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זוהר, וישלח כ״טZohar, Vayishlach 29

Section 29 of 30 in Vayishlach — 7 segments

Segment 1א׳

פָּתַח רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר וְאָמַר, (שם קיא) הַלְלוּיָה אוֹדֶה יְיָ בְּכָל לֵבָב בְּסוֹד יְשָׁרִים וְעֵדָה, הַאי קְרָא אוּקְמוּהָ. אֲבָל תָּא חֲזֵי, דָּוִד מַלְכָּא כָּל יוֹמוֹי הֲוָה מִשְׁתַּדַּל בְּפוּלְחָנָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, וְהֲוָה קָם בְּפַלְגוּת לֵילְיָא וּמְשַׁבַּח וּמוֹדֶה בְּשִׁירִין וְתוּשְׁבְּחָן, בְּגִין לְאִתְתַּקָּנָא דּוּכְתֵּיהּ בְּמַלְכוּ דִּלְעֵילָא.

R. Eleazar discoursed on the verse: Hallelukah (praise ye the Lord). I will give thanks unto the Lord with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. (Ps. CXI, I). ‘King David’, he said, ‘daily devoted himself to the worship of the Almighty, and he would rise at midnight and sing hymns and songs of praise and thanksgiving, so as to establish his place in the kingdom above.

Segment 2ב׳

דְּכַד אִתְעַר רוּחַ צָפוֹן בְּפַלְגוּת לֵילְיָא, הֲוָה יָדַע דְּקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בְּהַהִיא שַׁעְתָּא יִתְעַר בְּגִנְתָּא דְעֵדֶן לְאִשְׁתַּעְשֵׁעַ עִם צַדִּיקַיָּיא, וְאִיהוּ הֲוָה קָם בְּהַהִיא שַׁעְתָּא וְאִתְגַּבַּר בְּשִׁירִין וְתוּשְׁבְּחָן עַד דְּסָלִיק צַפְרָא.

For as soon as the north wind began to blow at midnight he knew that the moment had come when God rose, as it were, to disport Himself with the righteous in the Garden of Eden; so he arose at that moment and busied himself with songs and thanksgivings until the morning.

Segment 3ג׳

בְּגִין דְּכַד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אִשְׁתַּכַּח בְּגִנְתָּא דְעֵדֶן, הָא אוֹקִימְנָא דְּאִיהוּ וְכָל צַדִּיקַיָּיא דִּבְגִנְתָּא כֻּלְּהוּ צַיְיתִין לְקָלֵיהּ. כְּדִכְתִיב, (שיר השירים ח׳:י״ג) חֲבֵרִים מַקְשִׁיבִים לְקוֹלֵךְ הַשְׁמִיעִנִי. וְלָא עוֹד, אֶלָּא דְחוּטָא דְחֶסֶד מָשִׁיךְ עֲלֵיהּ בִּימָמָא כְּמָה דְאִתְּמָר. דִּכְתִיב, (תהילים מ״ב:ט׳) יוֹמָם יְצַוֶּה יְיָ חַסְדּוֹ וּבַלַּיְלָה שִׁירֹה עִמִּי. וְלא עוֹד, אֶלָּא דְאִינוּן מִלִּין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא דְּאִיהוּ אָמַר, כֻּלְּהוּ סָלְקִין וּמִתְעַטְּרִין קַמֵּי קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וּבְגִין כָּךְ דָּוִד מַלְכָּא הֲוָה מִשְׁתַּדֵּל בְּלֵילְיָא בְּפוּלְחָנָא דְמָארֵיהּ.

For, as we have affirmed, when the Holy One, blessed be He, appears in the Garden of Eden, He and all the righteous in the Garden of Eden listen to the voice of the suppliant, as we read: “The companions hearken for thy voice, cause me to hear it” (S. S. 8, 13); and, moreover, a thread of grace is woven round him during the day, as it is written: “By day the Lord will command his lovingkindness, and in the night his song shall be with me” (Ps. 42, 9). And furthermore, all the words of the Torah which one utters in the night ascend and are woven into a garland before the Almighty. King David therefore devoted himself during the night to the service of his Master.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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