Daily Zohar 5180
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Hebrew translation:

361. הַדְּבָרִים הַלָּלוּ, כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי אוֹתָם, אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא יָדַעְתִּי מַה זֶּה. בָּאוּ רַבִּי חִיָּיא וְרַבִּי יוֹסִי וְנָשְׁקוּ אוֹתוֹ בְרֹאשׁוֹ. אָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא, מִי מְכַסֶּה עֵינֶיךָ בְּעָפָר, רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי, שֶׁאַתָּה בִּמְקוֹמְךָ וְאַתָּה מַרְעִישׁ הֶהָרִים הָעֶלְיוֹנִים, וַאֲפִלּוּ צִפֳּרֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְכֻלָּם שְׂמֵחִים בְּדִבּוּרֶיךָ. אוֹי לָעוֹלָם בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה כְּשֶׁתִּסְתַּלֵּק מִמֶּנּוּ.
362. עוֹד פָּתַח וְאָמַר אוֹתוֹ הָאִישׁ, הֲרֵי שֶׁדָּבָר אַחֵר שָׁמַעְתִּי מִמֶּנּוּ בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה בַּפָּסוּק שֶׁכָּתוּב (דניאל ט) וְעַתָּה שְׁמַע אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֶל תְּפִלַּת עַבְדְּךָ וְאֶל תַּחֲנוּנָיו וְגוֹ’ לְמַעַן אֲדֹנָי. וְאָמַר כָּךְ, אִם הַשֵּׁם הַזֶּה מְעֻלֶּה (לְמַעְלָה) מֵהַכֹּל – יָפֶה הוּא. שֶׁכָּךְ אוֹמְרִים, עוֹשֶׂה לְמַעַן הַמֶּלֶךְ. אֲבָל הַשֵּׁם הַזֶּה הֲרֵי יָדוּעַ שֶׁהוּא מָקוֹם שֶׁל בֵּית דִּין, שֶׁמִּמֶּנּוּ יוֹצֵא דִין לָעוֹלָם. מִי רָאָה שֶׁאוֹמְרִים לַמֶּלֶךְ עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַן עַבְדְּךָ, אוֹ בִּשְׁבִיל דָּבָר קָטָן מִמֶּךָ?

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Zohar Vayikra
Continued from previous DZ
#361
These words I heard thus, but I do not know what they are. Rabbi Chiya and Rabbi Yosi came and kissed him on his head. Rabbi Chiya said: Who can cover your eyes with dust, Rabbi Shimon? You are in your place, and you make the supernal mountains tremble, and even the birds of the sky rejoice in your words. Woe to the world at the time you depart from it.
#362
He opened again and said: That man, the merchant, behold another thing I heard from him at that time, in the verse that is written: “וְעַתָּה שְׁמַע אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֶל תְּפִלַּת עַבְדֶּךָ וְאֶל תַּחֲנוּנָיו” etc. “and now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications” etc. “for the sake of my Lord” (Daniel 9:17). And he said thus: If this name “Adonai” was more important than all the Names, it would be fine that he said “for the sake of my Lord,” for thus people say: Do it for the sake of the King. But this name “Adonai” — behold it is known that it is the place of the Court of Judgment, that is, Malchut, from which judgments (dinim) issue to the world. Who has seen that they would say to the King: Do it for the sake of Your servant, or for the sake of something smaller than You?
Notes:
The merchant’s sincere sharing of what he overheard from Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai moves Rabbi Chiya and Rabbi Yosi to kiss his head in awe. They praise Rabbi Shimon’s greatness — even the birds rejoice at his words, and the supernal mountains tremble before him. His eventual departure will be a great loss to the world.
The merchant then raises a difficulty with Daniel’s prayer: why ask “for the sake of my Lord” (Adonai, representing Malchut and the place of judgment) when addressing the King? It seems inappropriate to ask the higher for the sake of the lower. This question opens the door for a deeper explanation of the divine Names and the flow of mercy in prayer. The story beautifully shows how honest spiritual questioning, even from merchants, becomes a vehicle for revelation in the presence of the sages.

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