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זוהר, יתרו כ״חZohar, Yitro 28

Section 28 of 35 in Yitro — 14 segments

Segment 1א׳

(שמות כ׳:י״ב) כַּבֵּד אֶת אָבִיךָ וְאֶת אִמֶּךָ. רַבִּי חִיָּיא פָּתַח, (בראשית ב׳:י׳) וְנָהָר יוֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן וְגוֹ'. וְנָהָר, דָּא נְבִיעוּ דְּמַבּוּעָא, דְּנָפִיק תָּדִיר וְלָא פָּסַק. וּמִנַּהֲרָא דְּמַבּוּעָא דָּא, אִתְשָׁקְיָא כָּל גִּנְתָּא דְּעֵדֶן. וְהַהוּא נַהֲרָא דְּמַבּוּעָא קַדִּישָׁא, אִקְרֵי אָ"ב. מַאי טַעֲמָא. מִשּׁוּם דְּאִיהוּ נְבִיעָא לְאִתְּזָנָא לְגִנְתָּא.

HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER. R. Hiya connected this command with the words: “And a river went out of Eden to water the garden” (Gen. 2, 10). ‘The “river” he said, is the issue of the fountain which flows perennially and from whence the whole Garden of Eden is watered, and this issue of the holy fountain is called AB-“Father”.’

Segment 2ב׳

רַבִּי אַבָּא אָמַר, עֵדֶן מַמָּשׁ אִקְרֵי אָב. מִשּׁוּם דְּהַאי עֵדֶן, מִשְׁתְּכַח מֵהַהוּא אֲתָר, דְּאִקְרֵי אַיִן. וּבְגִינִי כַּךְ, אִקְרֵי אָב. וְהָא אוּקִימְנָא, מֵאֲתָר דְּשָׁארֵי לְאִתְמַשְּׁכָא כֹּלָּא, אִקְרֵי אַתָּה, וְאִקְרֵי אָב. כְּמָה (עיין סוף הספר גי' מספר לבנת הספיר) דְּאַתְּ אָמַר, (ישעיהו ס״ג:ט״ז) כִּי אַתָּה אָבִינוּ.

R. Abba said that Eden itself is called Father-itself originating from the place called Ain (nought)-as we have laid down, that the place from which the Whole begins to take its being is designated both “Thou” and “Father”, as it says: “For thou art our father” (Isa. 63, 16).’

Segment 3ג׳

ר' אֶלְעָזָר אָמַר, כַּבֵּד אֶת אָבִיךָ, דָּא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. וְאֶת אִמֶּךָ, דָּא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל. אֶת אָבִיךָ, אֶת דַּיְיקָא, לְאַכְלְלָא שְׁכִינְתָּא (דבר אחר עילאה). רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אָמַר, כַּבֵּד אֶת אָבִיךָ, סְתָם. וְאֶת אִמֶּךָ, סְתָם. דְּהָא כֹּלָּא הֲוָה בְּמִנְיָינָא. אֶת, לְרַבּוֹת כָּל מַה דִּלְעֵילָּא וְתַתָּא.

R. Eleazar applied the words “honour thy father” to the Holy One; “thy mother” to the Community of Israel; and the article eth to the Shekinah. R. Judah, however, held that, as “Father” and “Mother” in this commandment are not particularised, they include all aspects of the Divine, and the article eth between indicates all that is above and all that is below.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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