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זוהר, וישלח י״אZohar, Vayishlach 11

Section 11 of 30 in Vayishlach — 13 segments

Segment 1א׳

וְיַעֲקֹב נָסַע סֻכֹּתָה וַיִּבֶן לוֹ בָּיִת וּלְמִקְנֵהוּ עָשָׂה סֻכֹּת עַל כֵּן קָרָא שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם סֻכּוֹת. רִבִּי חִיָּיא פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (תהילים קכ״ז:א׳) שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לִשְׁלֹמֹה אִם יְיָ לֹא יִבְנֶה בַּיִת וְגו', אִם יְיָ לא יִשְׁמָר עִיר וְגו'. תָּא חֲזֵי, בְּשַׁעְתָּא דְסָלִיק בִּרְעוּתָא דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לְמִבְרֵי עַלְמָא, אַפִּיק (טו א) מִבּוּצִינָא דְקַרְדִינוּתָא חַד קִטּוּרָא, וְאִתְלְהִיט מִגּוֹ חֲשׁוֹכָא, וְאִשְׁתָּאַר בִּסְלִיקוּ. וְנָחֲתָא לְתַתָּא, הַהִיא חֲשֵׁכָה לָהִיט (ואתלהיט) בְּמֵאָה שְׁבִילִין אוֹרְחִין דְּקִיקִין רַבְרְבָן, וְאִתְעֲבִיד בֵּיתָא דְעַלְמָא.

R. Hiya discoursed on the verse: Except the Lord build the house, etc., except the Lord keep the city, etc. (Ps. 127, 1). He said: ‘When God resolved to create the world, He produced out of the primordial lamp of scintillation a nucleus that flashed forth from the midst of darkness and remained on high while the darkness went below. It flashed along through a hundred paths and ways, some narrow and some broad, until the House of the world was made.

Segment 2ב׳

הַאי בֵּיתָא אִיהוּ גוֹ אֶמְצָעִיתָא דְכֹלָּא, כַּמָּה פִּתְחִין וְאִדְרִין לֵיהּ סְחוֹר סְחוֹר, דּוּכְתִּין עִלָּאִין קַדִּישִׁין, תַּמָּן מְקַנְנֵי צִפֳּרֵי שְׁמַיָא, כָּל חַד וְחַד לְזִינֵיהּ. בְּגַוֵּויהּ נָפִיק חַד אִילָנָא רַבְרְבָא וְתַקִּיף עָפְיֵיהּ וְאִנְבֵּיהּ סַגֵּי, מְזוֹנָא לְכֹלָּא בֵּיהּ. הַהוּא אִילָנָא סָלִיק לַעֲנָנֵי שְׁמַיָא וְאִתְטַמַּר בֵּין תְּלַת טוּרִין, מִתְּחוֹת אִילֵּין תְּלַת טוּרִין נָפִיק, סָלִיק לְעֵילָא נָחִית לְתַתָּא.

This House forms the centre of the universe, and it has many doors and vestibules on all its sides, sacred and exalted abodes where the celestial birds build their nests, each according to its kind. From the midst of it rises a large tree, with mighty branches and abundance of fruit providing food for all, which rears itself to the clouds of heaven and is lost to view between three rocks, from which it again emerges, so that it is both above and below them.

Segment 3ג׳

הַאי בֵּיתָא אִתְשַׁקְיָיא מִנֵּיהּ, וְגָנִיז בְּגַוֵּויהּ כַּמָּה גִּנְזִין עִלָּאִין דְּלָא אִתְיְדָעוּ, בְּדָא אִתְבְּנֵי הַאי בֵּיתָא וְאִשְׁתַּכְלַל הַהוּא אִילָנָא אִתְגַּלְּיָיא בִּימָמָא, וְאִתְכַּסְּיָא בְּלֵילְיָא, וְהַאי בֵּיתָא שָׁלְטָא בְּלֵילְיָא וְאִתְכַּסְּיָא בִּימָמָא.

From this tree the house is watered. In this house are stored many precious and undiscovered treasures. Thus was the house built and completed. That tree is visible in the day-time but is hidden at night, whereas the house becomes manifest in the night and is hidden by day.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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