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זוהר, יתרו ג׳Zohar, Yitro 3

Section 3 of 35 in Yitro — 5 segments

Segment 1א׳

וַיָּבֹא יִתְרוֹ חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה. פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (ישעיהו ב׳:ג׳) וְהָלְכוּ עַמִּים רָבִּים וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַעֲלֶה אֶל הַר יְיָ' וְגוֹ'. הַאי קְרָא אוּקְמוּהָ בְּכַמָּה אֲתָר. אֲבָל זְמִינִין שְׁאַר עַמִּין לְמֵהַךְ וּלְכַתְּתָא רַגְלַיְיהוּ, לְמֵיעַל תְּחוֹת גַּדְפֵּי דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא. לְכוּ וְנַעֲלֶה, כָּל טַעֲוָון דְּעָלְמָא אִית לוֹן יְרִידָה, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא מַאן דְּאִתְדַּבָּק בֵּיהּ, אִית בֵּיהּ עֲלִיָּה.

Then R. Simeon went on to expound in connection with this theme the words of the prophet Isaiah (II, 3): “And many people shall go, and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob.” ‘A time will come’, he said, ‘when the heathen nations will wear their feet out to go and be brought under the wings of the Shekinah. “Let us go up”, they will say- since all paganism is a descent, but cleaving to the Holy One is an ascent-

Segment 2ב׳

אֶל הַר יְיָ', דָּא אַבְרָהָם, דִּכְתִּיב, (בראשית כ״ב:י״ד) אֲשֶׁר יֵאָמֵר הַיּוֹם בְּהַר יְיָ' יֵרָאֶה, דְּהָא אַבְרָהָם קָרֵי לֵיהּ הַר. מַה הַר הֶפְקֵירָא לְכָל מַאן דְּבָעֵי בְּעָלְמָא, אוּף אֲתָר דָּא קַדִּישָׁא, הֶפְקֵירָא לְקַבְּלָא לְכָל מַאן דְּבָעֵי בְּעָלְמָא. אֶל בֵּית, דָּא יַעֲקֹב, דְּקָרָא לְהַאי אֲתָר בַּיִת, דִּכְתִּיב, (בראשית כח) אֵין זֶה כִּי אִם בֵּית אֱלהִים.

“to the mountain of the Lord”, i.e. the God of Abraham, who said: “In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen” (Gen. 22, 14); for as the mountain is free to all to ascend, so is this holy place open to receive all comers. The verse continues: “to the house of the God of Jacob”, because Jacob called the same place “a house of God” (Ibid. 28, 17).

Segment 3ג׳

דָּבָר אַחֵר, הַר וּבַיִת, אַף עַל גַּב דְּכֹלָּא חַד דַּרְגָּא, סְלִיקוּ לְדָא מִן דָּא, הַר, לִשְׁאַר עַמִּין, כַּד אָתָאן לְאָעָלָא תְּחוֹת גַּדְפּוֹי. בַּיִת, לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, לְמֶהֱוֵי עִמְּהוֹן כְּאִתְּתָא בְּבַעְלָהּ. בְּדִיּוּרָא חַד בְּחֶדְוָוה, וּרְבִיעָא עָלַיְיהוּ כְּאִימָּא עַל בְּנִין.

Or, rather, it is called “mount” and is also called “house”, although it is the same sphere of the Divine, since it is a “mount” for the nations of the world, who have to ascend it if they desire to enter under the wings of the Shekinah, but a “house” to Israel, to whom the Shekinah stands in the relationship of a wife to a husband, united in love and joy, hovering over Israel like a mother over her children.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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