The Zohar · Vayakhel
זוהר, ויקהל י׳Zohar, Vayakhel 10
Section 10 of 43 in Vayakhel — 14 segments
Segment 1א׳
וְתָא חֲזֵי, בְּכָל יוֹמָא כָּרוֹזָא קָארֵי, כָּל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא, בְּכוּ קַיָּימָא מִלָּה דָּא, וְדָא הוּא (שמות ל״ה:ה׳) קְחוּ מֵאִתְּכֶם תְּרוּמָה לַיְיָ'. וְאִי תֵּימָא דְּקַשְׁיָא מִלָּה עָלַיְיכוּ. כֹּל נְדִיב לִבּוֹ יְבִיאֶהָ.
Observe too that every day a proclamation goes forth, saying, “O ye peoples, this thing depends on your own effort”. And this is the sense of the words, “Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord”, not as a burden, but “whosoever is of a willing heart let him bring her (yevieha)”.
Segment 2ב׳
מַהוּ יְבִיאֶהָ. אֶלָּא מֵהָכָא אוֹלִיפְנָא רָזָא לִצְלוֹתָא. דְּבַר נָשׁ דְּדָחִיל לְמָארֵיהּ וּמְכַוֵּין לִבֵּיהּ וּרְעוּתֵיהּ בִּצְלוֹתָא, אַתְקִין תִּקּוּנָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, כְּמָה דְּאוּקִימְנָא. בְּקַדְמִיתָא בְּשִׁירִין (קצ"ז ע"א) וְתוּשְׁבְּחָן, דְּקָאַמְרִין מַלְאֲכִין עִלָּאִין לְעֵילָּא. וּבְהַהוּא סִדּוּרָא דְּתוּשְׁבְּחָן דְּקָא אַמְרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְתַתָּא, אִיהִי קְשִׁיטַת גַּרְמָהָא, וְאִתַתַּקָּנַת בְּתִקּוּנָהָא. כְּאִתְּתָא דְּאִתְקַשְׁטַת לְבַעְלָהּ.
From this we leam that prayer offered with concentrated devotion by a man that fears his Master produces great effects on high, as already said elsewhere. First come the songs and hymns chanted by the angels on high, and the series of hymns recited by Israel here below. With these the Shekinah decks and adorns herself like a woman who prepares to meet her spouse.
Segment 3ג׳
וּבְסִדּוּרָא דִּצְלוֹתָא, בְּהַהוּא תִּקּוּנָא דִּצְלוֹתָא דִּמְיוּשָׁב, אַתְקִינוּ עוּלֶמְתָּהָא וְכָל אִינּוּן דִּילָהּ. וּמִתְקַשְּׁטָן כָּל אִינּוּן בַּהֲדָהּ, לְבָתַר דְּאִתְתָּקַּן כֹּלָּא וְאִתְסְדָּרוּ, כַּד מָטוּ לֶאֱמֶת וְיַצִּיב, כְּדֵין כֹּלָּא מְתְתַּקְנָא, אִיהִי וְעוּלֶמְתָּהָא, עַד דְּמָטוּ לְגָּאַל יִשְׂרָאֵל, כְּדֵין אִצְטְרִיךְ לְמֵיקָם כֹּלָּא עַל קִיוּמַיְיהוּ.
Then follows the recital of prayer. By virtue of the prayer they recite while sitting they adorn her bridesmaids and all her retinue. By the time “True and firm” is reached, the bride with all her attendant damsels is fully arrayed. When the worshippers reach “who hast redeemed Israel”, the whole assembly has to stand up.
Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria
English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)