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זוהר, ויצא י״בZohar, Vayetzei 12

Section 12 of 43 in Vayetzei — 10 segments

Segment 1א׳

(בראשית כ״ח:כ׳) וַיִּדַּר יַעֲקֹב נְדֶר לֵאמֹר אִם יִהְיֶה אֱלהִים עִמָּדִי וְגו', אָמַר רִבִּי יְהוּדָה כֵּיוָן דְּכָל הַאי אַבְטַח לֵיהּ קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, אַמַּאי לָא הֶאֱמִין, דְּאָמַר (בראשית כ״ח:כ׳) אִם יִהְיֶה אֱלֹהִים עִמָּדִי וְגו'. אֶלָּא, אָמַר יַעֲקֹב, חֶלְמָא חָלַמְנָא, וְחֶלְמִין מִנַּיְיהוּ קְשׁוֹט וּמִנַּיְיהוּ לָא קְשׁוֹט, וְאִם יִתְקַיֵּים הָא יְדַעְנָא דְּחֶלְמָא קְשׁוֹט הוּא, וְעַל דָּא אָמַר אִם יִהְיֶה אֱלהִים וְגו', כְּמָה דְחָלַמְנָא, וְהָיָה יְיָ לִי לֵאלֹהִים, אֲנָא אֱהֵא מָשִׁיךְ בִּרְכָאן מִמַּבּוּעָא דְּנַחֲלָא דְּכֹלָּא, לְאֲתַר דָּא דְּאִקְרֵי אֱלהִים.

AND JACOB VOWED A VOW, SAYING: IF GOD WILL BE WITH ME, ETC. Said R. Judah: After receiving all these promises, how could Jacob still say, If God will be with me, etc.”? What Jacob meant, however, was this: “Some dreams are true and some not, so if this dream should come true, and God will really be with me as I have dreamt, then “the Lord shall be to me for God”, that is, I shall draw blessings from the well-spring of the universal stream towards the region called Elohim.’

Segment 2ב׳

תָּא חֲזֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל דְּאִיהוּ בְּאֶמְצָעִיתָא, כֹּלָּא נָטִיל הוּא בְּקַדְמִיתָא מִמְּקוֹרָא דְּכֹלָּא, וּלְבָתַר דְּיִמְטֵי לֵיהּ, מִנֵּיהּ, נָגִיד וְאַמְשִׁיךְ לְהַאי אֲתַר, מַשְׁמַע דִּכְתִיב, וְהָיָה יְיָ לִי בְּקַדְמִיתָא, וּלְבָתַר כֹּלָּא לֵאלהִים. כְּמָה דְּאֱלֹהִים, יְהֵא נָטִיר וְעָבִיד לִי, כָּל אִלֵּין טָבָאן, אוּף אֲנָא אֱהֵא מָשִׁיךְ לֵיהּ מֵאֲתַר דִּילִי כָּל אִינוּן בִּרְכָאן, וְיִתְחַבַּר קִשְׁרָא דְּכֹלָּא בֵּיהּ. אֵימָתַי, (בראשית כ״ח:כ״א) וְשַׁבְתִּי בְּשָׁלוֹם אֶל בֵּית אָבִי, כַּד אֱהֵא יָתִיב בְּדַרְגָּא דִילִי, וְאֱהֵא יָתִיב בְּדַרְגָּא דְּשָׁלוֹם לְתַקְּנָא בֵּית אָבִי, וְשַׁבְתִּי בְשָׁלוֹם דַּיְיקָא, כְּדֵין וְהָיָה יְיָ לִי לֵאלהִים.

For Israel being in the centre take first of the original well-spring, and after the bounty reaches them they pass it on toward that region. Hence we may render: “and the Lord shall be toward me, first, and afterwards the whole will be drawn toward Elohim“: i.e. in the same way as Elohim will fulfil for me all these good promises, so will I draw toward Him from my region all those blessings and will make Him the all-comprehensive uniting force. When will that be? “When I come back to my father’s house in peace”, when I shall be settled in my own grade, in the grade of peace so as to make perfect my father’s house, then “will the Lord be toward me, toward Elohim (God)”.’

Segment 3ג׳

דָבָר אַחֵר וְשַׁבְתִּי בְשָׁלוֹם אֶל בֵּית אָבִי, דְּתַמָּן הוּא אַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא, תַּמָּן אִשְׁתְּלִים. וְהָיָה יְיָ לִי לֵאלהִים. בְּאֲתַר דָּא, אֲסַלֵּק (אסתלק) מִדַּרְגָּא דָא לְדַרְגָּא אָחֳרָא כְּדְקָא יְאוּת, וְתַמָּן אֶפְלַח פּוּלְחָנֵיהּ.

According to another explanation, Jacob meant: “I desire to come back to my father’s house in peace, because there is the Holy Land, and there I will become perfected, and the Lord shall be my God. In that place will I duly rise from this grade to another grade, and there I will engage myself in His worship.”

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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