זוהר, וארא י״טZohar, Vaera 19

Section 19 of 22 in Vaera — 8 segments

Segment 1א׳

רִבִּי יֵיסָא (נדפס מקץ קצ"ו ע"ב) וְרִבִּי חִזְקִיָּה, הֲווֹ אַזְלֵי מִקַּפּוּטְקִיָּא לְלוּד, וַהֲוָה עִמְּהוֹן חַד יוּדָאי בְּמָטוּל דְּקַטְפִירָא דַּחֲמָרָא. עַד דַּהֲווֹ אַזְלֵי, אָמַר רִבִּי יֵיסָא לְרִבִּי חִזְקִיָּה, אַפְתַּח פּוּמָךְ, וְאֵימָא חַד מִלָּה, מֵאִינוּן מִלֵּי מְעַלְּיָיתָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּאַתְּ אֲמַרְתְּ בְּכָל יוֹמָא, קָמֵי בּוּצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא.

R. Jose and R. Hezekiah were once going from Cappadocia to Lydda, and with them was a Jew driving a donkey heavily laden.

Segment 2ב׳

פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (משלי ג׳:י״ז) דְּרָכֶיהָ דַּרְכֵי נֹעַם וְכָל נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלוֹם. דְּרָכֶיהָ דַּרְכֵי נֹעַם, אִלֵּין אוֹרְחִין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, דְּמַאן דְּאָזִיל בְּאוֹרְחֵי דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אַשְׁרֵי עָלֵיהּ נְעִימוּתָא דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא, דְּלָא תַּעְדֵּי מִנֵיהּ לְעָלְמִין. וְכָל נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלוֹם, דְּכָל שְׁבִילִין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, כּוּלְהוֹן שְׁלָם. שְׁלָם לֵיהּ לְעֵילָּא, שְׁלָם לֵיהּ לְתַתָּא. שְׁלָם לֵיהּ בְּעָלְמָא דֵּין, שְׁלָם לֵיהּ בְּעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי.

He discoursed on the verse: “Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace” (Prov. 3, 17). “Her ways are ways of pleasantness” — these are the ways of the Torah; for whoever walks in the ways of the Torah, the Holy One, blessed be He, rests upon him the pleasantness of the Shekinah, which shall never depart from him. “And all her paths are peace” — for all the byways of the Torah, all of them are peace: peace for him above, peace for him below; peace for him in this world, peace for him in the world to come.

Segment 3ג׳

אָמַר הַהוּא יוּדָאי, אִיסוּרָא בְּקִיסְטְרָא, בְּהַאי קְרָא אִשְׁתְּכַח. אֲמַר לֵיהּ מְנַּיִין לָךְ. אָמַר לֵיהּ, מֵאַבָּא שְׁמַעְנָא, וְאוֹלִיפְנָא הָכָא בְּהַאי קְרָא מִלָּה טָבָא.

That Jew said: A thing bound up in a case is to be found in this verse. He said to him: How do you know? He said to him: I heard it from my father, and I learnt a good thing here in this verse.

Segment 4ד׳

פָּתַח וְאָמַר, הַאי קְרָא בִּתְרֵין גַּוְונִין אִיהִי, וּבִתְרֵין סִטְרִין. קָרֵי בֵּיהּ דְּרָכִים, וְקָרֵי בֵּיהּ נְתִיבוֹת. קָרֵי בֵּיהּ נוֹעַם, וְקָרֵי בֵּיהּ שָׁלוֹם. מַאן דְּרָכִים. וּמַאן נְתִיבוֹת. מַאן נֹעַם. וּמַאן שָׁלוֹם.

He discoursed on the verse: This verse is in two aspects and on two sides. It reads “ways” and it reads “paths”; it reads “pleasantness” and it reads “peace.” What are the “ways”? And what are the “paths”? What is “pleasantness”? And what is “peace”?

Segment 5ה׳

אֶלָּא, דְּרָכֶיהָ דַּרְכֵי נֹעַם, הַיְינוּ דִּכְתִּיב, (ישעיהו מ״ג:ט״ז) הַנּוֹתֵן בַּיָּם דָּרֶךְ. דְּהָא כָּל אֲתָר דְּאִקְרֵי בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא דֶּרֶךְ, הוּא אוֹרְחָא פְּתִיחָא לְכֹלָּא. כְּהַאי אוֹרְחָא דְּהוּא פָּתִיחַ לְכָל בַּר נָשׁ. כַּךְ דְּרָכֶיהָ, אִלֵּין דְּרָכִים דְּאִינּוּן פְּתִיחָן מֵאֲבָהָן, דְּכָרָאן בְּיַמָּא רַבָּא, וְעָאלִין בְּגַוֵּיהּ. וְאִינּוּן אוֹרְחִין מִתְפַּתְּחִין לְכָל עִיבָר, וּלְכָל סִטְרֵי עָלְמָא.

Rather: “Her ways are ways of pleasantness” — this is what is written, “who makes a way in the sea” (Isa. 43, 16). For every place in the Torah that is called “way” is a road open to all, like this road that is open to every person. So “her ways”: these are the ways that are opened from the patriarchs, who cut through the great sea and entered into it; and those roads are opened to every quarter and to every side of the world.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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

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