The Zohar · Vayechi
זוהר, ויחי ס״טZohar, Vayechi 69
Section 69 of 86 in Vayechi — 31 segments
Segment 1א׳
דָּן יָדִין עַמּוֹ כְּאַחַד שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. רִבִּי חִיָּיא אָמַר, הַאי קְרָא הָכִי אִית לֵיה לְמֵימַר, דָּן יָדִין לְשִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, אוֹ דָּן יָדִין לְשִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּאֶחָד, מַהוּ דָּן יָדִין עַמּוֹ, וּלְבָתַר כְּאַחַד שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. אֶלָּא דָּן, הוּא דִּכְתִיב בֵּיהּ, (במדבר י׳:כ״ה) מְאַסֵּף לְכָל הַמַּחֲנוֹת, דְּהוּא יַרְכָא שְׂמָאלָא, וְאָזִיל לְבַתְרַיְיתָא.
DAN SHALL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE AS ONE OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. R. Hiya said: ‘We should have expected here, “Dan shall judge the tribes of Israel”, or “Dan shall judge the tribes of Israel as one.” What is the meaning of “Dan shall judge his people”? We may explain as follows. Dan was the “rearward of the camps” (Num. 10, 25), because he was the left thigh and went last.
Segment 2ב׳
תָּא חֲזֵי, כֵּיוָן דִּיהוּדָה וּרְאוּבֵן נָטְלִין, לֵיוָאֵי וַאֲרוֹנָא פָּרְשִׂין דִּגְלִין, וְנָטִיל דִּגְלָא דְאֶפְרַיִם דְּאִיהוּ לְמַעֲרָב, יַרְכָא יְמִינָא נָטִיל, בְּקַפְסִירֵי קִסְטָא. וְאִי תֵימָא זְבוּלֻן דְּאִיהוּ עָאל, וְנָפִיק, דִּכְתִיב בֵּיהּ, (דברים ל״ג:י״ח) שְׂמַח זְבוּלֻן בְּצֵאתֶךָ, וּכְתִיב וְיַרְכָתוֹ וְגו'. אֶלָּא וַדַּאי, יְהוּדָה אִתְכְּלִיל מִכֹּלָּא.
For after Judah and Reuben had set forth, the Levites and the Ark made an interval, as it were, and only after them did the standard of Ephraim set forth on the west, being the right thigh. We might have thought that Zebulon should have marched first, since it is written of him: “And his thigh is unto Zidon.” But the truth is that Judah comprised all,
Segment 3ג׳
תָּא חֲזֵי, מַלְכוּ דִּלְעֵילָא אִתְכְּלִיל מִכֹּלָּא, וִיהוּדָה אִיהוּ מַלְכוּ תַּתָּאָה. כְּמָה דְמַלְכוּ עִלָּאָה אִתְכְּלִיל מִכֹּלָּא, הָכִי נָמֵי מַלְכוּ תַּתָּאָה, אִתְכְּלִיל מִכֹּלָּא מִגּוּפָא מִיַּרְכָא, בְּגִין לְאִתְגַּבְּרָא בְּתוּקְפֵיהּ.
being the lower kingdom, for just as the upper kingdom comprises all, so does the lower kingdom, both body and thigh, becoming thereby exceedingly strong.
Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria
English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)
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