זוהר, צו י״דZohar, Tzav 14

Segment 1א׳

רִבִּי חִיָּיא וְרִבִּי יוֹסֵי הֲווֹ אָזְלֵי מֵאוּשָׁא לִטְבֶרְיָה, אָמַר רִבִּי חִיָּיא, כְּתִיב (תהילים קל״ב:י״ד) כִּי בָחַר יְיָ' בְּצִיּוֹן וְגוֹ'. זֹאת מְנוּחָתִי וְגוֹ', לְזִמְנִין קָרָאן לְהַאי חַבְרַיָּיא כֻּלְּהוּ דְּכוּרָא, בְּגִין דְּאִיהוּ (ס"א דציון איהו) רַחֲמֵי. וְהָכָא קְרָא נוּקְבָּא קָרָא לֵיהּ.

R. Hiya and R. Jose were going from Usha to Tiberias. R. Hiya said: It is written, “For the Lord has chosen Zion,” etc.; “This is My resting-place,” etc. (Ps. 132, 13-14). Sometimes the Companions call this one throughout by the masculine, because it is mercy; and here the verse called it by the feminine.

Segment 2ב׳

אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי, הָכִי שְׁמִיעַ לִי מִבּוּצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא, (אבל) בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּזִוּוּגָא אִזְדְּוַוג כַּחֲדָא, לְאַחֲזָאָה דְּהָא נוּקְבָּא אִתְכְּלִילַת בֵּיהּ בִּכְלָלָא חֲדָא, אִתְקְרֵי נוּקְבָּא בִּשְׁמָא (דדכורא), דְּהָא כְּדֵין בִּרְכָאן דְּמַטְרוֹנִיתָא אִשְׁתְּכָחוּ, וְלָא הֲוִי בָּהּ פְּרִישׁוּתָא כְּלַל. וְעַל דָּא לְמוֹשָׁב לוֹ כְּתִיב. וּכְתִיב כִּי בָחַר יְיָ' בְּצִיּוֹן, בְּצִיּוֹן דַּיְיקָא, בְּהַהוּא דְּאִית בְּגַוִּיהּ דְּשַׁרְיָא בֵּיהּ, וְלָא כְּתִיב לְצִיּוֹן. וְכֹלָּא חַד, בֵּין דְּקָרָא לְהַאי בִּשְׁמָא דִּדְכוּרָא, וּבֵין דְּקָרָא לְהַאי בִּשְׁמָא דְּנוּקְבָּא כֹּלָּא חַד וּבְדַרְגָּא חַד קַיְימִין.

R. Jose said: So I have heard from the Holy Lamp. (But) at the hour when the union is joined as one, to show that the female is comprised in him in a single whole, the female is called by the name (of the male); for then the blessings of the Matrona are found, and there is no separation in her at all. And therefore it is written, “for His habitation.” And it is written, “For the Lord has chosen Zion” — “in Zion”, precisely: in that which is within Him, in which He dwells; and it is not written “to Zion”. And all is one: whether He called this one by the name of the male, or whether He called this one by the name of the female, all is one, and they stand in one grade.

Segment 3ג׳

(פתח רבי יוסי ואמר), וְעַל דָּא כְּתִיב, (תהילים פ״ז:ה׳) וּלְצִיּוֹן יֵאָמֵר אִישׁ וְאִישׁ יוּלַּד בָּהּ. חַד לְדִינָא, וְחַד לְרַחֲמֵי. כַּד מִזְדַּוְּוגֵי כַּחֲדָא בְּזִוּוּגָא חַד, כְּדֵין צִיּוֹן אִקְרֵי, וְצִיּוֹן וִירוּשָׁלַים אִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע, וְאִשְׁתְּכַח דְּדָא בְּדָא תַּלְיָיא.

(R. Jose opened and said.) And therefore it is written, “And of Zion it shall be said, This man and that man was born in her” (Ps. 87, 5). One for judgement and one for mercy. When they are joined as one in a single union, then she is called Zion; and Zion and Jerusalem are made known, and it is found that the one depends upon the other.