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זוהר, ויחי פ׳Zohar, Vayechi 80

Section 80 of 86 in Vayechi — 9 segments

Segment 1א׳

רִבִּי יִצְחָק פָּתַח וְאָמַר, וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד גֹּרֶן הָאָטָד וְגו', וּכְתִיב, וַיַּרְא יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי אֶת הָאֵבֶל בְּגֹרֶן הָאָטָד וְגו'. הַנִּי קְרָאֵי אִית לְאִסְתַּכָּלָא בְּהוּ, מַאי אִיכְפַּת לָן דְּאִינוּן אָתוּ עַד גֹּרֶן הָאָטָד. וּמַאי טַעְמָא אִתְכָּנַת אֲבֵלוּתָא דָא לְמִצְרַיִם, דְּהָא אֵבֶל יִשְׂרָאֵל מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ, מַאי טַעְמָא לְמִצְרַיִם.

R. Isaac opened with the verse: AND THEY CAME TO THE THRESHING FLOOR OF ATAD. He said: What does it concern us that they came to the threshing floor of Atad, and why should there have been a great mourning there to the Egyptians?

Segment 2ב׳

אֶלָּא הָכִי אָמְרוּ, כָּל הַהוּא זִמְנָא דְּהֲוָה יַעֲקֹב בְּמִצְרַיִם, אִתְבָּרַךְ אַרְעָא בְּגִינֵיהּ, וְנִילוּס הֲוָה נָפִיק וְאַשְׁקֵי אַרְעָא, וְעוֹד דְּפָסַק כַּפְנָא בְּגִינֵיהּ דְּיַעֲקֹב. וְעַל דָּא, מִצְרָאֵי עֲבָדוּ אֲבֵלוּתָא, וְאִתְכַּנֵּי עֲלַיְיהוּ.

It has, however, been stated that as long as Jacob was in Egypt the land was blessed for his sake, and the Nile used to rise and water it, and, in fact, the famine ceased at his coming. Hence the Egyptians mourned for him.’

Segment 3ג׳

פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (תהילים ק״ו:ב׳) מִי יְמַלֵּל גְּבוּרוֹת יְיָ יַשְׁמִיעַ כָּל תְּהִלָּתוֹ, הַאי קְרָא אוּקְמוּהָ. אֲבָל מַהוּ יְמַלֵּל, יְדַבֵּר מִבָּעֵי לֵיהּ. וְאִי תֵימָא דְּאָרְחֵיהּ דִּקְרָא הָכִי הוּא, דְּהָא קְרָאֵי אִינוּן הָכִי. לָא. דְּכֻלְּהוּ לְאַחֲזָאָה מִלָּה קָא אַתְיָין. אוּף הָכָא, לְאַחֲזָאָה מִלָה קָא אַתְיָא, מִי יְמַלֵּל (גבורות יי), כְּדִכְתִיב, (דברים כ״ג:כ״ו) וְקָטַפְתָּ מְלִילוֹת. גְּבוּרוֹת ה', בְּגִין דְּסַגִּיאִין אִינוּן, דְּהָא כָּל גְּזֵרָא דְּדִינָא, מִתַּמָּן קָא אַתְיָא, וְעַל דָּא, מַאן אִיהוּ דִּיסַלֵּק וְיַעֲבֵר גְּזֵרָה חָדָא, מֵאִינוּן גְּבוּרָאן דְּעָבִיד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא.

R. Isaac here quoted the verse: “Who can utter the severities (geburoth) of the Lord or show forth all his praise?” (Ps. 111, 2). ‘We have here’, he said, ‘the unusual word yemallel (utter) instead of the more usual yedaber (speak). Such variations in the Scripture are never without significance. So here, the word yemallel is akin to the word meliloth (cuttings), and is applied to the severities of the Lord because they are so numerous. For every sentence of punishment issues from there, and who is there who can annul one decree of those forcible acts which God performs?

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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