זוהר, ויחי ו׳Zohar, Vayechi 6

Section 6 of 86 in Vayechi — 5 segments

Segment 1א׳

וַיַּגֵּד לְיַעֲקֹב וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה בִּנְךָ יוֹסֵף בָּא אֵלֶיךָ. רִבִּי יוֹסֵי אָמַר, מַלְאָכָא הוּא, דְּהֲוָה עָתִיד לְמֵימַר טַב עַל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, כַּד יְתִיבוּן לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, בְּכָל עָקַתְהוֹן, כַּד יֵיתֵי קִצָּא דִמְשִׁיחָא, בְּכָל עָקְתָא דְּתֵיתֵי עֲלֵיהוֹן, יֵימְרוּן לִמְכִילָתָא בְּרִיךְ אָתִי לְוָתָךְ, וְיִתְפָּרְקוּן טָבָאי.

AND ONE TOLD JACOB, AND SAID: BEHOLD, YOUR SON JOSEPH IS COMING TO YOU. R. Jose said: It was an angel, one destined to speak good concerning the children of Israel when they return to the Holy One, blessed be He, in all their afflictions. When the end of the Messiah comes, in every affliction that comes upon them they will say to the Attribute, “Blessed is he who comes to you”, and they will be redeemed, my good ones.

Segment 2ב׳

זַכָּאָה חוּלְקֵהוֹן דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּאִתְקְרִיאוּ בְּנוֹי דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דְּאִינוּן כְּמַלְאָכַיָיא, (איוב ל״ח:ז׳) וַיָּרִיעוּ כָּל בְּנֵי אֱלהִים, הוי"ה מַאי.

Happy is the portion of Israel, who are called the sons of the Holy One, blessed be He, for they are like the angels: “and all the sons of God shouted for joy” (Job 38, 7). The Tetragrammaton — what is it?

Segment 3ג׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, מִנַּיִן שֶׁקָּרָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְיַעֲקֹב אֵ"ל, אַתְּ בְּעִלָּאָה, וְאֲנָא אֱהֵא בְּתַתָּאָה, (נ"א את תהא בתתאה, ואנא אהא אלהא בעלאה), מַאי קָא מַיְירֵי. (בראשית י״ז:כ״ב) וַיַּעַל אֱלֹהִים מֵעַל אַבְרָהָם, אֲבָהָתָן אִינוּן רְתִיכָאן דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. תָּנָא, (מיכה ז׳:כ׳) תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב חֶסֶד לְאַבְרָהָם, הָא תְּרֵין סְפִירָן, בִּתְרֵין רְתִיכָן, רַבְרְבָן עִלָּאִין.

Observe: from where do we know that the Holy One, blessed be He, called Jacob El? “You in the upper, and I shall be in the lower” — what is this saying? “And God went up from Abraham” (Gen. 17, 22): the patriarchs are the chariots of the Holy One, blessed be He. It has been taught: “You will give truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham” (Mic. 7, 20) — here are two sefirot, in two chariots, great supernal ones.

Segment 4ד׳

תְּלִיתָאָה יִצְחָק, מַאי (בראשית ל״א:נ״ג) וַיִּשָּׁבַע יַעֲקֹב בְּפַחַד אָבִיו יִצְחָק. וּבְגִין פַּחַד יִצְחָק דְּהֲוָה סְפִירָה, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא דְּהוּא כָּרְסֵי יְקָרָא רְתִיכָא עִלָּאָה, וּסְפִירָה דְיִצְחָק הִיא מֵעִלָּאָה, מְפָרְשָׁא יַתִּיר מִכָּל סְפִירָן דַּאֲבָהָתָא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב וַיִּשָּׁבַע יַעֲקֹב בְּפַחַד אָבִיו יִצְחָק.

The third is Isaac. What is [the sense of] “And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac” (Gen. 31, 53)? Because the Fear of Isaac was a sefirah, and the Holy One, blessed be He, who is the throne of glory, the supernal chariot — and the sefirah of Isaac is from the supernal, named more expressly than all the sefirot of the patriarchs. That is what is written: “And Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.”

Segment 5ה׳

רִבִּי אַבָּא פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (בראשית ל״א:נ״ג) אֱלהֵי אַבְרָהָם וֵאלֹהֵי נָחוֹר יִשְׁפְּטוּ בֵּינֵינוּ אֱלֹהֵי אֲבִיהֶם, וַיִּשָּׁבַע יַעֲקֹב בְּפַחַד אָבִיו יִצְחָק, מֵהַאי קְרָא אַתְּ יָכִיל לְמִנְדַע דָּא.

R. Abba discoursed on the verse: The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor judge between us, the God of their father; and Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac (Gen. 31, 53). From this verse you are able to know this.

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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