Daily Zohar # 3007 – Tazria – The earth and it ‘worlds’
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Hebrew translation:
66. רַבִּי חִיָּיא וְרַבִּי יוֹסֵי הָיוּ הוֹלְכִים בַּדֶּרֶךְ. כְּשֶׁהִגִּיעוּ לְשָׂדֶה אַחַת, רָאוּ עֵץ אֲפַרְסְמוֹן אֶחָד בְּצַד יְמִין הַדֶּרֶךְ. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, עֲטִיפָה שֶׁל עָשָׁן מְצוּיָה בָעֵינַיִם, אֵין לָנוּ רְשׁוּת לִרְאוֹת בְּשִׂמְחָה מִיּוֹם שֶׁחָרַב בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ.
67. פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (תהלים כד) לַה’ הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ תֵּבֵל וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ. כֵּיוָן שֶׁאָמַר לַה’ הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ, לָמָּה תֵּבֵל וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ? וְכִי תֵבֵל אֵינֶנָּה מִן הָאָרֶץ? אֶלָּא כָּךְ אָמַר, לַה’ הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ – זוֹ הָאָרֶץ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, שֶׁנִּקְרֵאת עֵץ הַחַיִּים. תֵּבֵל וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ – אֵלּוּ שְׁאָר הָאֲרָצוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שם ט) וְהוּא יִשְׁפֹּט תֵּבֵל בְּצֶדֶק, שֶׁתֵּבֵל תְּלוּיָה בְצֶדֶק, וְהַכֹּל דָּבָר אֶחָד.
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Zohar Tazria
#65
The Shechina says; “They made me caretaker of the vineyards But I have not taken care of my own vineyard” (Songs 1:6). Because the children of Israel are in exile, the Shechina follows them and protect the nations they dwell within them. Before the exile, she could protect them in their homeland and now she protects the other nations because of her children.
#66
Rabbi Chiya and Rabbi Yosei were walking on the road and arrived at a field. They saw a persimmon tree on the right side of the road. Rabbi Yosei said; “there’s an envelope of smoke in our eyes and since the day of the destruction of the Holy Temple we should not see things that would bring us joy.”
#67
Psalms 24:1
“לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר לַיהוָה הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ תֵּבֵל וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ”
“A Psalm of David. The earth (אָרֶץ) is for YHVH, and all it contains the world (תֵּבֵל), and those who dwell in it.”
The Zohar asks why there is a use of two different names to ‘earth’ (‘Eretz’ and ‘Tevel’) and explains that ‘Eretz’ and ‘Tevel’ are not the same.
“The earth (אָרֶץ) is for YHVH, and all it contains” refers to the ‘holy’ aspect of earth and its life. The ‘world,’ ‘Tevel’ is the name that includes other worlds. The source is in Zohar Chadash Beresheet #216 (Link to Zohar text on Unity Zohar.com. This text is not available in the English Zohar published by KC.
https://unityzohar.com/zohar-books/zh_beresheet/215
The Zohar reveals that there are seven layers in heavens, so there are seven worlds that are on different levels/dimensions of physical existence. Studying this Zohar may give us some good ideas about UFOs and similar phenomena. More about this in the next study.
Lesson;
In paragraph #66 we need to understand why the Rabbis didn’t want to see the beautiful tree of Persimmons.
The Zohar speaks in symbols and when we read about rabbis walking and studying, then in most cases it’s about their spiritual ascend during the study. Here they reached a point where they saw a fruitful tree on the right side of their way. If the Zohar specify ‘Right’, then it’s a positive aspect. It means that they made a strong connection n to the Tree of Life and saw beyond space and time. The smoke is an aspect of spiritual connection.
Rabbi Yosei knew that they are not allowed at this time to make such a strong connection and he pulled back, giving us the study in the following paragraph.
The original Zohar text about the seven worlds.
שבע שמות קרא ליבשה: ארץ, אדמה, גיא, נשיה, ציה, ארקא, תבל. גדול שמבין שבע הארצות “תבל” משום שנאמר בפסוק: “והוא ישפוט תבל בצדק” ולכן גם נכתב: “אשר שם שמות בארץ”. אמר ר”י שבע רקיעים ברא אלוהים וכנגדם ברא שבע ארצות.ושנינו שתחילה יצאה ארץ אחת מהמים וממנה נתהוו שבע ארצות כפי שהוזכר למעלה (עד כאן התרגום).
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