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זוהר, יתרו כ״זZohar, Yitro 27

Section 27 of 35 in Yitro — 41 segments

Segment 1א׳

(שמות כ׳:ח׳) זָכוֹר אֶת יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ. רַבִּי יִצְחָק אָמַר, כְּתִיב (בראשית ב׳:ג׳) וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלהִים אֶת יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, וּכְתִיב בַּמָּן (שמות ט״ז:כ״ו) שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תִּלְקְטֻהוּ וּבְיוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבָּת לא יִהְיֶה בּוֹ. כֵּיוָן דְּלָא מִשְׁתְּכַח בֵּיהּ מְזוֹנֵי, מַה בִּרְכְתָא אִשְׁתְּכַח בֵּיהּ.

REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO SANCTIFY IT. Said R. Isaac: ‘It is written, “And God blessed the seventh day” (Gen. 2, 3); and yet we read of the manna, “Six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, in it there shall be none” (Ex. 16, 26). If there was no food on that day what blessing is attached to it?

Segment 2ב׳

אֶלָּא הָכִי תָּאנָא, כָּל בִּרְכָּאן דִּלְעֵילָּא וְתַתָּא, בְּיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה תַּלְיָין. וְתָאנָא, אֲמַאי לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח מָנָּא בְּיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה, מִשּׁוּם דְּהַהוּא יוֹמָא, מִתְבָּרְכָאן מִינֵּיהּ כָּל שִׁיתָא יוֹמִין עִלָּאִין, וְכָל חַד וְחַד יָהִיב מְזוֹנֵיהּ לְתַתָּא, כָּל חַד בְּיוֹמוֹי, מֵהַהִיא בְּרָכָה דְּמִתְבָּרְכָאן בְּיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה.

Yet we have been taught that all blessings from above and from below depend upon the seventh day. Why, then, was there no manna just on this day? The explanation is that all the six days of the transcendent world derive their blessings from it, and each supernal day sends forth nourishment to the world below from what it received from the seventh day.

Segment 3ג׳

וּבְגִינֵי כַּךְ, מַאן דְּאִיהוּ בְּדַרְגָּא דִּמְהֵימָנוּתָא, בָּעֵי לְסַדְּרָא פָּתוֹרָא, וּלְאַתְקְנָא סְעוּדָתָא בְּלֵילְיָא דְּשַׁבְּתָא, בְּגִין דְּיִתְבָּרֵךְ פָּתוֹרֵיהּ, כָּל אִינּוּן שִׁיתָא יוֹמִין, דְּהָא בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא, אִזְדָּמַן בְּרָכָה, לְאִתְבָּרְכָא כָּל שִׁיתָא יוֹמִין דְּשַׁבְּתָא, וּבִרְכָתָא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח בְּפָתוֹרָא רֵיקָנַיָּא. וְעַל כַּךְ, בָּעֵי לְסַדְּרָא פָּתוֹרֵיהּ בְּלֵילְיָא דְּשַׁבְּתָא, בְּנַהֲמֵי וּבִמְזוֹנֵי.

Therefore he who has attained to the grade of Faith must needs prepare a table and a meal on the Sabbath eve (Friday) so that his table may be blessed all through the other six days of the week. For, indeed, at the time of the Sabbath preparation there is also prepared the blessing for all the six days that shall follow, for no blessing is found at an empty table. Thus one should make ready the table on Sabbath night with bread and other food.’

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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