זוהר, ויחי ע״טZohar, Vayechi 79

Section 79 of 86 in Vayechi — 10 segments

Segment 1א׳

וַיֶּאֱסוֹף רַגְלָיו אֶל הַמִּטָּה, בְּגִין דְּהָא אִיהוּ בְּאֲתַר דְּחַיִּין יָתִיב. כַּד בָּעָא לְאִסְתַּלָּקָא מֵעַלְמָא, נָחִית רַגְלוֹי לְגַבֵּי מִטָּה, וְאִתְכְּנִישׁ וְאִסְתְּלַק מֵעַלְמָא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, וַיִּגְוַע וַיֵּאָסֶף אֶל עַמָּיו.

HE GATHERED UP HIS FEET INTO THE BED. Since he was abiding in the place of the living, when he was about to depart from the world he gathered his feet into the bed. This is illustrated by the verse: “My soul yearns and longs for the courts of the Lord” (Ps. 84, 2). The Companions have explained this as follows.

Segment 2ב׳

פְּתָח וְאָמַר, (תהילים פ״ד:ג׳) נִכְסְפָה וְגַם כָּלְתָה נַפְשִׁי לְחַצְרוֹת ה', מִלָּה דָא הָא אוּקְמוּהָ חַבְרַיָיא. אֲבָלתָּא חֲזֵי, אִית מָדוֹרִין תַּתָּאִין, וְאִית מָדוֹרִין עִלָּאִין. בְּעִלָּאִין לָאו (מדורין) שָׁרְיָין תַּמָּן, וּמַאן אִינוּן, אִינוּן בָּתֵּי גַוָאֵי, וּבָתֵּי בְּרָאֵי. אִינוּן אִקְרוּן חַצְרוֹת ה', בְּגִין דְּאִינוּן קָיְימֵי בִּרְחִימוּ וְתִיאוּבְתָּא לְגַבֵּי נוּקְבָא. תָּא חֲזֵי, כַּד נִשְׁמָתָא סַ לְקָא אִתְעַר כֹּלָּא לְגַבֵּי נוּקְבָא, דְּהָא אִיהִי אִתְאַחֲדַת בְּתִיאוּבְתָּא שְׁלֵימָתָא וְאִתְקַשְּׁרַת בֵּיהּ.

There are lower abodes and higher abodes. In the higher there are no dwellers, they being the inner room, but the outer rooms are called “courts of the Lord”, because they are filled with love and desire for the female. When the soul departs, it turns wholly to the female, being united with it in whole-hearted desire.

Segment 3ג׳

יַעֲקֹב לָא מִית, בְגִין כָּךְ לָא אִתְּמָר בֵּיהּ מוֹתָא, אֶלָּא וַיִּגְוַע וַיֵּאָסֶף אֶל עַמָּיו. חָמֵי מַה כְּתִיב, וַיֶּאֱסוֹף רַגְלָיו אֶל הַמִּטָּה, דְּאִתְכְּנִישׁ שִׁמְשָׁא לְגַבֵּי סִיהֲרָא, שִׁמְשָׁא לָא מִית, אֶלָּא אִתְכְּנִישׁ מֵעַלְמָא, וְאָזִיל לְגַבֵּי סִיהֲרָא.

It is not said that Jacob died, but only that he “yielded up the ghost and was gathered unto his people”. The words “he gathered up his feet into the bed” indicate that the sun was gathered in unto the moon. The sun does not die, but is gathered in from the world and goes to join the moon.

Segment 4ד׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, בְּשַׁעְתָּא דְּאִתְכְּנִישׁ יַעֲקֹב, אִתְנְהִיר סִיהֲרָא, וְתִיאוּבְתָּא דְשִׁמְשָׁא עִלָּאָה אִתְעַר לְגַבָּהּ, בְּגִין דְּשִׁמְשָׁא כַּד סָלִיק, אִתְעַר שִׁמְשָׁא אָחֳרָא, וְאִתְדָּבַּק דָּא בְּדָא, וְאִתְנְהִיר סִיהֲרָא.

When Jacob was gathered in, the moon was illumined, and the desire of the supernal sun was awakened for her, because when the sun departs, another sun arises and attaches itself to the first, and the moon is illumined.’

Segment 5ה׳

אָמַר רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, שַׁפִּיר קָא אֲמַרְתְּ, אֲבָל הָא אִתְּמָר, דְּעִלָּאָה עַלְמָא דִּדְכוּרָא, אִתְקַשַּׁר בְּתַתָּאָה דְּאִיהוּ עַלְמָא דְנוּקְבָא, וְתַתָּאָה אִתְקַשַּׁר בְּעִלָּאָה, וְכֹלָּא דָּא כְּגַוְונָא דָא.

Said R. Simeon: ‘You are quite right. It has, however, been affirmed that above, the world of the male is joined with a lower one, which is the world of the female, and that the lower world is joined with the upper, and so one is the counterpart of the other.

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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