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The Zohar · Vayera

זוהר, וירא א׳Zohar, Vayera 1

Section 1 of 36 in Vayera — 18 segments

Segment 1א׳

, רַבִּי חִיָּיא פָּתַח (שיר השירים ב׳:י״ב) הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ עֵת הַזָּמִיר הִגִּיעַ וקוֹל הַתּוֹר נִשְׁמַע בְּאַרְצֵנוּ. הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ, כַּד בְּרָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָלְמָא. יָהַב בְּאַרְעָא כָּל חֵילָא דְּאִתְחֲזִי לָהּ. וְכֹלָּא הֲוָה בְאַרְעָא, וְלָא אֲפִיקַת אִיבִּין בְּעָלְמָא עַד דְּאִתְבְּרֵי אָדָם, כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְבְּרֵי אָדָם, כֹּלָּא אִתְחֲזֵי (ד"א ל"ג למיפק) בְּעָלְמָא, וְאַרְעָא גַּלִּיאַת אִיבָּהָא וְחֵילָהָא דְּאִתְפָּקְדוּ בָה.

AND THE LORD APPEARED UNTO HIM. R. Hiya commenced to discourse on the verse: The flowers appear on the earth, the time of song is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land (S. S. 2, 12). He said: ‘When God created the world, He endowed the earth with all the energy requisite for it, but it did not put forth produce until man appeared. When, however, man was created, all the products that were latent in the earth appeared above ground.

Segment 2ב׳

כְּגַוְונָא דָא שָׁמַיִם לָא יָהֲבוּ חֵילִין לְאַרְעָא עַד דְּאָתָא אָדָם. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (בראשית ב׳:ה׳) וְכֹל שִׂיחַ הַשָּׂדֶה טֶרֶם יִהְיֶה בָאָרֶץ וְכָל עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה טֶרְם יִצְמָח כִּי לא הִמְטִיר יְיָ אֱלהִים עַל הָאָרֶץ וְאָדָם אַיִן לַעֲבֹד אֶת הָאֲדָמָה. אִטַּמָּרוּ כָּל אִנּוּן תּוֹלָדִין וְלָא אִתְגַּלּוּן, וּשְׁמַיָא אִתְעַכָּבוּ דְּלָא אַמְטִירוּ עַל אַרְעָא, בְּגִין דְּאָדָם אַיִן, דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּכַח וְלָא אִתְבְּרֵי, וְכֹלָּא אִתְעַכַּב בְּגִינֵיהּ, כֵּיוָן דְּאִתְחֲזֵי אָדָם, מִיָּד הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ וְכָל חַיָילִין דְּאִתְטַמָּרוּ אִתְגַּלִּיאוּ וְאִתְיְהִיבוּ בָהּ.

Similarly, the heaven did not impart strength to the earth until man came. So it is written, “All the plants of the earth were not yet on the earth, and the herbs of the field had not yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground” (Gen. 2, 5), that is to say, all the products of the earth were still hidden in its bosom and had not yet shown themselves, and the heavens refrained from pouring rain upon the earth, because man had not yet been created. When, however, man appeared, forthwith “the flowers appeared on the earth”, all its latent powers being revealed;

Segment 3ג׳

עֵת הַזָּמִיר הִגִּיעַ, דְּאִתְתַּקַּן תִּקּוּנָא דְּתוּשְׁבְּחָן לְזַמְּרָא קַמֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מַה דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּכַח עַד לָא אִתְבְּרֵי אָדָם. וְקוֹל הַתּוֹר נִשְׁמַע בְּאַרְצֵנוּ. דְּהָא (ד"א דא) (ד"א ל"ג כל) מִלָּה דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא (ד"א ל"ג דעבד) דְּלָא אִשְׁתְּכַח בְּעָלְמָא עַד דְּאִתְבְּרֵי אָדָם. כֵּיוָן דְּאִשְׁתְּכַח אָדָם כּוֹלָּא אִשְׁתְּכַח.

“the time of song was come”, the earth being now ripe to offer up praises to the Almighty, which it could not do before man was created. “And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land”: this is the word of God, which was not in the world till man was created. Thus when man was there, everything was there.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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

English: Sefaria Community Translation (CC0)