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זוהר, תרומה ד׳Zohar, Terumah 4

Section 4 of 98 in Terumah — 7 segments

Segment 1א׳

(שמות כ״ה:ב׳) וְיִקְחוּ לִי תְּרוּמָה וְגוֹ'. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן וְרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר וְרִבִּי אַבָּא וְרִבִּי יוֹסִי, הֲווֹ יַתְבֵי יוֹמָא חַד, תְּחוֹת אִילָנֵי, בְּבִקְעָתָא גַּבֵּי יַמָּא דְּגִנּוֹסָר. אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, כַּמָּה יָאֶה צִלָּא דָּא, דְּחַפְיָא עֲלָן מִגּוֹ אִילָנֵי, וַאֲנָן צְרִיכִין לְאַעְטְּרָא הַאי אֲתָר בְּמִלֵּי דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא.

R. Simeon, R. Eleazar, R. Abba, and R. Jose sat one day under a tree in a valley by the Lake of Genessareth. Said R. Simeon: ‘How pleasant is the shade of these trees! Surely the beauty and peace of this place is worthy of being crowned with some exposition of the Torah?’

Segment 2ב׳

פָּתַח רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן וְאָמַר, (שיר השירים ג׳:ט׳) אַפִּרְיוֹן עָשָׂה לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלמֹה מֵעֲצֵי הַלְּבָנוֹן. הַאי קְרָא הָא אוֹקִימְנָא לֵיהּ וְאִתְּמַר, אֲבָל אַפִּרְיוֹן, דָּא הֵיכָלָא דִּלְתַתָּא, דְּאִיהוּ כְּגַוְונָא דְּהֵיכָלָא עִלָּאָה, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא קָרָא לֵיהּ גִּנְתָּא דְּעֵדֶן, דְּאִיהוּ נָטַע לֵיהּ לַהֲנָאָתֵיהּ, וְכִסּוּפָא דִּילֵיהּ לְאִשְׁתַּעְשְׁעָא בֵּיהּ גּוֹ אִינּוּן נִשְׁמָתִין דְּצַדִּיקַיָּיא, דְּתַּמָּן כֻּלְּהוּ קַיְימִין וּרְשִׁימִין בְּגַוֵּיהּ. אִינּוּן נִשְׁמָתִין דְּלֵית לוֹן גּוּפָא בְּהַאי עָלְמָא, כֻּלְּהוּ סַלְּקִין וּמִתְעַטְּרָן תַּמָּן, וְאִית לוֹן דּוּכְתִּין לְמֵחמֵי, לְאִתְעַנְּגָא גּוֹ עִנּוּגָא עִלָּאָה דְּאִקְרֵי (מקץ קצ"ז ע"ב) נֹעַם יְיָ'. וְתַמָּן אִתְמַלְּיָין מִכָּל כִּסּוּפִין דְּנַהֲרֵי דְּאֲפַרְסְמוֹנָא דַּכְיָא.

He then began to discourse, saying: ‘It is written: “King Solomon made him a palanquin (apiryon).of the trees of Lebanon. He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love by the daughters of Jerusalem” (S.S. 3, 9, 10). This verse we interpret as follows. Apiryon symbolizes the Palace below which is formed in the likeness of the Palace above. This the Holy One, blessed be He, calls “The Garden of Eden”, for He created it in order to satisfy His own ardent desire for joyous and continual communion with the souls of the righteous who have their abode there-these being those souls which have no bodies in this world. These all ascend and are crowned in that place of perfect delight, and have each their appointed places from whence they can perceive the “loveliness of the Lord”, and partake of all the delicious streams of pure balsam (aparsamon).

Segment 3ג׳

אֲפַרְסְמוֹן: דָּא הֵיכָלָא עִלָּאָה טְמִירָא גְּנִיזָא. אַפִּרְיוֹן: דָּא הֵיכָלָא דִּלְתַתָּא, דְּלֵית בֵּיהּ סְמָךְ, עַד דְּאִסְתְּמִיךְ (נ"א דאתמשך) מִגּוֹ הֵיכָלָא עִלָּאָה. וּבְגִין כַּךְ אָת סָמֶךְ אִיהוּ סָתִים בְּכָל סִטְרוֹי, כְּגַוְונָא דָּא אָת ס' (ס"א מ"ם) סְתִימָא.

This aparsamon symbolizes the hidden Supernal Palace, whereas apiryon is the Palace below, which has no “stay” until it obtains it from the upper Palace.

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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