תקוני הזהר, דף צ״ג ע״אTikkunei Zohar 93a

Segment 4ד׳

בְּרֵאשִׁית דָּא בְּרִי"ת, דְּאִתְּמַר בֵּיהּ עִץ הַחַיִּים, וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ, וּבְהִפּוּכָא תְבִי"ר, דְּגָרַם תְּבִירוּ לְאָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן, וְדָא עִץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע, טוֹב אִיהוּ אִילָנָא, הַהוּא דִכְתִיב (בראשית ג ו) וַתֵּרֶא הָאִשָּׁה כִּי טוֹב הָעִץ לְמַאֲכָל וְכִי תַאֲוָה הוּא לָעִינַיִם, וְאִיבָּא דִילֵיהּ רָע, כְּפוּם חֵיזוּ דִּילָהּ הָכִי הֲוָה (נ"א איהו) אִתְחַזְיָא לָהּ מִלְּבָר, כְּגַוְונָא דְפוּמָא מִלִּין שַׁפִּירִין מִלְּבָר, וְלִבָּא מַלְיָיא טִנּוּפִין מִלְּגָאו, וְדָא לָא הֲוַת יָדְעָא דְסַם הַמָּוְת הֲוָה מִלְּגָאו דְאִיבָּא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב וַ"תִּקַּח מִ"פִּרְיוֹ וַ"תֹּאכַל, וַתִּתֵּן גַּם לְאִישָׁהּ וְגוֹמֵר (שם), הֲרֵי אִיבָּא דְאִילָנָא דְתַמָּן מָוְ"ת (מלגאו גרם לה דאכלה).

In the beginning [Bereishit], that is the covenant [brit], about which the Tree of Life is mentioned. And behold, this is its explanation. But reversed, it is broken [tavir, which is composed of the same four letters as brit]. For it caused the breaking of Adam the first man, and that is the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. That tree was good, that is what is written:And the woman saw that the tree was good for eating and desirable to the eyes (Genesis 3:6), but its fruit was evil. To her, it was like its appearance, the way it appeared on the outside. This is like the mouth; it has words that are beautiful on the outside, but the heart is full of foul words on the inside. So that one did not know that a potion of death was inside of the fruit. That is [the meaning of] what is written: and she took from its fruit and she ate, and she also gave to her husband, etc. — behold, it is the fruit of the tree, since death was there [the first three words of the verse include the letters that spell out death] (inside, which she ate, that caused it).

Segment 5ה׳

וְאִית קְלִיפִין דְּאִיבָּא דְּאִינוּן תֹּהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ וּתְהוֹם, דִּקְלִיפִין אִלֵּין אִינוּן רָע, מוֹחָא מִלְּגָאו טוֹב, אִילָנָא דְחַיֵּי קְלִיפִין דִּילֵיהּ שַׁפִּירִין וּמוֹחָא דִילֵיהּ שַׁפִּיר, וְדָא אִיהוּ עָפְיֵיהּ שַׁפִּיר וְאִנְבֵּיהּ שַׂגִּיא (דניאל ד ט), וְאִית אִילָנָא דְכוּלֵיהּ בִּישׁ, מוֹחָא וּקְלִיפָה כֻלְּהוּ מְרִירָן, וּמַיִּין דִּלְהוֹן מְרִירָן, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (שמות טו כג) וַיָּבֹאוּ מָרָתָה וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לִשְׁתּוֹת מַיִם מִמָּרָה כִּי מָרִים הֵם וְגוֹמֵר, וַיּוֹרֵהוּ יהו"ה עִץ וְגוֹמֵר, וּבֵיהּ וַיִּמְתְּקוּ הַמָּיִם, עִץ מָתוֹק דְּמִנֵּיהּ נָפְקִין עַנְפִין וְשָׁרָשִׁין, דְּאִתְּמַר בְּהוֹן (תהלים יט יא) וּמְתוּקִים מִדְּבַשׁ וְנֹפֶת

And there are husks of fruit that are void and chaos, darkness, and the depths, [such] that these husks are evil, but the mind inside is good. [With] the Tree of Life, its husks are beautiful and its mind is beautiful, and that is [the subject in] Its foliage was beautiful and its fruit plentiful (Daniel 4:9). And there are [also] trees that are completely evil, their minds and their husks are all bitter, and their waters are bitter. That is [the meaning of] what is written: They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter, etc. and the Lord showed him a tree, etc.; and with it, the waters were sweetened (Exodus 15:23-25). That is a sweet tree from which come forth branches and roots about which it is said: sweeter than honey, than drippings of the comb (Psalms 19:11).