זהר חדש, פרשת חקת א׳–ל׳Zohar Chadash, Chukat 1–30

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(במדבר כא) וַיִּסְעוּ מֵהֹר הָהָר דֶּרֶךְ יַם סוּף. הָא אִתְעָרוּ חַבְרַיָיא, דִּנְטָלוֹ מִלְּאוֹלָפָא תַּלְמוּדָא, דְּאִקְרֵי הֹר הָהָר. אַמַּאי אִקְרֵי הֹר הָהָר, בְּגִין דִּמְתַמָּן נָפֵיק הוֹרָאָה לְעָלְמָא. דִּכְתִיב (שמות כד) אֲשֶׁר כָּתַבְתִּי לְהוֹרֹתָ"ם, וְדָא אִיהוּ תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה.

And they set out from Hor Hahar through the way of the Sea of Reeds. That is that the group stopped studying the Talmud, which is called Hor HaHar. Why is it called Hor HaHar? Because from there comes teaching [hora'ah] to the world, as "I have written to instruct them [lehorotam]" (Exodus 24:12) - and this is the Oral Torah [Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash].

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אֲבָל תָּא חֲזֵי, רָזָא דְחָכְמְתָא אִית הָכָא. הַאי אַתְרָא דְּאִיקְּרֵי הֹר הָהָר, אוֹרְחָא הוּא לְיַמָּא דְסוּף, סוֹפָא דְדַרְגִּין, דַּהֲוַת מֵדַבְּרָא קֳדָמֵיהוֹן בְּמַדְבְּרָא, וּמְאַלְפָא לְהוֹן אוֹרְחִין דְּחַיִּין, בְּגִין דְּאִיהִי אוֹרְחָא, לְמֵיעַל לְעָלְמָא דְאָתֵי.

But come and see: there is a vision of wisdom in here. The place called Hor HaHar its way was near the Sea of Reeds, the end of the steps/levels, that she [the Shechinah] was speaking in front of them in the desert, and taught them the ways of life, to go above the present world.

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וְאִינוּן נְטָלוּ מִבַּתְרָהּ וּמֵאוֹרְחָהּ, וְאָזְלִין בָּתַר אֹרַח חִוְיָא עֲקִימָא, דְּשַׁלִּיט בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם, כְּדֵין (במדבר כא) וַתִּקְצַר נֶפֶשׁ הָעָם בַּדָּרֶךְ, בְּגִין דְּטָעוֹ מֵאָרְחָא דְחַיֵּי. כְּדֵין, וַיְדַבֵּר הָעָם בֵּאלֹהִים וּבְמשֶׁה. בְּכֹלָא אִיתְרַעֲמוּ, בְּתוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה, וּבְתוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב. כִּי אֵין לֶחֶם, דָּא תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל פֶּה. וְאֵין מַיִם, דָּא תּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב, וְהוּא לֶחֶם הַקְּלֹקֵל, דִּקְלִילָא הֲוָה בְּעֵינֵיהוֹן מִלְּתָא דְאוֹרַיְיתָא דִּבְעַל פֶּה.

And they [Israel] went left her and on her way, and went after the way of the snake Akalton, which reigns in the land of Edom, so it says "the soul of the people became smaller in the way" this is because they left the way of life, and so they "spoke against God and Moshe" [Moshe represents the Shechinah]. They rejected all: the Oral Torah and the Written Torah. "There is no bread" - this is the Oral Torah. "There is no water" - this is the written Torah. And this is "kelokel bread" - the words of the Oral Torah were light [kal] in their eyes.