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תקוני הזהר, דף ו׳ ע״אTikkunei Zohar 6a

Daf 6a — amud 11 of 295 — 9 segments

Segment 1א׳

בָּהּ (בראשית א ב) וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, מִסִּטְרָא דְאִילָנָא דְטוֹב וָרָע, דְּאִיהִי אַרְעָא רֵקַנְיָא, שִׁפְחָא בִישָׁא, כְּגַוְונָא דְחַד מֵאַרְבַּע אָבוֹת נְזִיקִין דְּאִיהוּ הַבּוֹר, וּכְגַוְונָא דְבוֹר דְּיוֹסֵף, דְּאוּקְמוּהוּ עֲלֵיהּ הַבֹּרָה, וְהַבּוֹר רֵק וכו' (בראשית לז כד), הַבֹּרָה נֻקְבָא בִּישָׁא, בּוֹר דְּכוּרָא, וּבוֹר בְּגִין דְּאִיהוּ מִתַּמָּן, אוּקְמוּהוּ עֲלֵיהּ אֵין בּוּר יְרֵא חֵטְא, בָּתַר דְּלֵית בֵּיהּ יִרְאַת יְיָ'.

"and the earth was uninformed and void" (Gen. 1:2) - [this fear comes] from the side of the tree of good and evil, and this is the empty land, the bad maidservant, similar to the four basic examples of damages, one of which is the pit, similar to the pit [bor] of Yosef, which is the Pit. "And the pit was empty, there is no water in it" (Gen. 37:24). The bad maidservant is the pit, and "the pit" is the male, and we tech regarding this "a boor [bor] cannot fear sin" (Avot 2:5), this is because this boor has no [true] fear of God.

Segment 2ב׳

מָאן דְּאִיהוּ דָחִיל מִגּוֹ אוֹרַיְיתָא דְאִיהִי תִּפְאֶרֶת, דְּמִנֵּיהּ נָפְקַת, כְּגוֹן דָּא אִיהִי שְׁקוּלָה לְגַבֵּיהּ, וּבְגִין דָּא אֵין כָּל יִרְאָה שָׁוָה, דְּהָא יִרְאַת יְיָ' הִיא מַלְכוּת דִּילֵיהּ, כְּלִילָא מִכָּל פִּקּוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, בְּגִין דְּאִיהִי יִרְאָה דְנָפְקַת מִגּוֹ תּוֹרָה דְאִיהוּ עַמּוּדָא דְאֶמְצָעִיתָא, דְאִיהוּ יהו"ה, דִּבְגִינָהּ אוּקְמוּהוּ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, גְּדוֹלָה תּוֹרָה שֶׁמְּבִיאָה לְאָדָם לִידֵי מַעֲשֶׂה, דְּאִי בַּר נַשׁ לָא יָדַע אוֹרַיְיתָא, וְאַגְרָא דְפִקּוּדַיָּיא דִילָהּ, וְעוֹנְשִׁין דִּילָהּ לְמָאן דְּעָבַר עַל פִּקּוּדַיָּא, וּמָאן הוּא דְבָרָא אוֹרַיְיתָא, וּמָאן הוּא דִיְהִיב לָהּ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, אֵיךְ דָּחִיל לֵיהּ וְנָטִיר פִּקּוּדוֹי, וּבְגִין דָּא אָמַר דָּוִד לִשְׁלֹמֹה בְּנוֹ (ד"ה א כח ט) דַּע אֶת אלה"י אָבִיךָ וְעָבְדֵהוּ.

A person who trembles because of Torah, which is Balance, then Torah comes out from that person, one such has a Higher Balance, and because of this not all fears are the same. There is fear of God which comes due to God's Kingship, which includes all the mitzvot of the Torah, because there is fear that comes because of Torah, which is the middle pillar, and this is [the name] Havay"ah. In that way the masters of the Mishnah said: "Torah is great because it leads to action" (cf. Kiddushin 40b), because if a person does not know Torah, and the reward for the mitzvot, and the punishments for the transgressions, and who created Torah and who gave it to Israel, how will that person actually fear and observe the mitzvot? And in that vein David said to Shlomo his son "know the God of your father and serve God." (I Chron. 28:9)

Segment 3ג׳

דְּאִי בַּר נַשׁ לָא אִשְׁתְּמוֹדָע הַהוּא דִיְהִיב לֵיהּ אוֹרַיְיתָא, וּמַנִּי לֵיהּ לְנַטְרָא לָהּ, אֵיךְ דָּחִיל מִנֵּיהּ וְעָבִיד פִּקּוּדוֹי, וּבְגִין דָּא אוּקְמוּהוּ רַבָּנָן, וְלֹא עַם הָאָרֶץ חָסִיד, וְאֵין בּוּר יְרֵא חֵטְא.

Because if a person does not recognize who is the One who gave Torah to that person, and what the person is supposed to observe, how would the person fear and observe the mitzvot? And regarding this the rabbis said: an ignorant cannot be pious, and a boor cannot fear sin (Avot 2:5).

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