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זוהר, ויחי כ״אZohar, Vayechi 21

Section 21 of 86 in Vayechi — 20 segments

Segment 1א׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ, אַבָּא, כַּמָּה זִמְנָא יְהִיבוּ לִי בְּהַאי עַלְמָא, אָמַר לֵיהּ, לֵית לִי רְשׁוּתָא וְלָא מוֹדָעֵי לֵיהּ לְבַר נָשׁ. אֲבָל בְּהִלּוּלָא רַבָּא דְּרִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, תְּהֵא מְתַקֵּן פָּתוֹרֵיהּ. כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (שיר השירים ג׳:י״א) צְאֶינָה וּרְאֶינָה בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן בַּמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה בָּעֲטָרָה שֶׁעִטְּרָה לוֹ אִמוֹ בְּיוֹם חֲתֻנָּתוֹ וּבְיוֹם שִׂמְחַת לִבּוֹ.

Said R. Isaac: ‘Father, how long am I granted to be in this world?’ He answered: ‘I am not permitted to tell, nor is this made known to a man. But in the great feast of R. Simeon, thou shalt prepare his table.’

Segment 2ב׳

אַדְּהָכִי אִתְעַר רִבִּי יִצְחָק, וְהֲוָה חָיִיךְ, וְאַנְפּוֹי נְהִירִין. חָמָא רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, וְאִסְתַּכֵּל בְּאַנְפּוֹי. אָמַר לֵיהּ, מִלָּה חַדְתָּא שְׁמַעְתָּא. אָמַר לֵיהּ, וַדַּאי. סָח לֵיהּ, אִשְׁתַּטַּח קַמֵּיהּ דְּרִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן.

R. Isaac then awoke, his face full of smiles. R. Simeon, observing him, said: ‘You have heard something, have you not?’ ‘Assuredly,’ he replied; and he then told him his dream, and prostrated himself before him.

Segment 3ג׳

תָּאנָא, מֵהַהוּא יוֹמָא, הֲוָה רִבִּי יִצְחָק אָחִיד לִבְרֵיהּ בִּידֵיהּ, וְלָעֵי לֵיהּ בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְלָא הֲוָה שַׁבְקֵיהּ. כַּד הֲוָה עָאל קַמֵּיהּ דְּרִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, אוֹתְבֵיהּ לִבְרֵיהּ לְבַר, וְיָתִיב קַמֵּיהּ דְּרִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, וְהֲוָה קָרֵי קַמֵּיהּ (ישעיהו ל״ח:י״ד) ה' עָשְׁקָה לִי עָרְבֵנִי.

It is related that from that day R. Isaac diligently taught his son the Torah and always had him with him. When he went in to R. Simeon, he used to leave his son outside, and when he sat before R. Simeon he applied to himself the verse: “O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety” (Is. 38, 14).

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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