זוהר, ויחי כ״וZohar, Vayechi 26

Section 26 of 86 in Vayechi — 15 segments

Segment 1א׳

וַיְחִי יַעֲקֹב (שייך ויקרא ק"ד ע"ב) בְּגַוַּיְיהוּ. (בד"ק נמצא בח"ג בדף נ' עמוד קצ"ט) עַל דָּא לִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ לְבַר נָשׁ דְּלָא לְאִתְעַרְבָא צוּלְמָא דִילֵיהּ בְּצוּלְמָא דְעוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת, בְּגִין דְּהַאי קַדִּישָׁא וְהַאי מְסָאֲבָא.

AND JACOB LIVED. …in their midst. On this account a man must not mingle his shadow with the shadow of an idolater, since this one is holy and that one unclean.

Segment 2ב׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, מַה בֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל לְעַמִין עוֹבְדֵי עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת. דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כַּד אִשְׁתַּכַּח בַּר נָשׁ מִית הוּא מְסָאַב לְכָל גּוּפָא, וּבֵיתָא מְסָאֲבָא. וְגוּפָא דְעוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת לָא מַסְאִיב לְאָחֳרָא, וְגוּפֵיהּ (נ"א וביתא) לָא מְסָאֲבָא כַּד אִיהוּ מִית. מַאי טַעְמָא.

Observe the difference between Israel and the idolatrous nations. For as to Israel, when a man is found dead he defiles every body, and the house is defiled; but the body of an idolater does not defile another, and his body is not defiled when he dies. What is the reason?

Segment 3ג׳

יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּשַׁעְתָּא דְאִיהוּ מִית כָּל קִדּוּשֵׁי דְּמָארֵיהּ מִתְעַבְרָן מִנֵּיהּ, אִתְעֲבַר מִנֵּיהּ הַאי צוּלְמָא קַדִּישָׁא, וְאִתְעֲבַר מִנֵּיהּ הַאי רוּחַ קוּדְשָׁא, אִשְׁתָּאַר גּוּפָא מְסָאֲבָא.

When a man of Israel dies, all the sanctifications of his Master pass away from him: this holy shadow passes from him, and this holy spirit passes from him, and the body is left unclean.

Segment 4ד׳

אֲבָל עוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת עוֹבֵד עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, לֵית הָכִי. דִּבְחַיֵּי מְסָאַב בְּכָל סִטְרִין, צוּלְמָא דִילֵיהּ מְסָאֲבָא, וְרוּחָא דִילֵיהּ מְסָאֲבָא. וּבְגִין דְּסוֹאֲבוּתֵי אִלֵּין שַׁרְיָין בְּגַוֵּיהּ, אָסִיר לְמִקְרַב לְגַבֵּיהּ. כֵּיוָן דְּמִית, נָפְקֵי כָּל אִלֵּין מְסָאֲבוּתָא וְאִשְׁתָּאַר גּוּפָא בְּלָא מְסָאֲבוּתָא לְסוֹאֲבָא.

But an idolater, a worshipper of strange worship, is not so; for in his lifetime he is defiled on every side — his shadow is unclean and his spirit is unclean — and because these defilements dwell within him it is forbidden to draw near to him. Once he is dead, all these uncleannesses go out, and the body is left without uncleanness to defile with.

Segment 5ה׳

וְאַף עַל גַּב דְּגוּפָא דִּלְהוֹן מְסָאַב, בֵּין בְּחַיֵּיהוֹן וּבֵין בְּמִיתַתְהוֹן. אֲבָל בְּחַיֵּיהוֹן דְּכָל אִינוּן מְסָאֲבִין אִשְׁתַּכְּחֵי לְגַבַּיְיהוּ, אִית לוֹן חֵילָא לְסוֹאֲבָא לְאַחֲרִינִי, בְּמִיתַתְהוֹן דְּנָפְקֵי כָּל אִינוּן מְסָאֲבִין מִנַּיְיהוּ, לָא יָכְלִין לְסָאֲבָא. וּדְיִשְׂרָאֵל, יָכִיל לְסָאֲבָא לְאַחֲרִינֵי. בְּגִין דְּכָל קַדִּישִׁין נָפְקִין מִנֵּיהּ וְשָׁרָא עֲלֵיהּ סִטְרָא אָחֳרָא.

And although their body is unclean, both in their life and in their death — yet in their life, when all those unclean ones are found with them, they have power to defile others; in their death, when all those unclean ones go out from them, they cannot defile. But the body of an Israelite can defile others, because all the holy ones go out from it and the other side rests upon it.

…and 10 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