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זוהר, וישלח א׳Zohar, Vayishlach 1

Section 1 of 30 in Vayishlach — 20 segments

Segment 1א׳

וַיִּשְׁלַח יַעֲקֹב מַלְאָכִים וגו'. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה פָּתַח (תהילים צ״א:י״א) כִּי מַלְאָכָיו יְצַוְּה לָךְ לִשְׁמָרְךָ בְּכָל דְרָכֶיךָ, הַאי קְרָא אוּקְמוּהָ חַבְרַיָיא, דְהָא בְּשַׁעְתָּא דְּבַר נָשׁ אָתֵי לְעַלְמָא, מִיָּד אִזְדַּמַּן בַּהֲדֵיהּ יֵצֶר הָרָע דְּאִיהוּ מְקַטְרֵג לֵיהּ לְבַר נָשׁ תָּדִיר כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמֵר, (בראשית ד׳:ז׳) לַפֶּתַח חַטָּאת רוֹבֵץ. מַאי חַטָּאת רוֹבֵץ, דָּא יֵצֶר הָרָע.

AND JACOB SENT MESSENGERS (lit. angels), ETC. R. Judah discoursed on the text: For he will give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways (Ps. 91, 11). ‘According to the companions,’ he said, ‘the moment a child is born into the world, the evil prompter straightway attaches himself to him, and thenceforth brings accusations against him, as it says, “sin coucheth at the door” (Gen. 4, 7), the term “sin” being a designation of the evil prompter,

Segment 2ב׳

וְדָוִד הָכִי נָמֵי קָרְיֵיהּ חַטָּאת דִּכְתִיב, (תהילים נ״א:ה׳) וְחַטָּאתִי נֶגְדִי תָמִיד, בְּגִין דְּאִיהוּ עָבִיד לֵיהּ לְבַר נָשׁ כָּל יוֹמָא לְמֶחטֵי קַמֵּי מָארֵיהּ, וְיֵצֶר הָרָע דָּא לָא אִתְעֲדֵי מִבַּר נָשׁ מִיּוֹמָא דְאִתְיְלִיד בַּר נָשׁ לְעָלְמִין. וְיֵצֶר הַטּוֹב אָתֵי לְבַר נָשׁ מִיּוֹמָא דְאָתֵי לְאִתְדַּכָּאָה.

and he was also called sin by King David in the verse: “and my sin is ever before me” (Ps. 51, 5). He is so called because he makes man every day to sin before his Master, never leaving him from the day of his birth till the end of his life.

Segment 3ג׳

וְאֵימָתַי אָתֵי בַּר נָשׁ לְאִתְדַּכָּאָה כַּד אִיהוּ בַּר תְּלֵיסַר שְׁנִין, כְּדֵין אִזְדַּוַּוג בַּר נָשׁ בְּתַרְוַויְיהוּ חַד מִימִינָא וְחַד מִשְּׂמָאלָא, יֵצֶר טוֹב לִימִינָא וְיֵצֶר רַע לִשְׂמָאלָא. וְאִלֵּין אִינוּן תְּרֵין מַלְאָכִין מַמָּשׁ מְמַנָּן, וְאִינוּן מִשְׁתַּכְּחִין תָּדִיר בַּהֲדֵיהּ דְּבַר נָשׁ.

But the good prompter first comes to man only on the day that he begins to purify himself, to wit, when he reaches the age of thirteen years. From that time the youth finds himself attended by two companions, one on his right and the other on his left, the former being the good prompter, the latter the evil prompter. These are two veritable angels appointed to keep man company continually.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

English: The Zohar — Soncino Press, London 1933 (public domain)