Zohar HaAzinu - Section 13 - 3 Meals of Shabbat

It is recommended to study the section prior to reading the Synopsis.

Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha HaAzinu Section 13

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1. Read out loud the Aramaic Verse. If you need to transliterate in order to read with the sounds of the lettersthe verse see below. If you use the transliteration tool than make sure you scan the Aramaic first and last.

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4. Now read chanoch's Commentary or additions to enhance and or modify your own personal understanding.

SYNOPSIS:

Rabbi Shimon recalls that he has never neglected the three meals on Shabbat in his whole life. He says that the three meals are the meal of the Queen, the meal of the holy King, and the meal of the most hidden Atika Kadisha. In the world beyond one will be able to merit all these grades.

Pasook 46. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha HaAzinu

וּבָעֵי בַּר נָשׁ לְמֶחְדֵּי בִּתְלַת סְעוּדָתֵי דְּשַׁבְּתָא, דְּהָא כָּל מְהֵימְנוּתָא, וְכָל כְּלָלָא דִּמְהֵימְנוּתָא, בֵּיהּ אִשְׁתְּכַח, וּבָעֵי בַּר נָשׁ לְסַדְּרָא פָּתוֹרָא, וּלְמֵיכַל תְּלַת סְעוּדָתֵי דִּמְהֵימְנוּתָא, וּלְמֵחֱדֵי בְּהוּ.

Transliteration

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Translation

One must rejoice in the three meals on Shabbat, for the whole Faith and the entirety of faith is present in it. And one must set his table, eat the three meals of faith and rejoice in them.

chanoch's Commentary

How can one be commanded to rejoice? Does pretending to be rejoicing count? Of course we know that faking till we make it does work in our world of illusion. Yet we need to know that faking is not truth, it is part of the illusion of process.

Pasook 47. from the Zohar Sulam Commentary on Parasha HaAzinu

אָמַר רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, אַסְהַדְנָא עָלַי לְכָל אִלֵּין דְּהָכָא, דְּהָא מִן יוֹמָאי לָא בָּטִילְנָא אִלֵּין ג' סְעוּדָתֵי, וּבְגִינֵיהוֹן לָא אִצְטְרִיכְנָא לְתַעֲנִיתָא בְּשַׁבְּתָא. וַאֲפִילּוּ בְּיוֹמֵי אַחֲרִינֵי לָא אִצְטְרִיכְנָא, כ"ש בְּשַׁבְּתָא. דְּמַאן דְּזָכֵי בְּהוּ, זָכֵי לִמְהֵימְנוּתָא שְׁלֵימָתָא. חַד, סְעוּדָתָא דְּמַטְרוֹנִיתָא. וְחַד, סְעוּדָתָא דְּמַלְכָּא קַדִּישָׁא. וְחַד, סְעוּדָתָא דְּעַתִּיקָא קַדִּישָׁא, סְתִימָא דְּכָל סְתִימִין. וּבְהַהוּא עָלְמָא יִזְכֵּי בְּהוּ לְאִלֵּין. הַאי רָצוֹן כַּד אִתְגַלְיָיא, כָּל דִּינִין אִתְכַּפְיָין מִשּׁוּלְשְׁלֵיהוֹן.

Transliteration

Please use a Transliteration tool to read the Aramaic Verses. This enhances the energy transfer since it uses both sight of the Hebrew Letters and Sound as well. You may find a transliteration tool on the dailyzohar website or through an internet search for "Hebrew Transliteration".

Translation

Rabbi Shimon said, I bring all those present here as witnesses that I have never neglected these three meals in my life. Due to their merit, I did not have to resort to fasting on Shabbat and even on other WEEK days I did not have to FAST, and all the more so on Shabbat. For whoever merits them, merits the entire faith. THEY ARE: one is the meal of the Queen, NAMELY ON SHABBAT EVE, BECAUSE NIGHT IS THE DOMAIN OF MALCHUT; one is the meal of the Holy King, WHO IS ZEIR ANPIN, THAT IS, DURING THE MEAL OF MINCHAH, WHEN ZEIR ANPIN RISES TO ATIKA KADISHA; and one is the meal of the most concealed Atika Kadisha at the morning meal. For on Shabbat Atika Kadisha is shining by means of supernal Aba and Ima, and Zeir Anpin receives the illumination from them. But at Minchah of Shabbat, Zeir Anpin himself ascends to Atika Kadisha and receives His illumination. Hence that meal is named after Zeir Anpin, and the morning meal after Atika Kadisha. In that world, ONE can merit these GRADES. When this will IN THE FOREHEAD is revealed, all Judgments are subdued in their chains.

chanoch's Commentary

We see how important the 3 meals of Shabbat are.