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זוהר, ויגש ג׳Zohar, Vayigash 3

Section 3 of 12 in Vayigash — 9 segments

Segment 1א׳

רִבִּי יְהוּדָה פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (תהילים מ״ח:ה׳) כִּי הִנֵּה הַמְלָכִים נוֹעֲדוּ, דָּא יְהוּדָה וְיוֹסֵף. בְּגִין דְּתַרְוַויְיהוּ מְלָכִים, וְאִתְקְרִיבוּ דָּא בְּדָא לְאִתְוַוכְּחָא תַּרְוַויְיהוּ כָּחֲדָא. בְּגִין דִּיְהוּדָה אִתְעָרֵב בֵּיהּ בְּבִנְיָמִן, וְהֲוָה עָרֵב לְגַבֵּיהּ דְּאֲבוֹי בֵּיהּ, בְּהַאי עַלְמָא וּבְעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי. וְעַל דָּא אִתְקְרִיב קַמֵּיהּ דְּיוֹסֵף, לְאִתְוַוכְּחָא עִמֵּיהּ עַל עִסְקָא דְבִנְיָמִן, דְּלָא לְמֶהוֵי בְּנִדּוּי. בְּהַאי עַלְמָא וּבְעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי. כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (בראשית מ״ג:ט׳) אָנֹכִי אֶעֶרְבֶנּוּ מִיָּדִי תְּבַקְּשֶׁנּוּ אִם לא הֲבִיאוֹתִיו אֵלֶיךָ וְהִצַּגְתִּיו לְפָנְיךָ וְחָטָאתִי לְאָבִי כָּל הַיָּמִים. בְּהַאי עַלְמָא וּבְעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי.

R. Judah opened a discourse on the text: For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, etc. (Ps. 48, 5). ‘This is an allusion’, he said, ‘to Judah and Joseph, who were both kings and joined together in an altercation. For Judah had gone surety for Benjamin and pledged himself to his father in respect of this world and the world to come, saying to his father: “I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame all the days” (Gen. 43, 9), to wit, in this world and in the world to come.

Segment 2ב׳

וְעַל דָּא, כִּי הִנֵּה הַמְּלָכִים נוֹעֲדוּ עָבְרוּ יַחְדָּיו, אִתְרְגִיזוּ כְּחֲדָא, וְאִתְרְגִּיזוּ דָּא בְּדָא בְּגִינֵיהּ דְּבִנְיָמִן. מַה כְּתִיב, הֵמָּה רָאוּ כֵּן תָּמָהוּ נִבְהֲלוּ נֶחְפָּזוּ רְעָדָה אֲחָזָתַם שָׁם, לְכָל אִינוּן דְּהֲווּ תַּמָּן. (לכלהו שאר שבטין דהוו תמן).

Hence he approached Joseph to reason with him regarding Benjamin, for fear lest he should be banned in this world and in the world to come. When Judah and Joseph hotly disputed, then all those that were present “saw, straightway they were amazed, they were affrighted, they hasted away. Trembling took hold of them there” (Ps. 48, 6-7),

Segment 3ג׳

חִיל כַּיּוֹלֵדָה, בְּגִין דְּהֲווּ דַּחֲלִין, לְקָטְלָא וּלְאִתְקְטָלָא, וְכֹלָּא בְּגִינֵיהּ דְּבִנְיָמִן. (ד"א ציין זה מה כתיב כן תמהו נבהלו נחפזו וכלא בגיניה) דְּהָא יוֹסֵף אִזְדַּבַּן בְּגִינֵיהּ דִּיהוּדָה, וְאִתְאֲבִיד מֵאֲבוֹי. וְהַשְׁתָּא אִתְעָרַב בֵּיהּ בְּבִנְיָמִין, וְדָחִיל דְּלָא יִתְאֲבִיד. וּבְגִין כָּךְ וַיִּגַּשׁ אֵלָיו יְהוּדָה.

as they feared lest they might kill or be killed, and all on account of Benjamin.’

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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