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זוהר, צו כ״טZohar, Tzav 29

Section 29 of 30 in Tzav — 5 segments

Segment 1א׳

עַד דַּהֲווֹ אָזְלֵי, אַשְׁכָּחוּ חַד גַּבְרָא דְּהֲוָה אָתֵי, וְג' עַנְפֵּי הֲדַס בִּידֵיהּ, קְרִיבוּ גַּבֵּיהּ, אָמְרוּ לֵיהּ לָמָּה לָךְ הַאי. אָמַר לְרַוְוחָא אוֹבְדָא. אָמַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר שַׁפִּיר קָאָמְרָת. אֲבָל ג' אִלֵּין לָמָּה. אָמַר לֵיהּ, חַד לְאַבְרָהָם. חַד לְיִצְחָק, וְחַד לְיַעֲקֹב. וְקַשִׁירְנָא לְהוּ כַּחֲדָא, וְאָרַחְנָא בְּהוּ. בְּגִין דִּכְתִּיב, (שיר השירים א׳:ג׳) לְרֵיחַ שְׁמָנֶיךָ טוֹבִים שֶׁמֶן תּוּרַק שְׁמֶךָ. בְּגִין דִּבְהַאי רֵיחָא, אִתְקְיַּים חוּלְשָׁא דְּנַפְשָׁא, וּבְהֵימְנוּתָא דָּא אִתְקַיְּימָא, וְאִתְנְגִידוּ בִּרְכָאן מֵעֵילָּא וְתַתָּא. אָמַר רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר זַכָּאָה חוּלָקֵיהוֹן דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעָלְמָא דֵּין וּבְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי.

As they were going along, they came across a man with three myrtle branches in his hand. They went up to him and said: ‘What is this for?’ He replied: ‘To refresh the fainting one.’ Said R. Eleazar: ‘That is a good answer. But why three?’ He replied: ‘One for Abraham, one for Isaac, and one for Jacob; and I bind them together and smell them, because the scent refreshes the soul, and by this act of faith blessings are drawn down from above.’ Said R. Eleazar: ‘Happy is the lot of Israel in this world and in the world to come.’

Segment 2ב׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, לֵית עָלְמָא (נ"א נפשא) מִתְקַיְּימָא, אֶלָּא עַל רֵיחָא, וּמֵרֵיחָא דָּא אִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעָא רֵיחָא אָחֳרָא. דְּהָא בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּנָפִיק שַׁבְּתָא, (נתפרדה החבילה) וְסַלְּקָא נַפְשָׁא יְתֵירָא, וְאִשְׁתָּאֲרוּן נַפְשָׁא וְרוּחָא מִתְפָּרְשָׁן עֲצִיבִין, אָתָא רֵיחָא דָּא, וּמִתְקָרְבָן דָּא בְּדָא וְחַדָּאן.

Mark now. The vital soul is only kept up by smell, and this smell brings to mind another, for when Sabbath departs and the additional soul departs, the soul and the spirit are separated and sad until the smell comes and unites them and makes them glad.

Segment 3ג׳

וְעַל דָּא, בָּעֵי רוּחָא בָּתַר רוּחָא, לְקַבְּלָא רֵיחָא, כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְקָבַּל רֵיחָא מִתְקָרְבָן כַּחֲדָא וְחַדָּאן. כֵּי הַאי גַּוְונָא רֵיחָא דְּקוּרְבְּנָא, בְּרֵיחָא (דא) מִתְקָרְבִין כֹּלָּא כַּחֲדָא, וּמִתְלַהֲטָן בּוּצִינֵי וְחַדָּאן.

In the same way all (attributes) are united by the smell of the sacrifice and the lamps are kindled and gladdened.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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