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The Zohar · Terumah

זוהר, תרומה מ״אZohar, Terumah 41

Section 41 of 98 in Terumah — 24 segments

Segment 1א׳

אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה, דִּינָא דְּעוֹנְשֵׁי דְּגֵיהִנָּם, הָא אוֹלִיפְנָא, דְּאִיהוּ לְמֵידָן תַּמָּן לְחַיָּיבַיָּא, עַל מָה אִתְדָּנוּ בְּנוּרָא דְּגֵיהִנָּם. אֶלָּא גֵּיהִנָּם אִיהוּ נוּר דָּלִיק יְמָמֵי וְלֵילֵי, כְּגַוְונָא דְּחַיָּיבַיָּא מִתְחַמְמָן בְּנוּרָא דְּיֵצֶר הָרָע, לְמֶעְבַּר עַל פִּתְגָּמֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא. בְּכָל חִמוּמָא וְחִמוּמָא דְּאִינּוּן מִתְחַמְּמָן בְּיֵצֶר הָרָע, הָכִי אִתּוֹקַד נוּרָא דְּגֵיהִנָּם.

Said R. Judah: ‘Why are the sinners punished by the fire of Gehenna? Because the fire of Gehenna, which burns day and night, corresponds to the hot passion of sinfulness in man.

Segment 2ב׳

זִמְנָא חֲדָא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח יֵצֶר הָרָע בְּעָלְמָא, דְּאֲעִילוּ לֵיהּ גּוֹ גּוּשְׁפַּנְקָא דְּפַרְזְלָא, בְּנוּקְבָּא דִּתְהוֹמָא רַבָּא. וְכָל הַהוּא זִמְנָא, כָּבָה נוּרָא דְּגֵיהִנָּם, וְלָא אִתּוֹקַד כְּלַל. אַהְדָּר יֵצֶר הָרָע לְאַתְרֵיהּ, שָׁארוּ חַיָּיבֵי עָלְמָא לְאִתְחַמְמָא בֵּיהּ, שָׁאֲרִי נוּרָא דְּגֵיהִנָּם לְאִתּוֹקְדָא, דְּהָא גֵּיהִנָּם לָא אִתּוֹקַד אֶלָּא בְּחֲמִימוּ דְּתּוּקְפָּא דְּיֵצֶר הָרָע דְּחַיָּיבַיָּא. וּבְהַהוּא חֲמִימוּ, נוּרָא דְּגֵיהִנָּם אִתּוֹקַד יְמָמֵי וְלֵילֵי, וְלָא שָׁכִיךְ.

There was once a period when for some time sin ceased to rule because it had been thrown into the iron ring in the abyss of the Ocean. During that period the fire of Gehenna went out and did not burn at all. When sinfulness returned, and again began to burn in the hearts of sinners, the fire of Gehenna was started again, for it is the heat of sinful passion in the hearts of sinners that kindles and keeps alight the fires of Gehenna, causing them to burn day and night without ceasing.

Segment 3ג׳

שִׁבְעָה פִּתְחִין אִינּוּן לַגֵּיהִנָּם, וְשִׁבְעָה מָדוֹרִין אִינּוּן תַּמָּן. שִׁבְעָה זִינֵי חַיָּיבִין אִינּוּן: רַע. בְּלִיַּעַל. חוֹטֵא. רָשָׁע. מַשְׁחִית. לֵץ. יָהִיר. וְכֻלְּהוּ לָקֳבְלַיְיהוּ אִית מָדוֹרִין לַגֵּיהִנָּם, כָּל חַד וְחַד כַּדְקָא חֲזִי לֵיהּ. וּכְפוּם הַהוּא דַּרְגָּא דְּחָטָא בֵּיהּ הַהוּא חַיָּיבָא, הָכִי יַהֲבִין לֵיהּ מָדוֹרָא בְּגֵיהִנָּם.

Gehenna has seven doors which open into seven habitations; and there are also seven types of sinners: evildoers, worthless ones, sinners, the wicked, corrupters, mockers, and arrogant ones; and corresponding with them are the habitations in Gehenna, for each kind a particular place, all according to grade.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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