Daily Zohar # 3505 – Vayetze – One vs Seven
Hebrew translation:
97. בְּמֹשֶׁה לֹא כָתוּב אֶלָּא פַּעַם אַחַת, שֶׁכָּתוּב וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְיָן וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל הַבְּאֵר. מִשּׁוּם שֶׁמֹּשֶׁה נִפְרַד מִכֹּל וָכֹל מֵהַבַּיִת שֶׁלְּמַטָּה, וְיַעֲקֹב לֹא נִפְרַד כְּלָל. בְּמֹשֶׁה אֶחָד, כַּכָּתוּב (שיר ו) אַחַת הִיא יוֹנָתִי תַמָּתִי. אַחַת הִיא לְאִמָּהּ. וּמִשּׁוּם כָּךְ מֹשֶׁה הָיָה בַּעַל הַבַּיִת וְהִתְעַלָּה לְמַעְלָה. בְּמֹשֶׁה כָּתוּב וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל הַבְּאֵר. בְּיַעֲקֹב – וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה בְאֵר בַּשָּׂדֶה, וְלֹא כָתוּב וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל הַבְּאֵר.
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Zohar Vayetze
#96
The ‘well’ is mentioned seven times in Vayetze because it is a clue to the seventh, which is the Nukva of Zeir Anpin that includes the seven sefirot. The seventh is also called ‘באר שבע’ ‘Beer Sheva’, meaning the ‘well of seven’.
When it says (Genesis 29:2) “and he saw a well in the field” it was the well of the seven levels.
#97
With Moses, the well is mentioned only once.
Exodus 2:15
“וַיִּשְׁמַע פַּרְעֹה אֶת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַיְבַקֵּשׁ לַהֲרֹג אֶת מֹשֶׁה וַיִּבְרַח מֹשֶׁה מִפְּנֵי פַרְעֹה וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְיָן וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל הַבְּאֵר.”
“When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat on the well.”
On Jacob, the verse says ‘And Jacob saw the well’. On Moses, it says ‘Moses sat on the well’, which is above the well. It tells us that Moses was higher than Jacob. While Jacob was connected from Tiferet down to this world. Moses was separated above Zeir Anpin. He was considered as ‘the owner of the house’. Jacob was part of the ‘house’ and Moses was outside of it. For these reasons, the Torah mentions only one well for Moses and seven wells for Jacob.
Songs 6:9
“אַחַת הִיא יוֹנָתִי תַמָּתִי אַחַת הִיא לְאִמָּהּ בָּרָה הִיא לְיוֹלַדְתָּהּ רָאוּהָ בָנוֹת וַיְאַשְּׁרוּהָ מְלָכוֹת וּפִילַגְשִׁים וַיְהַלְלוּהָ.”
“My dove, my perfect one, Is the only one, The only one of her mother, The favorite of the one who bore her. The daughters saw her And called her blessed, The queens and the concubines, And they praised her.”
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