זוהר, וישב ה׳Zohar, Vayeshev 5

Segment 1א׳

פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (ישעיהו נ״ב:י״ג) הִנֵּה יַשְׂכִּיל עַבְדִּי יָרוּם וְנִשָּׂא וְגָבַהּ מְאֹד. זַכָּאָה חוּלַקְהוֹן דְּצַדִּיקַיָיא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא גָּלֵי לוֹן אָרְחֵי דְאוֹרַיְיתָא לְמֵהַךְ בְּהוּ. תָּא חֲזֵי, הַאי קְרָא רָזָא עִלָּאָה אִיהוּ, הִנֵּה יַשְׂכִּיל עַבְדִּי וְאוּקְמוּהָ. אֲבָל תָּא חֲזֵי, כַּד בָּרָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עַלְמָא, עֲבַד לָהּ לְסִיהֲרָא וְאַזְעַר לָהּ נְהוֹרָהָא דְּהָא לֵית לָהּ מִגַרְמָהּ כְּלוּם. וּבְגִין דְּאַזְעִירַת גַּרְמָהּ, אִתְנַהֲרָא בְּגִין שִׁמְשָׁא, וּבְתוּקְפָא דִּנְהוֹרִין עִלָּאִין.

R. Simeon further discoursed on the text: Behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high (Is. 52, 13). ‘Happy is the portion of the righteous’, he said, ‘to whom the Holy One reveals the ways of the Torah that they may walk in them. This verse contains an esoteric meaning. When God created the world, He made the moon, and made her small, for she possesses no light of her own, but because she accepted her diminution she receives reflected light from the sun and from the other superior luminaries.

Segment 2ב׳

וּבְזִמְנָא דְּהֲוָה בֵּי מַקְדְּשָׁא קַיָּים, יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲווּ מִשְׁתַּדְּלִין בְּקוּרְבָּנִין וְעִלָּוָון וּפוּלְחָנִין, דְּהֲווּ עָבְדִין כַּהֲנִי וְלֵיוָאֵי וְיִשְׂרְאֵלֵי בְּגִין לְקָשְׁרָא קִשְׁרִין וּלְאַנְהָרָא נְהוֹרִין.

Now, as long as the Temple existed, Israel were assiduous in bringing offerings, which together with all the other services performed by the priests, Levites, and Israelites had for their object to weave bonds of union and to cause luminaries to radiate.

Segment 3ג׳

וּלְבָתַר דְּאִתְחָרַב בֵּי מַקְדְּשָׁא אִתְחַשַּׁךְ נְהוֹרָא, וְסִיהֲרָא לָא אִתְנְהִירַת מִן שִׁמְשָׁא, וְשִׁמְשָׁא אִסְתַּלַּק מִנָּהּ וְלָא אִתְנְהָרָא, וְלֵית לָךְ יוֹמָא דְּלָא שָׁלְטָא בֵּיהּ לְוָוטִין וְצַעֲרִין וּכְאֵבִין כְּמָה דְאִתְּמָר.

But after the Temple was destroyed there was a darkening of the lights, the moon ceased to receive light from the sun, the latter” “having withdrawn himself from her, so that not a day passes but is full of grievous distress and afflictions.