זוהר, צו ג׳Zohar, Tzav 3

Section 3 of 30 in Tzav — 8 segments

Segment 1א׳

(שמות רל"ט ע"ב) רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר שָׁאִיל לְרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אֲבוֹי וְאָמַר, הָא קִשּׁוּרָא דְּכֹלָּא אִתְקְשַׁר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ הַקֳדָשִׁים לְאִתְנַהֲרָא, אִתְדַּבְּקוּתָא דְּרַעֲוָא דְּכַהֲנֵי לֵיוָאֵי וְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְעֵילָּא, עַד הֵיכָן אִיהוּ סַלְּקָא.

(Shemot, folio 239b.) R. Eleazar asked R. Simeon his father and said: The bond of all is bound in the Holy of Holies to be illumined; the cleaving of the will of the priests, the Levites and Israel above — how far does it ascend?

Segment 2ב׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ הָא אוֹקִימְנָא, עַד אֵין סוֹף, דְּכָל קִשּׁוּרָא וְיִחוּדָא וּשְׁלִימוּ, לְאַצְנְעָא בְּהַהוּא צְנִיעוּ, דְּלָא אִתְדְּבַּק, וְלָא אִתְיְידַע, דְּרַעֲוָא דְּכָל רַעֲוִין בֵּיהּ. אֵין סוֹף לָא קַיְּימָא לְאוֹדָעָא, וְלָא לְמֶעְבַּד סוֹף, וְלָא לְמֶעְבַּד רֹאשׁ דְּאַיִן. (נ"א ראש כמה דאין) קַדְמָאָה, אַפִּיק רֹאשׁ וְסוֹף, מַאן רֹאשׁ. דָּא נְקוּדָה עִלָּאָה, דְּאִיהִי רֵישָׁא דְּכֹלָּא סְתִימָאָה, דְּקַיְּימָא גּוֹ מַחֲשָׁבָה. וְעָבִיד סוֹף, דְּאִקְרֵי סוֹף דָּבָר, אֲבָל לְהָתָם אֵין סוֹף.

He said to him: We have explained it — as far as En Sof (the Limitless). For every bond and union and completion is to be stored away in that concealment which is not grasped and is not known, in which is the will of all wills. En Sof does not stand to be made known, and does not make an end, and does not make a head. The primal Ayin (Nought) brought forth head and end. What is the head? This is the supernal point, which is the head of all, hidden, standing within thought. And it makes an end, which is called “the end of the matter”; but to that place there is no end.

Segment 3ג׳

לָאו רְעוּתִין, לָאו נְהוֹרִין, לָאו בּוּצִינִין בְּהַהוּא אֵין סוֹף, כָּל אִלֵּין נְהוֹרִין וּבוּצִינִין תַּלְיָין לְאִתְקַיְּימָא בְּהוּ, וְלָא קַיְימֵי לְאִתְדַּבְּקָא, מַאן דְּיָדַע וְלָא יָדַע, לָאו אִיהוּ אֶלָּא רְעוּ עִלָּאָה סְתִימָאָה דְּכָל סְתִימִין, אַיִן.

There are no wills, no lights, no lamps in that En Sof. All these lights and lamps depend on it for their existence, and they do not stand to be grasped. He who knows and does not know — it is nothing but a supernal will, hidden of all hidden: Ayin.

Segment 4ד׳

וְכַד נְקוּדָה עִלָּאָה, וְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי, אִסְתְּלָקוּ, לָא יַדְעִין בַּר רֵיחָא, כְּמַאן דְּאָרַח בְּרֵיחָא וְאִתְבְּסָם, וְלָאו דָּא נַיְיחָא (ס"א ניחח), דְּהָא כְּתִיב (ויקרא כ״ו:ל״א) וְלָא אָרִיחַ בְּרֵיחַ נִיחֹחֲכֶם, דְּהָא רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ רֵיחָא דִּרְעוּתָא, דְּכָל הָנֵי רְעוּתָא דִּצְלוֹתָא, וּרְעוּתָא דְּשִׁירָתָא, וּרְעוּתָא דְּכַהֲנֵי, דְּכֻלְּהוּ רָזָא דְּאָדָם, כְּדֵין כֻּלְּהוּ אִתְעָבִידוּ רְעוּתָא חֲדָא, וְהַהוּא אִקְרֵי נִיחֹחַ, רְעוּתָא: כְּתַרְגוּמוֹ. כְּדֵין כֹּלָּא אִתְקְשַׁר וְאִתְנְהִיר כַּחֲדָא כְּדְקָא יֵאוֹת, כְּמָה דְּאִתְּמַר.

And when the supernal point and the world to come are raised up, they know nothing but a fragrance — like one who smells a fragrance and is refreshed. And this is not rest, for it is written, “and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours” (Lev. 26, 31); for a sweet savour is the savour of will. For all these — the will of prayer, and the will of song, and the will of the priests, all of which are the mystery of Man — then they are all made one will, and that is called a sweet savour: will, as the Targum renders it. Then all is bound and illumined as one, as is fitting, as has been stated.

Segment 5ה׳

וְעַל דָּא אִתְיְהִיבַת הַאי סִטְרָא אָחֳרָא בִּידָא דְּכַהֲנָא, דִּכְתִּיב, צַו אֶת אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת בָּנָיו לֵאמֹר. רָזָא הָכָא, דְּהָא אוֹקִימְנָא, לֵית צַו אֶלָּא עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה. וְהָכָא אִתְיְיהִיבַת לֵיהּ לְאִתּוֹקְדָא הַהוּא מַחֲשָׁבָה רָעָה, וּלְאַעְבְּרָא לָהּ מִגּוֹ קוּדְשָׁא, בְּהַאי רְעוּתָא דְּסַלְּקָא לְעֵילָּא, וּבְהַאי תְּנָנָא וְתַרְבִּין דְּאִתּוֹקְדָן, בְּגִין לְאִתְעַבְּרָא מִן קוּדְשָׁא, וְהַאי צַו בִּרְשׁוּתַיְיהוּ קַיְּימָא, לְאַפְרְשָׁא לָהּ מִן קוּדְשָׁא מִגּוֹ הַאי קָרְבְּנָא וְאִי תֵּימָא צַו אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, הָכִי נָמֵי דְּהָא בִּרְשׁוּתַיְיהוּ קַיְּימָא, (ס"א לאפרשא לה מן קודשא) כָּל זִמְנָא דְּעַבְדֵי רְעוּתָא דְּמָארֵיהוֹן, דְּלָא יַכְלָא לְשַׁלְּטָאָה עָלַיְיהוּ.

And therefore the other side is given into the hand of the priest, as it is written, “Command Aaron and his sons, saying.” There is a mystery here, for we have explained: there is no “command” except idolatry. And here it is given to him, to burn that evil thought and to remove it from within the holiness — by this will that ascends above, and by this smoke and these fats that are burned — so that it may be removed from the holiness. And this “command” stands in their authority, to separate it from the holiness by means of this offering. And should you say, “Command the children of Israel” — so it is here too, for it stands in their authority all the time that they do the will of their Master, so that it cannot rule over them.

…and 3 more segments in this section.

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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