Daily Zohar # 3546 – Vaera – It is my meditation all the day
Hebrew translation:
101. וְהוּא מְעוֹרֵר אֶת הַבֹּקֶר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (שם נז) עוּרָה כְבוֹדִי עוּרָה הַנֵּבֶל וְכִנּוֹר אָעִירָה שָּׁחַר. כְּשֶׁבָּא הַיּוֹם, אָמַר פָּסוּק זֶה, מָה אָהַבְתִּי תוֹרָתֶךָ כָּל הַיּוֹם הִיא שִׂיחָתִי. מַה זֶּה כָּל הַיּוֹם הִיא שִׂיחָתִי? אֶלָּא מִכָּאן לָמַדְנוּ, שֶׁכָּל מִי שֶׁמִּשְׁתַּדֵּל בַּתּוֹרָה לְהַשְׁלִים הַדִּין עַל בֻּרְיוֹ, כְּאִלּוּ קִיֵּם אֶת הַתּוֹרָה כֻּלָּהּ. מִשּׁוּם כָּךְ כָּל הַיּוֹם הִיא שִׂיחָתִי.
102. בֹּא רְאֵה, בַּיּוֹם הִתְעַסֵּק בַּתּוֹרָה לְהַשְׁלִים הַדִּינִים, וּבַלַּיְלָה הִתְעַסֵּק בְּשִׁירוֹת וְתִשְׁבָּחוֹת עַד שֶׁבָּא הַיּוֹם. מָה הַטַּעַם? כָּל הַיּוֹם הִתְעַסֵּק לְהַשְׁלִים הַדִּינִים כְּדֵי לְהַכְלִיל שְׂמֹאל בַּיָּמִין, בַּלַּיְלָה, כְּדֵי לְהַכְלִיל דַּרְגַּת הַלַּיְלָה בַּיּוֹם.
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Zohar Vaera
#100
Psalms 119:62
“חֲצוֹת לַיְלָה אָקוּם לְהוֹדוֹת לָךְ עַל מִשְׁפְּטֵי צִדְקֶךָ.”
“At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You, Because of Your righteous judgments.”
Rabbi Yehuda quotes this verse and explains; David was the King of Israel, and he needed to judge the people, and lead the nation like a shepherd leads his flock so they won’t leave the path of truth.
King David was waking up at midnight and occupied himself with Torah and praised to the Holy One Blessed be He, until morning.
#101
King David awakened the dawn as it is written;
Psalms 57:9
“עוּרָה כְבוֹדִי עוּרָה הַנֵּבֶל וְכִנּוֹר אָעִירָה שָּׁחַר.”
“Awake, my glory! Awake, lute, and harp! I will awaken the dawn.”
When the morning comes he said this verse;
Psalms 119:97
“מָה אָהַבְתִּי תוֹרָתֶךָ כָּל הַיּוֹם הִיא שִׂיחָתִי.”
“Oh, how I love Your law! (Torah) It is my meditation all the day.”
We learn from this that whoever studies the Torah throughout the night, is like he fulfilled the entire Torah. That is why it says ‘ It is my meditation all the day’.
#102
The night is under the control of the Left that is judgment. The day time is the aspect of the Right and Chassadim. King David was praising the Holy One Blessed be He at night until daybreak when he studied to bring rest to the judgments. His purpose was to connect night and day and to include the Left with the Right to reveal Chassadim.
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