זוהר, ויצא ל״דZohar, Vayetzei 34

Segment 1א׳

(תהילים ל״ז:כ״ה) וְלא רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק נֶעֱזָב, דָּא הוּא שְׁבָחָא דְּיִחוּדָא, דְּלָא אִשְׁתַּכַּח יוֹם בְּלָא לַיְלָה. דְּהָא לַיְלָה בֵּיהּ אִשְׁתַּכַּח תְּדִירָא, וְצַדִּיק אָחִיד לְעֵילָא וְאָחִיד לְתַתָּא.

R. Simeon said to him: ‘My son, that is quite true, as it deals with the subject of holy union. It is a laudation of this unity, in which day is never found without night, for night is ever found in day. Now the Righteous One holds fast to the upper world and also to the lower world.

Segment 2ב׳

וְזַרְעוֹ מְבַקֵּשׁ לָחֶם, מַאי הוּא. אֶלָּא, בְּשַׁעְתָּא דְּזָרִיק וְאִתְנְגִיד זַרְעָא, לָא תָּבַע לְנוּקְבָא. דְּהָא בַּהֲדֵיהּ שַׁרְיָא, דְּלָא אִתְפָּרְשָׁא מִנֵּיהּ לְעָלְמִין, וְזַמִּינָא הִיא לְגַבֵּיהּ. דְּהָא זַרְעָא לָא נָגִיד, אֶלָּא בְּשַׁעְתָּא דְּנוּקְבָא זְמִינָא, וְתִיאוּבְתָּא דְּתַרְוַויְיהוּ כְּחֲדָא בְּדִבּוּקָא חַד דְּלָא מִתְפָּרְשָׁן, וְעַל דָּא לָא אִצְטְרִיךְ לְמִתְבַּע עֲלָהּ.

As for the words “nor his seed begging bread”, the meaning is that when the seed flows forward, he does not court the Female, since she abides with him and never parts from him, and hence is ever in a state of readiness for him. For the seed does not flow save when the Female is present, and their mutual desires are blended into one indissoluble ecstasy. Hence he has no need to ask for consent.’

Segment 3ג׳

אָמַר לֵיהּ, וּבְזִמְנָא דְגָלוּתָא לָאו הָכִי. אָמַר לֵיהּ זַרְעוֹ כְּתִיב, וְלָאו אִיהוּ. אֵימָתַי נָפִיק, כַּד נוּקְבָא בְּדִבּוּקָא חַד עִם דְּכוּרָא. וְאִי תֵימָא לא רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק נֶעֱזָב, בְּזִמְנָא דְגָלוּתָא מַאי הִיא.

R. Jesse remarked: ‘This surely is not the case during the time of exile.’ R. Simeon rejoined: ‘As regards the seed it is, since it is written “his seed” but not he himself; that is, the outpouring of the blessings only occurs when there is close union of the female with the male. It may be asked then, does the assertion, “and I have not seen a righteous forsaken” apply to the time of exile?