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זוהר, ויקרא כ״הZohar, Vayikra 25

Section 25 of 67 in Vayikra — 14 segments

Segment 1א׳

(ויקרא ג׳:א׳) וְאִם זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים קָרְבָּנוֹ. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, כְּתִיב (במדבר ז׳:פ״ו) עֲשָׂרָה עֲשָׂרָה הַכַּף בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ. עֲשָׂרָה עֲשָׂרָה לְמַאי קָא אַתְיָא. אֶלָּא, עֲשָׂרָה לְמַעֲשֶׂה בְּרֵאשִׁית. וַעֲשָׂרָה לְמַתַּן תּוֹרָה. עֲשָׂרָה מַאֲמָרוֹת בְּמַעֲשֵׂה בְּרֵאשִׁית, וַעֲשָׂרָה מַאֲמָרוֹת בְּמַתַּן תּוֹרָה. בְּמַאי קָא מַיְירֵי. בְּגִין דְּעָלְמָא לָא אִתְבְּרֵי אֶלָּא בְּגִין אוֹרַיְיתָא, וְכָל זִמְנָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מִתְעַסְקֵי בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, עָלְמָא מִתְקַיְּימָא. וְכָל זִמְנָא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מִתְבַּטְלֵי מֵאוֹרַיְיתָא, מַה כְּתִיב, (ירמיהו ל״ג:כ״ה) אִם לֹא בְרִיתִי יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה חֻקּוֹת שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ לֹא שָׂמְתִּי.

IF HIS OBLATION BE A SACRIFICE OF PEACE OFFERINGS (Lev. 3, 1). R. Simeon says: it is written, “ten, ten, the spoon, after the shekel of the sanctuary” (Num. 7, 86). What does “ten, ten” come to teach? But ten for the work of creation, and ten for the giving of the Torah: ten sayings in the work of creation, and ten sayings at the giving of the Torah. What is it treating of? Because the world was not created save for the sake of the Torah; and all the time that Israel occupy themselves with the Torah, the world endures. And all the time that Israel are idle from the Torah, what is written? “If My covenant be not with day and night, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth” (Jer. 33, 25).

Segment 2ב׳

תָּא חֲזֵי, עֲשָׂרָה מַאֲמָרוֹת לְמַעֲשֶׂה בְרֵאשִׁית, כְּדִתְנָן בַּעֲשָׂרָה מַאֲמָרוֹת נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם. עֲשָׂרָה מַאֲמָרוֹת לְמַתַּן תּוֹרָה, אֵלּוּ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְּרוֹת. כְּתִיב (שמות כ) אָנֹכִי יְיָ' אֱלֹהֶיךָ. וּכְתִיב בְּמַעֲשֵׂה בְּרֵאשִׁית (בראשית א׳:ג׳) יְהִי אוֹר וַיְהִי אוֹר. דָּא מְהֵימְנוּתָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אוֹר אִקְרֵי, דִּכְתִּיב, (תהילים כ״ז:א׳) יְיָ' אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי מִמִּי אִירָא וְגוֹ'.

Observe: ten sayings for the work of creation, as we have learnt, With ten sayings the world was created. Ten sayings for the giving of the Torah — these are the Ten Commandments. It is written, “I am the Lord your God” (Ex. 20); and it is written in the work of creation, “Let there be light, and there was light” (Gen. 1, 3). This is the faith of the Holy One, blessed be He, which is called light, as it is written, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?” etc. (Ps. 27, 1).

Segment 3ג׳

כְּתִיב (שמות כ׳:ג׳) לא יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים עַל פָּנָי. וּכְתִיב בְּמַעֲשֵׂה בְּרִאשִׁית, (בראשית א׳:ו׳) יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וְגוֹ'. יְהִי רָקִיעַ, אִלֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּאִינּוּן חוּלָקָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, דְּאַחְדִּין בְּהַהוּא אַתְרָא דְּאִקְרֵי שָׁמַיִם. וְהַיְינוּ רָזָא, דְּזִמְנָא חֲדָא שָׁאַל רִבִּי יֵיסָא סָבָא לְרִבִּי אֶלְעָאי, אָמַר, הָא שְׁאָר עַמִּין יָהַב לוֹן קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְרַבְרְבִין מְמָנָן שַׁלִּיטִין, יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאָן אֲתַר יָהַב לוֹן. שָׁלַח לֵיהּ, וַיִּתֵּן אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָיִם, וְשַׁפִּיר שָׁלַח לֵיהּ.

It is written, “You shall have no other gods before Me” (Ex. 20, 3); and it is written in the work of creation, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters,” etc. (Gen. 1, 6). “Let there be a firmament”: these are Israel, who are the portion of the Holy One, blessed be He, and who take hold of that place which is called heaven. And this is the mystery: that once R. Jesse the Elder asked R. Ilai, saying, the Holy One, blessed be He, has given the other nations to great appointed rulers; in what place has He given Israel? He sent to him, “And God set them in the firmament of the heaven” — and he sent well.

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