זוהר, תצוה י״דZohar, Tetzaveh 14

Section 14 of 18 in Tetzaveh — 14 segments

Segment 1א׳

כְּתִיב (במדבר כ״ט:ז׳) וּבֶעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּה, וּכְתִיב (ויקרא כ״ג:כ״ז) אַך בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ. בֶּעָשׂוֹר, בָּעֲשִׂירִי מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ, מַאי בֶּעָשׂוֹר. אֶלָּא, בְּגִין דְּהַשְׁתָּא בְּיוֹמָא דָּא, כָּל דַּרְגִּין עִלָּאִין, אַתְיָין אִלֵּין עַל אִלֵּין, לְמִשְׁרֵי עַל סִיהֲרָא, וּלְאַנְהֲרָא לָהּ. וְכֻלְּהוּ בְּרָזָא דְּעֶשֶׂר, עַד דְּסַלְּקָא לְמֵאָה. וְכַד קַיְּימָא בְּרָזָא דְּמֵאָה, כַּדִּין כֹּלָּא חַד, וְאִקְרֵי יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים. וְעַל דָּא בֶּעָשׂוֹר, כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמַר זָכוֹר, שָׁמוֹר, דְּכֻלְּהוּ אַתְיָין בְּגִין לְעַשָׂרָא וּלְאַנְהָרָא בְּרָזָא דְּעֶשֶׂר.

It is written: “And on the tenth day of this seventh month” (Num. 29, 7), and it is written: “But on the tenth day of the month” (Lev. 23, 27). “On the tenth day” (be-asor): it should have said “on the tenth” (ba-asiri). What is “be-asor”? But it is because now, on this day, all the supernal grades come, one upon another, to rest upon the moon and to give light to her. And they are all in the mystery of ten, until she rises to a hundred. And when she stands in the mystery of a hundred, then all is one, and it is called the Day of Atonement. And therefore “be-asor”, as it says “Remember”, “Observe”; for they all come in order to make tenfold and to give light in the mystery of ten.

Segment 2ב׳

אַהְדָּר הַאי סָבָא רֵישֵׁיהּ לָקֳבְלֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, וְאָמַר לֵיהּ, (רבי שמעון) הָא יָדַעְנָא דִּשְׁאֶלְתָּא תִּבָּעֵי בְּהַאי, בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן וַדַּאי, (ס"א דא בעשירי יאות הוא, והכי הוא, אבל בעשור אמאי וכו') בֶּעָשׂוֹר יֵאוֹת הוּא. אִי הָכִי הוּא, אֲמַאי סָלִיק לְמֵאָה, וְהָא מִקְרָא לָא אִתְחָזֵי, אֶלָּא דְּסָלִיק לְשִׁבְעִין, מַשְׁמַע דִּכְתִּיב בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי, וְכַד מְעַשְּׂרֵי לְשְׁבִיעָאָה עֶשֶׂר זִמְנִין, הָא וַדַּאי סָלִיק לְשִׁבְעִין. אֲמַר לֵיהּ, עַל דָּא אַהֲדַרְנָא רֵישָׁא לְגַבָּךְ, דְּהָא יָדַעְנָא דְּחַכִּימָא אַנְתְּ.

This old man turned his head toward R. Simeon and said to him: I know that you will ask a question upon this, “on the tenth day of the seventh month”. R. Simeon said to him: Assuredly, “on the tenth day” is fitting. If it is so, why does it rise to a hundred? For from the verse it does not appear so, but that it rises to seventy; since it is written “on the tenth day of the seventh month”, and when they make the seventh tenfold, ten times, then assuredly it rises to seventy. He said to him: For this I turned my head toward you, for I know that you are wise.

Segment 3ג׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, תְּרֵין רָזִין הָכָא, חַד דְּהָא סִיהֲרָא חֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי אִקְרֵי, וּבְּגִין כָּךְ אִקְרֵי חֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי עָשׂוֹר, בְּגִין דְּקָא מְנָהֲרִין לָהּ עֶשֶׂר זִמְנִין, הָא מֵאָה. וְתוּ, הַאי מִלָּה דְּקָאַמְרַת, וַדַּאי לְשִׁבְעִין סְלִיקָא בְּהַאי יוֹמָא, (ובדרגא דשבעין איהו, ובדרגא דמאה איהו. לדרגא דמאה לאשלמא ולאנהרא.) וּבְהַאי דַּרְגָּא דְּשִׁבְעִין, דְּהָא בְּיוֹמָא דָּא נָטִיל לְכָל עַמָּא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֵידָן, וְכֻלְּהוּ קַיְימִין בְּנִשְׁמְתָא יַתִּיר מִגּוּפָא, דְּהָא בְּיוֹמָא דָּא עִנּוּיָא דְּנַפְשָׁא אִיהוּ, וְלָא מִגּוּפָא, כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמַר וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת נַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם כִּי כָל הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר לא תְעוּנֶּה. וְהַאי יוֹמָא נָטִיל לְכָל נַפְשָׁאן וַהֲווּ בִּרְשׁוּתֵיהּ, וְאִי לָא קַיְּימָא בְּרָזָא (נ"א ברשותא) דְּשִׁבְעִין, לֵית לֵיהּ רְשׁוּ בְּנַפְשָׁאן, (ס"א לקיימא תמן) דְּקִיּוּמָא דְּנַפְשָׁאן בְּרָזָא דְּשִׁבְעִין, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר (תהילים צ׳:י׳) יְמֵי שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָּהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וְגוֹ'.

Observe: there are two mysteries here. One, that the moon is called “the seventh month”, and therefore the seventh month is called asor, because they give light to her ten times — that is a hundred. And further, this word that you have said: assuredly it rises to seventy on this day. (And it is in the grade of seventy, and it is in the grade of a hundred; to the grade of a hundred, to complete and to give light.) And in this grade of seventy: for on this day He takes all the people of Israel to judge them, and they all stand in the soul more than in the body, since on this day the affliction is of the soul and not of the body, as it says, “and you shall afflict your souls”, “for any soul that shall not be afflicted”. And this day takes all souls, and they are in its authority; and if it does not stand in the mystery of seventy, it has no authority over souls, for the standing of souls is in the mystery of seventy, as it says: “The days of our years are seventy years” (Ps. 90, 10), and so forth.

Segment 4ד׳

וְאִי תֵּימָא נַפְשָׁאן דְּרַבְיֵי דְּלָא אַשְׁלִימוּ לְשִׁבְעִין שְׁנִין לָא שַׁלְטָא בְּהוּ. וַדַּאי שַׁלְטָא בְּהוּ, אֲבָל לָא בִּשְׁלִימוּ, כְּמַאן דְּזָכֵי יוֹמִין סַגִּיאִין לְפִקּוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, וְעִם כָּל דָּא בְּכֻלְּהוּ שִׁבְעִין שְׁנִין אַזְלָא. וְעַל דָּא תָּנֵינָן אֶחָד הַמַּרְבֶּה וְאֶחָד הַמַּמְעִיט. מַאן אֶחָד. בְּיִחוּדָא דְּשִׁבְעִין שְׁנִין, מַאן דְּאַסְגֵּי, וּמַאן דְּאַמְעִיט.

And should you say that over the souls of children, who have not completed seventy years, it does not rule — assuredly it rules over them, but not in completeness, like one who has merited many days for the commandments of the Torah; and even so, it goes by all the seventy years. And therefore we have learnt: “one who gives much and one who gives little”. What is “one”? In the unity of the seventy years: he who has increased and he who has diminished.

Segment 5ה׳

וְעַל דָּא, בְּיוֹמָא דְּכִפּוּרֵי אַעְבַּר בְּכֻלְּהוּ שִׁבְעִין, וְאִשְׁתְּלִים הַאי דַּרְגָּא בְּכֻלְּהוּ, וְכָל נִשְׁמָתִין סַלְּקִין קָמֵיהּ, וְדָאִין לְהוֹן בְּדִינָא, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא חַיִּיס עָלַיְיהוּ דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּיוֹמָא דָּא, מַאן דְּלָא אַעֲבָר טִינָא מִרוּחֵיהּ לְכַפָּרָא עָלֵיהּ, (ביומא דא) כַּד סָלִיק צְלוֹתֵיהּ בְּהַאי יוֹמָא, טָבַע בְּהַהוּא אֲתָר דְּאִקְרֵי רֶפֶשׁ וָטִיט, וְאִיהוּ מְצוּלוֹת (שלח קס"ג ע"ב) יָם וְלָא סָלִיק לְאִתְעַטְּרָא בְּרֵישָׁא דְּמַלְכָּא.

And therefore, on the Day of Atonement it passes through all the seventy, and this grade is completed in them all; and all souls ascend before Him and are judged in judgement. And the Holy One, blessed be He, has compassion on Israel on this day. One who has not removed the filth from his spirit, so that atonement may be made for him — when his prayer ascends on this day, it sinks in that place that is called “mire and dirt”, which is the depths of the sea, and it does not ascend to be crowned upon the head of the King.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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