Zohar Beraisheet - Section 34 A - "The voice of Hashem is upon the waters"

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Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Beraisheet Section 34 A

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SYNOPSIS:

The voice of Hashem is a supernal secret. It refers to the process by which The Creator sends forth His Energy and Light into our physical universe. The word water is a code referring to the Light itself. These paragraphs fortify our connection to the Light of The Creator.

Pasook 333.from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Beraisheet A

רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר קָפַץ בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, וְדָרַשׁ קוֹל ה' עַל הַמָּיִם אֵל הַכָּבוֹד הִרְעִים ה' עַל מַיִם רַבִּים, קוֹל ה', דָּא קוֹל עִלָּאָה, דִּמְמַנָּא עַל הַמָּיִם, דְּנַגְדִין מִדַּרְגָא לְדַרְגָא, עַד דְּמִתְכַּנְשֵׁי לַאֲתַר חָד, בִּכְנוּפְיָא חָדָא. הַהוּא קוֹל עִלָּאָה מְשַׁדַּר לְאִינוּן מַיִין בְּאָרְחַיְיהוּ, כָּל חַד וְחַד כְּפוּם אָרְחֵיהּ, כְּהַאי גְּנָנָא דִּמְמַנָּא עַל מַיָא, לְשַׁדַּר לוֹן, לְכָל אֲתַר וַאֲתַר, כִּדְחָזֵי לֵיהּ. כַּךְ קוֹל ה' מְמַנָּא עַל מַיָא.

Transliteration

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Translation

Rabbi Elazar rose to the front and explained THE VERSE: "The voice of Hashem is upon the waters; the El of glory thunders; Hashem is upon many waters" (Tehilim 29:3). "The voice of Hashem" is the supernal voice that is appointed over the waters. THESE WATERS ARE THE MOCHIN THAT flow from grade to grade, FROM THE GRADE OF BINAH TO THAT OF ZEIR ANPIN AND FROM THE GRADE OF CHESED, GVURAH AND TIFERET OF ZEIR ANPIN TO THE GRADE OF NETZACH, HOD AND YESOD. Until they gather in one place, WHICH IS THE SECRET OF HIS YESOD, in one congregation, BECAUSE YESOD INCLUDES ALL THE GRADES WITHIN ITSELF, AND IS THUS CALLED 'ALL.' This supernal voice sends these waters on their way, TO EVERY SFIRAH AND SFIRAH, each according to its course. Just as that gardener who guides the DITCH OF water and sends THE STREAM OF WATER to each and every spot as is required, "the voice of Hashem" governs the waters, WHICH ARE THE MOCHIN, in the same manner.

chanoch's Commentary

This pasuk is clear as written, with Rabbi Ashlag's comments.

Pasook 334. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha Beraisheet A

אֵל הַכָּבוֹד הִרְעִים, כד"א וְרַעַם גְּבוּרוֹתָיו מִי יִתְבּוֹנֵן, דָּא סִטְרָא דְאַתְיָא מִן גְּבוּרָה וְנָפְקָא מִנֵּיהּ. דָּבָר אֲחֵר, אֵ"ל הַכָּבוֹד הִרְעִים, דָּא יָמִינָא, דְּנַפְקָא מִנֵּיהּ שְׂמָאלָא, ה' עַל מַיִם רַבִּים, ה' דָּא חָכְמָה עִלָּאָה דְּאִקְרֵי יוּ"ד. עַל מַיִם רַבִּים, עַל הַהוּא עוֹמְקָא סְתִימָאָה דְּנָפֵיק מִנֵּיהּ. כד"א וּשְׁבִילְךָ בְּמַיִם רַבִּים.

Transliteration

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Translation

A DIFFICULTY WAS RAISED REGARDING "The El of glory thunders," BECAUSE THE TERM EL ALLUDES TO CHESED, WHILE THUNDER IS AN ACTION OF GVURAH. HE SAID THAT this is according to what is written: "But the thunder of His power who can understand?" (Iyov 26:14). This aspect is revealed by gazing on the thunder of Gvurah that originates in it. IN OTHER WORDS, THE PHRASE, "THE EL OF GLORY," IS THE SECRET OF CHESED THAT IS REVEALED BECAUSE OF GVURAH, AS LIGHT'S SUPERIORITY OVER DARKNESS. THEREFORE IT IS WRITTEN: "THE EL OF GLORY THUNDERS," BECAUSE IT WAS REVEALED BY GVURAH THROUGH THUNDER. Another explanation of THE PHRASE "The El of glory thunders" is that it is THE SECRET OF the right - WHICH IS CHESED - from which the left-GVURAH - comes forth, AS THE SFIROT ISSUE AND EMANATE FROM ONE ANOTHER, AS IS KNOWN. ACCORDING TO THIS, "THE EL OF GLORY," WHICH IS CHESED, THUNDERS - EMANATES GVURAH - WHICH IS THE SECRET OF THUNDER. "Hashem is upon many waters," means that Hashem is THE REVELATION OF supernal Chochmah, which is called Yud - NAMELY THAT THE MOCHIN OF THE SUPERNAL ABA AND IMA is "upon many waters." IT IS REVEALED over that hidden source from which it emerged, as it is written: "And Your path in the great waters" (Tehilim 77:20).

chanoch's Commentary

This pasuk is clear as written, with Rabbi Ashlag's comments. This pasuk reveals the concept of many dimensions.