זוהר, יתרו ל״הZohar, Yitro 35

Section 35 of 35 in Yitro — 11 segments

Segment 1א׳

(שמות כ) לא תִּרְצַח. לֹא תִּנְאַף. לא תִּגְנֹב. לא. פָּסְקָא טַעֲמָא בְּכָל הָנִי תְּלָת. וְאִי לָא דְּפָסְקָא טַעֲמָא, לָא הֲוֵי תִּקּוּנָא לְעָלְמִין, וִיְהֵא אָסִיר לָן לְקָטְלָא נַפְשָׁא בְּעָלְמָא, אַף עַל גַּב דְּיַעֲבוֹר עַל אוֹרַיְיתָא. אֲבָל בְּמָה דְּפָסְקָא טַעֲמָא, אָסִיר, וְשָׁרֵי.

YOU SHALL NOT KILL. YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY. YOU SHALL NOT STEAL. “Not.” In all these three the accent makes a pause. And were it not that the accent makes a pause, there could never be any ordering of the world, and it would be forbidden to us to put a person to death, even though he transgressed the Torah. But since the accent makes a pause, it is forbidden and it is permitted.

Segment 2ב׳

לֹא תִּנְאַף. אִי לָאו דְּפָסְקָא טַעֲמָא, אָסִיר אֲפִילּוּ לְאוֹלָדָא, אוֹ לְמֶחדֵי בְּאִתְּתֵיהּ חֶדְוָה דְּמִצְוָה. וּבַמֶּה דְּפָסְקָא טַעֲמָא, אָסִיר וְשָׁרֵי. לֹא תִּגְנֹב. אִי לָאו דְּפָסְקָא טַעֲמָא, הֲוָה אָסִיר אֲפִילּוּ לְמִגְנַב דַּעְתָּא דְּרַבֵּיהּ בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. אוֹ דַּעְתָּא דְּחָכָם, לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בֵּיהּ. אוֹ דַּיָּינָא דְּדָאִין דִּינָא לְפוּם טַעֲנָה, דְּאִצְטְרִיךְ לֵיהּ לְמִגְנַב דַּעְתָּא דְּרַמָּאָה, וּלְמִגְנַב דַּעְתָּא דְּתַרְוַויְיהוּ, לְאַפָּקָא דִּינָא לִנְהוֹרָא. וּבַמֶּה דְּפָסְקָא טַעֲמָא, אָסִיר וְשָׁרֵי.

“You shall not commit adultery.” Were it not that the accent makes a pause, it would be forbidden even to beget children, or to rejoice with one’s wife with the joy of the commandment. But since the accent makes a pause, it is forbidden and it is permitted. “You shall not steal.” Were it not that the accent makes a pause, it would have been forbidden even to steal the mind of one’s teacher in the Torah, or the mind of a sage, in order to look into him; or for a judge who judges a case according to the pleading, who must steal the mind of the deceitful man, and steal the mind of them both, in order to bring the judgement to light. But since the accent makes a pause, it is forbidden and it is permitted.

Segment 3ג׳

(שמות כ׳:י״ג) לֹא תַעֲנֶה בְרֵעֲךָ עֵד שָׁקֶר. הָכָא לָא פָּסְקָא טַעֲמָא, בְּגִין דְּאָסִיר הוּא כְּלָל כְּלָל. וּבְכָל מִילֵי דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא שָׁוִי רָזִין עִלָּאִין, וְאוֹלִיף לִבְנֵי נָשָׁא אָרְחָא, לְאִתְתַּקְנָא בָּהּ, וּלְמֵהַךְ בָּהּ. כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמֵר, (ישעיהו מ״ח:י״ז) אֲנִי יְיָ' אֱלֹהֶיךָ מְלַמֶּדְךָ לְהוֹעִיל מַדְרִיכְךָ בְּדֶרֶך תֵּלֵךְ.

YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOUR. Here the accent makes no pause, because it is forbidden altogether and in every way. And in all the words of the Torah the Holy One, blessed be He, has set supernal mysteries, and has taught men the way in which to be set right, and in which to walk, as it says: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you for your profit, who leads you by the way that you should go” (Isa. 48, 17).

Segment 4ד׳

אוּף הָכִי, (שמות כ) לֹא תַחְמֹד, לָא פָּסִיק טַעֲמָא כְּלָל. וְאִי תֵּימָא, אֲפִילּוּ חִמּוּדָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא אָסִיר, כֵּיוָן דְּלָא פָּסְקָא. תָּא חֲזֵי, בְּכֻלְּהוּ עַבְדַת אוֹרַיְיתָא כְּלָל, וּבְהַאי עַבְדַת פְּרָט. בֵּית רֵעֶךָ שָׂדֵהוּ וְעָבְדוֹ וְגוֹ', בְּכָל מִילֵי דְּעָלְמָא. אֲבָל אוֹרַיְיתָא, אִיהִי חָמוּדַת תָּדִיר, שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים, גִּנְזֵי דְּחַיֵּי, אַרְכָּא דְּיוֹמִין, בְּעָלְמָא דֵּין וּבְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי.

So too, “You shall not covet” (Ex. 20) — the accent makes no pause at all. And should you say that even the coveting of the Torah is forbidden, since it makes no pause — observe: in all the rest the Torah spoke in general terms, but in this one it spoke in particular: “your neighbour’s house, his field, and his servant,” and so forth — in all the things of this world. But the Torah is to be coveted always: delight, the treasures of life, length of days, in this world and in the world to come.

Segment 5ה׳

הָנֵי עֶשֶׂר אֲמִירָן דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, אִינּוּן כְּלָלָא דְּכָל פִּקּוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, כְּלָלָא דְּעֵילָּא וְתַתָּא, כְּלָלָא דְּכָל עֶשֶׂר אֲמִירָן דִּבְרֵאשִׁית. אִלֵּין אִתְחְקָקוּ עַל לוּחֵי אֲבָנִין, וְכָל גִּנְזִין דַּהֲווֹ בְּהוּ, אִתְחָזוּן לְעֵינֵיהוֹן דְּכֹלָּא, לְמִנְדַּע וּלְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בְּרָזָא דְּתרי"ג פִּקּוּדִין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא דִּכְלִילָן בְּהוּ, כֹּלָּא אִתְחָזֵי לְעַיְינִין, כֹּלָּא אִיהוּ בְּסָכְלְתָנוּ, לְאִסְתַּכְּלָא בְּלִבָּא דְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כֻּלְּהוּ, וְכֹלָּא הֲוָה נָהִיר לְעֵינַיְיהוּ.

The Ten Words contain the essence of all the commandments, the essence of all celestial and terrestrial mysteries, the essence of the Ten Words of Creation. They were engraved on tables of stone, and all the hidden things were seen by the eyes and perceived by the minds of all Israel, everything being made clear to them.

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Zohar — Vocalized Zohar, Israel 2013, via Sefaria

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

English: rendered from the Aramaic for this app — The Gematria's own rendering program. A rendering of the words, not a commentary; the Zohar is learned with a teacher