Daily Zohar # 3226 – Miketz – The stone which the builders rejected
Daily Zohar 3226
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Hebrew translation:
94. רַבִּי יִצְחָק אָמַר, בֹּא רְאֵה, דָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ זָכָה לְהִתְחַבֵּר עִם הָאָבוֹת, וְיָרַשׁ אֶת מְקוֹמוֹ בְתוֹכָם. זֶהוּ שֶׁכָּתוּב אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים הָיְתָה לְרֹאשׁ פִּנָּה.
95. רַבִּי יֵיסָא וְרַבִּי חִזְקִיָּה הָיוּ הוֹלְכִים מִקַּפּוֹטְקִיָּא לְלוֹד, וְהָיָה עִמָּהֶם יְהוּדִי אֶחָד שֶׁמַּחֲזִיק נוֹד שֶׁל יַיִן. בְּעוֹדָם הוֹלְכִים, אָמַר רַבִּי יֵיסָא לְרַבִּי חִזְקִיָּה, פְּתַח פִּיךָ וֶאֱמֹר דָּבָר אֶחָד מֵאוֹתָם הַדְּבָרִים הַמְעֻלִּים שֶׁל הַתּוֹרָה שֶׁאַתָּה אוֹמֵר כָּל יוֹם לִפְנֵי הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּדוֹשׁ.
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Zohar Miketz
Genesis 42:1
“וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב כִּי יֶשׁ שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב לְבָנָיו לָמָּה תִּתְרָאוּ.”
“Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
#93
It is written “Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt” and the Zohar asks how did Jacob sees that when he didn’t have the Shechna with him after losing Joseph. The explanation is that Jacob knew that when he saw the other people of the land go to Egypt for food. It wasn’t with the support of the Holy Spirit that he temporarily lost.
#94
Rabbi Yitzchak says that King David had merits to connect to the patriarchs and have a place among them.
Psalms 118:22
“אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים הָיְתָה לְרֹאשׁ פִּנָּה.”
“The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.”
#95
Rabbi Yessa and Rabbi Chizkiya were walking from Kaputkia to Lod and with them a jew carrying a vessel of wine. Rabbi Yessa asked Rabbi Chizkia to share one of the beautiful studies that he had with Rabbi Shimon.
Continued in the next DZ
Lesson;
“The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.”
The Zohar references ‘The Stone’ as the ‘Drinking Stone’ that the world was founded on. See Daily Zohar # 3209 – Vayetze – The stone of the house of God.
The stone is the aspect of Malchut that doesn’t have a light of its own. It’s also the aspect of David, the humble king of Israel. He connected to the Patriarchs that represent the three-column, Right for Chessed, Left for Gevurah and center for Tiferet. He gave us the tools to connect and draw the Light of the three columns to Malchut. These tools are the Psalms that we include in all our prayers.
In the future, the children of Israel that are ignored and disrespected like a simple stone would be the ‘Chief cornerstone’ for the whole world because the Light would shine from Israel to all directions of the world.
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