Daily Zohar # 3495 – Toldot – Who will be resurrected first
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Hebrew translation:
72. וַיְהִי רָעָב בָּאָרֶץ מִלְּבַד הָרָעָב הָרִאשׁוֹן אֲשֶׁר הָיָה בִּימֵי אַבְרָהָם. רַבִּי אַבָּהוּ פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (שיר א) עַד שֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ בִּמְסִבּוֹ נִרְדִּי נָתַן רֵיחוֹ. שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ, אַרְבַּע תְּקוּפוֹת וְאַרְבָּעָה זְמַנִּים מְשֻׁנִּים זוֹ מִזּוֹ יַעַבְרוּ הַצַּדִּיקִים לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא. הָאֶחָד – אוֹתוֹ זְמַן יִשְׂגֶּא הַחָכְמָה בָּעוֹלָם וְיַשִּׂיגוּ הַשָּׂגָה מַה שֶּׁלֹּא הִשִּׂיגוּ בְּזֶה הָעוֹלָם. שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ, אָמַר רַבִּי פִּנְחָס, הַשָּׂגַת הַצַּדִּיקִים לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא יוֹתֵר מִמַּלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת, שֶׁכָּתוּב (ישעיה יא) כַּמַּיִם לַיָּם מְכַסִּים, הַשֵּׁנִי תִּתְעַסְּקוּ. (חסר) (עד כאן מדרש הנעלם)
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Zohar Toldot
#71
Rabbi Elazar explained above that the Redemption is according to repentance. His opinion is based on the verse (Daniel 12:2)
“וְרַבִּים מִיְּשֵׁנֵי אַדְמַת עָפָר יָקִיצוּ אֵלֶּה לְחַיֵּי עוֹלָם וְאֵלֶּה לַחֲרָפוֹת לְדִרְאוֹן עוֹלָם.”
“And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt.”
Those who sleep in the dust are the Tzadikim that will be the first to rise. Since the verse uses the words “Many of those”, it means that not all the Tzadikim will rise at the same time. Those who made repentance would rise first because they earned special merits for that.
Rabbi Yehuda says that they will rise 210 years before the others. Rabbi Yitzchak says 214 years as we read in Numbers 24:19
“וְיֵרְדְּ מִיַּעֲקֹב וְהֶאֱבִיד שָׂרִיד מֵעִיר.”
“And from Jacob One shall have dominion, And destroy the remains of the city.”
The first word ‘יֵרְדְּ’ has a numerical value of 214 to tell that the Tzadikim is 214 years before the rest. Rav Nachman says that the time would be according to the rate the body breaks down in the dust. Rabbi Yossi says that according to that, there would be many Resurrections, but all of them would be at the same time as it says in the vision of Daniel (Daniel 10:1) “וֶאֱמֶת הַדָּבָר וְצָבָא גָדוֹל” “and that was true, and great army…”
#72
Genesis 26:1
“וַיְהִי רָעָב בָּאָרֶץ מִלְּבַד הָרָעָב הָרִאשׁוֹן אֲשֶׁר הָיָה בִּימֵי אַבְרָהָם וַיֵּלֶךְ יִצְחָק אֶל אֲבִימֶּלֶךְ מֶלֶךְ פְּלִשְׁתִּים גְּרָרָה.”
“There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerar.”
Rabbi Abahu quotes Songs 1:12
“עַד שֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ בִּמְסִבּוֹ נִרְדִּי נָתַן רֵיחוֹ.”
“While the king was at his table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance.”
He explains that there are four periods, and four times that each is different from the other, the righteous will go through in the future. One, at that time wisdom in the world, will increase, and the Tzadikim would attain a level they never attained in this world, as Rabbi Pinchas said that the wisdom will flow like water.
Isaiah 11:9
“לֹא יָרֵעוּ וְלֹא יַשְׁחִיתוּ בְּכָל הַר קָדְשִׁי כִּי מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ דֵּעָה אֶת יְהוָה כַּמַּיִם לַיָּם מְכַסִּים.”
“They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of YHVH As the waters cover the sea.”
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