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זוהר, ויחי ס״בZohar, Vayechi 62

Section 62 of 86 in Vayechi — 26 segments

Segment 1א׳

בְגִין כָּךְ, בָּעֵי לֵיהּ לְבַּר נָשׁ לְאִתְפָּרְשָׁא מִנַּיְיהוּ, וּלְמִסְטֵי אוֹרְחֵיהּ מִנַּיְיהוּ, עַל דָּא אִתְפְּרָשְׁנָא וְסָטִינָא אָרְחָאי. מִכָּאן וּלְהָלְאָה דְּאַשְׁכַּחְנָא לְכוּ, אֵימָא הַנֵּי קְרָאֵי קַמֵּיכוֹן. פָּתַח וְאָמַר, וַיִּקְרָא אֶל משֶׁה, הָכָא אָלֶ"ף זְעֵירָא. אַמַּאי, בְּגִין דְּהַאי קְרִיאָה לָא הֲוָה בִּשְׁלִימוּ. מַאי טַעְמָא, דְּהָא לָא הֲוָה אֶלָּא בְּמִשְׁכְּנָא, וּבְאַרְעָא אָחֳרָא. בְּגִין דִּשְׁלִימוּ לָא אִשְׁתַּכַּח אֶלָּא בְּאַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא.

Therefore a man should keep away from them. That is why I have left the old man and taken a different path. Now that I have found you I will expound the Scripture in your presence.’ He then discoursed on the text: And he called unto Moses, etc. (Lev. 1, 1). He said: ‘The aleph of the word vayikra (and he called) is written small in the scroll, to show that this calling was not a perfect one, because it was only in the Tabernacle and in a strange land, perfection being only found in the Holy Land.

Segment 2ב׳

תוּ, הָכָא שְׁכִינְתָּא, (ס"א ל"ג התם וגריס נוקבא) הָתָם שְׁלִימוּ דִּדְכַר וְנוּקְבָא, (דברי הימים א א׳:א׳) אָדָם שֵׁת אֱנוֹשׁ. אָדָם, שְׁלִימוּ דְּכַר וְנוּקְבָא, הָכָא נוּקְבָא. תוּ סֵיפָא דִקְרָא, וַיְדַבֵּר ה' אֵלָיו מֵאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לֵאמֹר, בְּגִין כָּךְ אָלֶ"ף זְעֵירָא.

Eurther, in the Tabernacle there was only the Shekinah, but in the land there was the complete union of Male and Female.

Segment 3ג׳

תוּ אָלֶ"ף זְעֵירָא, מְתַל לְמַלְכָּא, דְּהֲוָה יָתִיב בְּכָרְסְיֵהּ, וְכִתְרָא דְמַלְכוּתָא עֲלֵיהּ, אִקְרֵי מֶלֶךְ עִלָּאָה. כַּד נָחִית וְאֲזַל לְבֵי עַבְדֵיהּ, מֶלֶךְ זוּטָא אִקְרֵי. כָּךְ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, כָּל זִמְנָא דְּאִיהוּ לְעֵילָא עַל כֹּלָּא, מֶלֶךְ עִלָּאָה אִקְרֵי. כֵּיוָן דְּנָחִית מָדוֹרֵיהּ לְתַתָּא, מֶלֶךְ אִיהוּ, אֲבָל לָאו עִלָּאָה כְּקַדְמִיתָא, בְּגִין כָּךְ אָלֶ"ף זְעֵירָא.

When a king sits on his throne wearing the royal crown, he is called Great King, but when he comes down from his throne and visits his servant, he is called Little King. So God, as long as He is on high over all, is called Supreme King, but when He brings His abode below, He is simply King, not Supreme as before.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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