיבִין יִשְׂרָאֵל קָמֵי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דְּאִתְרְעֵי בְּהוּ, וּבָעָא לְאִתְדַּבְּקָא בְּהוּ, וּלְאִתְקְשְּׁרָא עִמְּהוֹן. וְעָבִיד לְהוֹן עַמָּא יְחִידָאִי בְּעָלְמָא, דִּכְתִּיב, (שמואל ב ז׳:כ״ג) וּמִי כְעַמְּךָ כְּיִשְׂרָאֵל גּוֹי אֶחָד בָּאָרֶץ, וְאִינּוּן אִתְרְעוּ בֵּיהּ, וְאִתְקַשְּׁרָן בֵּיהּ. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, כִּי יַעֲקֹב בָּחַר לוֹ יָהּ. וּכְתִיב (דברים לכ) כִּי חֵלֶק יְיָ' עַמּוֹ. וְיָהַב לִשְׁאַר עַמִּין שׁוּלְטָנִין רַבְרְבָן מְמָנָן עָלַיְיהוּ, וְהוּא נָטִיל לְחוּלָקֵיהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל.

AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES SAYING, SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THAT THEY TAKE ME A HEAVE OFFERING. R. Hiya, on coming to this portion, quoted the verse, “For Jacob hath chosen Kah unto himself, Israel is his costly possession” (Ps. 135, 4). Said he: ‘How beloved must Israel be to the Holy One, blessed be He, seeing that He has chosen them and desired to unite Himself with them and be bound up with them, making them a nation unique throughout all the world, as it is written: “Who is like unto thy people Israel, a unique people on earth?” (2 Sam. 7, 23). And they, too, have chosen Him and bound themselves up with Him, as it is written, “Jacob hath chosen Kah unto himself’. Yea, for over the other nations He appointed celestial principalities and powers, but reserved Israel for His own special portion.’

Segment 2ב׳

רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן פָּתַח, (שיר השירים ו׳:י׳) מִי זֹאת הַנִּשְׁקָפָה כְּמוֹ שָׁחַר יָפָה כַלְּבָנָה בָּרָה כַּחַמָּה אֲיוּמָה כַּנִּדְגָּלוֹת. מִי זֹאת, רָזָא דִּתְרֵין עָלְמִין מִתְחַבְּרָן כַּחֲדָא, וְדָא הוּא עוֹלָם וְעוֹלָם. מִ"י: הָא (בראשית ל"א ע"א) אוֹקִימְנָא דַּרְגָּא עִלָּאָה לְעֵילָּא, שֵׁירוּתָא דְּקַיְּימָא בִּשְׁאֶלְתָּא, וְאִקְרֵי מִ"י, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (ישעיהו מ׳:כ״ו) שְׂאוּ מָרוֹם עֵינֵיכֶם וּרְאוּ מִי בָרָא אֵלֶּה. זֹא"ת: דַּרְגָּא תַּתָּאָה לְתַתָּא, עָלְמָא תַּתָּאָה. וְתַרְוַויְיהוּ, תְּרֵין עָלְמִין בְּחִבּוּרָא חֲדָא, בְּקִשּׁוּרָא חֲדָא כַּחֲדָא.

R. Simeon discoursed on the text: “Who is this (zoth) that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun and terrible as furnished with banners?” (S.S. 6, 10). He said: ‘The words “Who” and “This” denote the two worlds: the “Who” symbolizing the most supernal sphere, the unknowable beginning of all things, and “This” a lower sphere, the so-called “lower world”; and these two are indissolubly linked together.

Segment 3ג׳

הַנִּשְׁקָפָה: כַּד מִתְחַבְּרָן תַּרְוַויְיהוּ כַּחֲדָא. כְּמוֹ שָׁחַר: כַּד בַּעְיָיא שַׁחֲרוּתָא לְאַנְהָרָא וּלְבָתַר אִתְנְהִיר כְּסִיהֲרָא, כַּד (כניש) בָּטַשׁ בָּהּ נְהִירוּ דְּשִׁמְשָׁא. וּלְבָתַר כְּשִׁמְשָׁא, כַּד קַיְּימָא סִיהֲרָא בִּשְׁלִימוּ. אֲיוּמָה: תַּקִּיפָא, לְאַגָּנָא עַל כֹּלָּא. דְּהָא כְּדִין אִית לָהּ שְׁלִימוּ וּתְקִיפוּ, לְמֶעְבַּד חֵילָא.

When they first unite, this lower world “looks forth as the dawn” when it is striving to become bright; when they draw closer, it is as “fair as the moon” when the sun’s rays beat upon her; and finally it is “like the sun”, when its moonlight becomes full. It is then “terrible as furnished with banners”; yea, mighty to protect all, furnished with power from the supernal world,

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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

English: rendered from the Aramaic for this app — The Gematria's own rendering program. A rendering of the words, not a commentary; the Zohar is learned with a teacher