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The Zohar · Terumah

זוהר, תרומה ב׳Zohar, Terumah 2

Section 2 of 98 in Terumah — 6 segments

Segment 1א׳

אָמַר רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, הָא תָּנֵינָן, דְּכַד בָּרָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָלְמָא, גְּלִיף בִּגְלִיפוֹי דְּרָזֵי מְהֵימְנוּתָא, גּוֹ טְהִירִין בְּרָזִין עִלָּאִין, וְגָלִיף לְעֵילָּא וְגָלִיף לְתַתָּא, וְכֹלָּא בְּרָזָא חֲדָא, בְּרָזָא דְּגִלוּפֵי דִּשְׁמָא קַדִּישָׁא ידו"ד, דְּשָׁלִיט בְּאַתְווֹי עֵילָּא וְתַתָּא. וּבְרָזָא דָּא אִשְׁתַּכְלָלוּ עָלְמִין, עָלְמָא עִלָּאָה וְעָלְמָא תַּתָּאָה.

R. Simeon continued: ‘We have a tradition that when the Holy One, blessed be He, created the world, He engraved in the midst of the mysterious, ineffable and most glorious lights, the letters Yod, He, Van, He, which are in themselves the synthesis of all worlds both above and below.

Segment 2ב׳

עָלְמָא עִלָּאָה אִשְׁתַּכְלַל בְּרָזָא דְּאָת י', נְקוּדָה עִלָּאָה קַדְמָאָה, דְּנָפְקָא מִגּוֹ דְּסָתִים וְגָנִיז דְּלָא יְדִיעַ, וְלָא קַיְּימָא לְמִנְדַּע, וְלָא אִתְיְידָע כְּלַל, סְלִיקוּ דְרָזָא דְּאֵין סוֹף, וּמִגּוֹ סְתִימוּ דָּא, נָהִיר נְהִירוּ חַד דָּקִיק וְסָתִים, כָּלִיל בְּגַוֵּיהּ כְּלָלָא דְּכָל נְהוֹרִין. וּבְהַהוּא נְהִירוּ סָתִים, בָּטַשׁ בֵּיהּ מַאן דְּלָא בָּטַשׁ. נָהִיר בֵּיהּ מַאן דְּלָא נָהִיר. וּכְדֵין, אַפִּיק חַד נְהִירוּ, דְּאִיהוּ עִדּוּנָא לְעִדּוּנָא, לְאִשְׁתַּעְשְׁעָא, לְאִתְגַּנְּזָא נְהִירוּ דָּקִיק, וְסָתִים בְּגוֹ הַהוּא נְהִירוּ.

The upper was brought to completion by the influence symbolized by the letter. Yod, representing the primordial supernal point which issued from the absolutely hidden and unknowable, the mysterious Limitless (En-sof). Out of this unknowable issued a slender thread of light which was itself concealed and invisible, but which yet contained all other lights, and which received vibrations from That which does not vibrate and reflected light from That which diffused it not.

Segment 3ג׳

וְהַהוּא נְהִירוּ דְּאִיהוּ עִדּוּנָא לְעִדּוּנָא, סָתִים, אִתְקָיָּימוּ (נ"א אתרקימו) וְאִשְׁתָּכְלָלוּ בֵּיהּ שִׁית רְשִׁימִין, דְּלָא יְדִיעָן, בַּר לְהַהוּא נְהוֹרָא דָּקִיק כַּד עָאל לְאִתְגַּנְּזָא, עִדּוּנָא בְּעִדּוּנָא נָהִיר בִּנְהִירוּ.

This slender light in turn gave birth to another light wherein to disport and to conceal itself; and in this light were woven and fashioned six impressions which are not known save to that slender light when it goes in to hide itself and shine through the other light.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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