זוהר, ויקרא ס״גZohar, Vayikra 63

Section 63 of 67 in Vayikra — 10 segments

Segment 1א׳

רִבִּי יְהוּדָה פָּתַח, כְּתִיב (ויקראכג) פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים. פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר, מַאן הוּא. דָּא אֶתְרוֹג. וְכִי אֶתְרוֹג מֵעֵץ הָדָר הוּא, וְהָא כַּמָה קוֹצִין אִית סַחֲרָנֵיהּ, מִכָּאן וּמִכָּאן, וְאַת אַמְרַת פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר. אֶלָּא רָזָא דְּמִלָּה, דִּכְתִּיב, (בראשית ב׳:כ״ב) וַיִּבֶן יְיָ' אֱלֹהִים אֶת הַצֵּלָע אֲשֶׁר לָקַח מִן הָאָדָם לְאִשָּׁה וַיְבִיאֶהָ אֶל הָאָדָם. וּכְתִיב (בראשית ב׳:כ״ג) עֶצֶם מֵעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי, וְדָא הוּא פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר. מְנָלָן דְּאָדָם עֵץ אִקְרֵי. דִּכְתִּיב, (דברים כ׳:י״ט) כִּי הָאָדָם עֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה.

R. Judah opened and said: it is written, “the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees” (Lev. 23). “The fruit of goodly trees”: which is it? This is the citron. And is the citron from a goodly tree? Are there not many thorns around it, on this side and on that? And you say, “the fruit of goodly trees”! But the mystery of the matter is as it is written, “And the Lord God built the rib which He had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man” (Gen. 2, 22). And it is written, “bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh” (Gen. 2, 23) — and this is “the fruit of goodly trees”. How do we know that man is called a tree? As it is written, “for man is the tree of the field” (Deut. 20, 19).

Segment 2ב׳

כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים, דְּסָלִיק לְשִׁבְעִין שְׁנִין, וּבֵיהּ אִשְׁתָּכְלָלוּ שִׁבְעִין שְׁנִין עִלָּאִין. וְדָא אַכְפָּת וְאִתְקְשַׁר לְעֵילָּא וְתַתָּא. וְעַל דָּא אִקְרֵי כַּפּוֹת, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר כְּפִיתוּ, דְּסָלִיק לְהָכָא וּלְהָכָא. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב כִּי כֹל בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ דַּיְיקָא.

“Branches of palm trees”: which rises to seventy years, and in it the seventy supernal years are perfected. And this one binds and is knit above and below. And therefore it is called kappot, as you say kefitu, bound, for it rises to this side and to that. This is what is written, “for all that is in heaven and in earth” — precisely.

Segment 3ג׳

רִבִּי יוֹסֵי אָמַר, פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר דָּא מִזְבֵּחַ, דְּעָבִיד פֵּירִין, וְסָלִיק אֵבִין לְכָל סִטְרִין. מַאי טַעֲמָא. בְּגִין דְּכָל ע' שְׁנִין, יָהֲבִין לָהּ חוּלָקָא, וְאִתְבָּרְכָא מְכֻּלְּהוּ. מַאי קָא מַיְירֵי. בְּגִין דְּמַאן דְּחָטֵי לְגַבֵּי מִזְבֵּחַ, בְּכֹלָּא חָטֵי, דְּהָא כָּפִית לָקֳבְלֵי הַהוּא דְּכָפִית לְעֵילָּא, וְעַל דָּא אִתְקְשַׁר דָּא בְּדָא, פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים וְלָא כְּתִיב וְכַפֹּת תְּמָרִים.

R. Jose said: “the fruit of goodly trees” — this is the altar, which makes fruits and brings up shoots to every side. What is the reason? Because all the seventy years give her a portion, and she is blessed from them all. What is it treating of? Because whoever sins toward the altar sins in all, for it is bound over against that which is bound above. And therefore this is knit to that: “the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees”, and it is not written “and branches of palm trees”.

Segment 4ד׳

כְּתִיב (ויקרא ז׳:ל״ה) זֹאת מִשְׁחַת אַהֲרֹן וּמִשְׁחַת בָּנָיו. מַאי קָא מַיְירֵי. אֶלָּא, זֹאת: דָּא מִזְבֵּחַ, דְּאִתְמְשַׁח עַל יְדָא דְּאַהֲרֹן, דִּכְתִּיב, (שמותמ) וּמָשַׁחְתָּ אֶת מִזְבַּח הָעוֹלָה וְאֶת כָּל כֵּלָיו. וּמִשְׁחַת (ס"א זו משחת) בָּנָיו, דְּהָא מְכֻּלְּהוּ אִתְמְשַׁח, וְאִתְרַבֵּי, וְאִתְבָּרְכָא, וְאִתְדַכָּא.

It is written, “This is the anointing of Aaron and the anointing of his sons” (Lev. 7, 35). What is it treating of? But “this”: this is the altar, which was anointed by the hand of Aaron, as it is written, “And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt-offering and all its vessels” (Ex. 40). “And the anointing of his sons”: for from them all it was anointed, and magnified, and blessed, and purified.

Segment 5ה׳

תָּא חֲזִי, בֶּחָג סוֹבְבִים אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ זִמְנָא חֲדָא בְּכָל יוֹמָא, וְשִׁבְעָה זִמְנִין לְבָתַר. מַאי קָא מַיְירֵי. אֶלָּא, לְמַלְכָּא דְּזַמִּין אוּשְׁפִּיזִין, וְאִתְעֲסָק בְּהוּ, וַהֲוָה לֵיהּ לְמַלְכָּא בַּת יְחִידָאָה, אָמְרָה לֵיהּ, מָארִי מַלְכָּא, בְּגִין אוּשְׁפִּיזִין לָא אִשְׁגַּחְתָּ עָלַי. אָמַר לֵיהּ, חַיָּיִךְ בְּרַתִּי פַּרְקְטָא חֲדָא אַסְלִיק לָךְ בְּכָל יוֹמָא, (דשוי ככלהו).

Observe: on the festival they go round the altar once on every day, and seven times afterwards. What is it treating of? But it is like a king who invited guests and was occupied with them, and the king had an only daughter. She said to him: ‘My lord king, because of the guests you have not looked upon me.’ He said to her: ‘By your life, my daughter, one dish I will serve you every day, which is worth as much as all of them.’

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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