זוהר, ויגש י״אZohar, Vayigash 11

Segment 1א׳

וְאַתָּה צֻוֵּיתָה זֹאת עֲשׂוּ קְחוּ לָכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וְגו'. רִבִּי חִיָּיא פָּתַח, (ישעיהו ס״ו:י׳) שִׂמְחוּ אֶת יְרוּשָׁלַם וְגִילוּ בָהּ כָּל אוֹהֲבֶיהָ שִׂישׂוּ אִתָּהּ מָשׂוֹשׂ וְגו'. תָּא חֲזֵי, כַּד אִתְחָרַב בֵּי מַקְדְּשָׁא וְגָרְמוּ חוֹבִין, וְאִתְגָּלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאַרְעָא, (ויקרא ע"ה ע"א) אִסְתַּלַּק קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְעֵילָא לְעֵילָא, וְלָא אַשְׁגַּח עַל חָרוּב בֵּי מַקְדְּשָׁא, וְעַל עַמֵּיהּ דְּאִתְגָּלוּ, וּכְדֵין שְׁכִינְתָּא אִתְגַּלְּיָיא עִמְּהוֹן.

NOW THOU ART COMMANDED, THIS DO YE: TAKE YE WAGONS OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, ETC. R. Hiya opened a discourse with the text: Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her rejoice for joy with her, etc. (Ibid. 66, 10). ‘When’, he said, ‘the Temple was destroyed and Israel on account of their sins were driven from their land, God removed Himself, as it were, to the height of heights and regarded not the destruction of the Temple nor the exile of His people, and so the Shekinah was exiled with them.

Segment 2ב׳

כַּד נָחַת, אַשְׁגַּח עַל בֵּיתֵיהּ דְּאִתּוֹקַד, אִסְתַּכַּל עַל עַמֵּיהּ וְהָא אִתְגְּלִי. שָׁאַל עַל מַטְרוֹנִיתָא וְאִתְתָּרְכַת. כְּדֵין וַיִּקְרָא ה' אֱלֹהִים צְבָאוֹת בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לִבְכִי וּלְמִסְפֵּד וּלְקָרֵחָה וְלַחֲגֹר שָׂק. וְהִיא גַּם הִיא מַה כְּתִיב בָּהּ, (יואל א׳:ח׳) אֱלִי כִּבְתוּלָה חֲגֻרַת שַׂק עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ. כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ, בְּגִין דְּאִסְתַּלַּק מִינָהּ, וְאִשְׁתַּכַּח פִּירוּדָא.

When God again descended, He observed His House that was burnt down. He looked at His people and behold, they were in exile. He inquired concerning the Matron (Shekinah) and found that she had been driven out. Then, “in that day did the Lord, the God of hosts, call to weeping, and lamentation, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth” (Ibid. 22, 12); and the Matron was called upon to “lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth” (Joel 1, 8), because He had removed Himself from her and they were separated. The very heaven and the very earth lamented, as it is written: “I clothe the heaven with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering” (Is. 50, 3).

Segment 3ג׳

וְאֲפִילּוּ שְׁמַיָא וְאַרְעָא, כֻּלְּהוּ אִתְאַבָּלוּ, דִּכְתִיב, (ישעיהו נ׳:ג׳) אַלְבִּישׁ שָׁמַיִם קַדְרוּת וְשַׂק אָשִׂים כְּסוּתָם. מַלְאֲכֵי עִלָּאֵי כֻּלְּהוּ אִתְאַבָּלוּ עֲלֵיהּ, דִּכְתִיב, (ישעיהו ל״ג:ז׳) הֵן אֶרְאֶלָּם צָעֲקוּ חֻצָּה מַלְאַכֵי שָׁלוֹם מַר יִבְכָּיוּן. שִׁמְשָׁא וְסִיהֲרָא אִתְאַבָּלוּ וְחָשְׁכוּ נְהוֹרֵיהוֹן. דִּכְתִיב, (ישעיהו י״ג:י׳) חָשַׁךְ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בְּצֵאתוֹ וְגו', וְכֹלָּא עִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי, בָּכוּ עֲלָהּ וְאִתְאַבָּלוּ. מַאי טַעְמָא, בְּגִין דְּשָׁלְטָא עֲלָהּ סִטְרָא אָחֳרָא, דְּשָׁלְטָא עַל אַרְעָא קַדִּישָׁא.

The celestial angels all raised their voices in lamentation, as it says: “Behold, the angels cry without; the angels of peace weep bitterly” (Is. 33, 7). The sun and the moon mourned and their light was darkened, as we read: “The sun shall be darkened in his going forth, etc.” (Ibid. 13, 10). For what reason? Because the other side had obtained sway over the Holy Land.