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זוהר, ויחי ל״חZohar, Vayechi 38

Section 38 of 86 in Vayechi — 15 segments

Segment 1א׳

הַמַּלְאָךָ הַגּוֹאֵל אוֹתִי מִכָּל רָע. רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אָמַר, כֵּיוָן דְּבָרִיךְ יַעֲקֹב וְאִתְכַּוֵּון מִתַּתָּא לְעֵילָא, כְּדֵין אַמְשִׁיךְ מֵעֵילָא לְתַתָּא, דִּכְתִיב הָאֱלֹהִים הָרוֹעֶה אוֹתִי, כֵּיוָן דְּאִיהוּ נָטִיל, יָהִיב בִּרְכָאן לְהַאי אֲתַר, כֵּיוָן דְּאַמְטֵי בִּרְכָאן לְהַאי אֲתַר, כְּדֵין פָּתַח וְאָמַר הַמַּלְאָךְ הַגּוֹאֵל וְגו'.

R. Eleazar said: ‘After Jacob had mentally carried the blessings from the lower to the upper sphere, he then drew them from the upper to the lower. Thus he first said: “The God which hath fed me”, and then, having set the blessings in that place, he said “the angel who redeemed me”.’

Segment 2ב׳

פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (מלכים א ח׳:ז׳) כִּי הַכְּרוּבִים פּוֹרְשֵׂי כְּנָפַיִם אֶל מְקוֹם הָאָרוֹן וְגו'. תָּא חֲזֵי, כְּרוּבִים בְּאָת וּבְנִיסָא הֲווּ קָיְימֵי, תְּלַת זִמְנִין בְּיוֹמָא הֲווּ פָּרְשֵׂי גַדְפֵיהוֹן, וְסָכְכֵי עַל אֲרוֹנָא לְתַתָּא, דִּכְתִיב פּוֹרְשֵׂי כְנָפַיִם, פְּרוּשֵׂי לָא כְּתִיב, אֶלָּא פּוֹרְשֵׂי.

R. Eleazar further said: ‘It is written: “For the Cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark” (I Kings 8, 7). The Cherubim were kept in their place miraculously, and three times a day they used to spread out their wings and cover the ark.

Segment 3ג׳

וְתָּא חֲזֵי, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָבִיד לְתַתָּא כְּגַוְונָא דִלְעֵילָא, כְּרוּבִים, דִּיוּקְנָא דִלְהוֹן כְּחֵיזוּ רַבְיָין, וְקָיְימִין תְּחוֹת הַאי אֲתַר, מִימִינָא וּמִשְׂמָאלָא, וְאִלֵּין אִתְבָּרְכָן בְּקַדְמִיתָא מֵהַנְהוּ בִּרְכָאן דְּנָגְדָן מֵעֵילָא, וּמֵהָכָא נַגְדֵי בִּרְכָאן לְתַתָּא.

They were a representation of the upper Cherubim and had the form of children, and they stood beneath that place on the right and the left. They were the first recipients of the blessings which flowed from above, and transmitted them further,

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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