Daily Zohar # 3286 – Tetzaveh – GPS code to get out of darkness
Daily Zohar 3286
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Hebrew translation:
85. וְעַל זֶה כָּתוּב אֲשֶׁר רָאִיתָ, בְּעֵינֵיהֶם הָיוּ רוֹאִים אֶת אֲדוֹן הַמִּדְבָּר הוֹלֵךְ קָשׁוּר לִפְנֵיהֶם, וְלָקְחוּ נַחֲלָתוֹ וְגוֹרָלוֹ. מִנַּיִן לָנוּ? שֶׁכָּתוּב (שמות טו) אָז נִבְהֲלוּ אַלּוּפֵי אֱדוֹם, וְאֵלֶּה הֵם (דברים ח) נָחָשׁ שָׂרָף וְעַקְרָב. וַאֲנַחְנוּ גַּם כָּךְ נִפְרַדְנוּ מֵהַיִּשּׁוּב לַמִּדְבָּר הֶחָזָק לְעַיֵּן שָׁם בַּתּוֹרָה, כְּדֵי לְהַכְנִיעַ אֶת הַצַּד הָאַחֵר.
86. וְעוֹד, שֶׁלֹּא מִתְיַשְּׁבִים דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה אֶלָּא שָׁם, שֶׁאֵין אוֹר אֶלָּא אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹצֵא מִתּוֹךְ הַחֹשֶׁךְ. שֶׁכַּאֲשֶׁר נִכְנָע צַד זֶה, מִתְעַלֶּה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְמַעְלָה וּמִתְכַּבֵּד בִּכְבוֹדוֹ, וְאֵין עֲבוֹדַת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ הַחֹשֶׁךְ, וְאֵין הַטּוֹב אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ הָרָע. וְכַאֲשֶׁר נִכְנָס בֶּן אָדָם בְּדֶרֶךְ רָעָה וְעָזַב אוֹתָהּ, אָז מִתְעַלֶּה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בִּכְבוֹדוֹ, וְעַל זֶה שְׁלֵמוּת הַכֹּל – טוֹב וָרַע כְּאֶחָד, וְלַעֲלוֹת אַחַר כָּךְ בְּטוֹב, וְאֵין טוֹב אֶלָּא הַהוּא שֶׁיָּצָא מִתּוֹךְ הָרָע. וּבְטוֹב זֶה מִתְעַלֶּה כְבוֹדוֹ, וְזוֹהִי עֲבוֹדָה שְׁלֵמָה.
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Zohar Tetzaveh
Continued from previous DZ
#84
After the first sin, God defined the future relationship between the Snake and man.
Genesis 3:15
“הוּא יְשׁוּפְךָ רֹאשׁ וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵב”
“He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel”
The Israelites sinned several times after they left Egypt and the Snake ‘bit’ them. Even though they had success against him at the beginning, they weren’t careful and lost the battle to him. Because of that, the entire generation that left Egypt had to die in the desert. For forty years they had to experience death every day.
#85
The Israelites studied the Torah in the desert to have control over the ‘fiery serpents and scorpions’ that represent the forces of Sam-l.
#86
The desert is darkness and the Light that is revealed from the study of the Torah in that place is great and pleased the Holy One Blessed be He.
The good comes from the bad and when a person leaves the negative path he reveals great light and fulfills the process of removing darkness from the world that is our main purpose and work in this world.
Lesson;
When in darkness we can either sink deeper into the dark abyss or seek the Light and easily find the way out.
The Light that we need to activate our personal ‘GPS’ comes from the study of the Torah. If we don’t let Sam-l opportunities distract us, we can find the way out of the darkness without any or with just minimal ‘path recalculation’.
The Israelites had major sins that disconnected them from the Light. Their journey to the promised land was supposed to take just a few days and became the maximum correction process of 40 years.
Deuteronomy 25:3
“אַרְבָּעִים יַכֶּנּוּ לֹא יֹסִיף”
“Forty blows he may give him and no more”
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