Daily Zohar 3520
Holy Zohar text. Daily Zohar -3520

Hebrew translation:

104. דָּבָר אַחֵר וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב כִּי יֶשׁ שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם – תְּבוּאָה מַמָּשׁ, שֶׁהֲרֵי עַל כֵּן שָׁלַח הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא רָעָב לָעוֹלָם, כְּדֵי לְהוֹרִיד אֶת יַעֲקֹב וְאֶת בָּנָיו לְשָׁם, וְעַל זֶה רָאָה אֶת בְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ שֶׁהָיוּ מְבִיאִים מִשָּׁם תְּבוּאָה.
105. וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב כִּי יֶשׁ שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם. בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁמֵּת יִצְחָק, בָּאוּ יַעֲקֹב וְעֵשָׂו לַחֲלֹק, וְעֵשָׂו יָצָא מֵחֶלְקוֹ שֶׁל הָאָרֶץ וּמֵהַכֹּל, וְיַעֲקֹב שֶׁיִּסְבֹּל אֶת הַגָּלוּת יִטֹּל הַכֹּל. וְעַל זֶה רָאָה אוֹתוֹ הַשֶּׁבֶר שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ בְּמִצְרַיִם הוּא וּבָנָיו לִסְבֹּל אֶת הַגָּלוּת, וְעַל זֶה וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב לְבָנָיו לָמָּה תִּתְרָאוּ, מִלִּפְנֵי הַדִּין שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה, שֶׁלֹּא יִמָּצֵא עֲלֵיכֶם מְקַטְרֵג. וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה שָׁמַעְתִּי כִּי יֶשׁ שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם רְדוּ שָׁמָּה. הֲרֵי פֵּרְשׁוּהָ רְד”וּ, כַּחֶשְׁבּוֹן הַזֶּה הָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמִצְרַיִם.
106. וְיוֹסֵף הוּא הַשַּׁלִּיט עַל הָאָרֶץ וְגוֹ’. רַבִּי יֵיסָא פָּתַח וְאָמַר, (תהלים כז) וְעַתָּה יָרוּם רֹאשִׁי עַל אֹיְבַי סְבִיבוֹתַי וְאֶזְבְּחָה בְאָהֳלוֹ זִבְחֵי תְרוּעָה אָשִׁירָה וַאֲזַמְּרָה לַה’.בֹּא רְאֵה, כְּשֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מִתְרַצֶּה מֵהָאָדָם, הוּא זוֹקֵף אוֹתוֹ עַל כָּל בְּנֵי הָעוֹלָם וְעוֹשֶׂה אוֹתוֹ הָרֹאשׁ שֶׁל הַכֹּל, וְכָל שׂוֹנְאָיו נִכְנָעִים תַּחְתָּיו.

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Zohar Miketz

Genesis 42:1
“וַיַּרְא יַעֲקֹב כִּי יֶשׁ שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם וַיֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב לְבָנָיו לָמָּה תִּתְרָאוּ.”
“Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”

#104
The Zohar brings another explanation and tells us that Jacob saw with his eyes people of his land bringing grain from Egypt.
The Holy One Blessed be He brought famine to the world to make Jacob go to Egypt with his sons.

#105
When Isaac passed away, Esau and Jacob, his sons came to divide the inheritance. Esau didn’t want to be part of the exile process and he let go of his share, leaving Jacob the process of going through the pain of exile to receive everything later.
Jacob saw the future suffering of his children in Egypt yet he didn’t hesitate to send them down to follow the process Hashem planned for them.
Genesis 42:2
“וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה שָׁמַעְתִּי כִּי יֶשׁ שֶׁבֶר בְּמִצְרָיִם רְדוּ שָׁמָּה וְשִׁבְרוּ לָנוּ מִשָּׁם וְנִחְיֶה וְלֹא נָמוּת.”
“And he said, “Indeed I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down (רְדוּ) to that place and buy for us there, that we may live and not die.”
Jacob encouraged them to go down without fear. The word ‘go down’ ‘רְדוּ’ has the numerical value of 210 that tells the number of years, Israel was in Egypt.

#106
Genesis 42:6
“וְיוֹסֵף הוּא הַשַּׁלִּיט עַל הָאָרֶץ הוּא הַמַּשְׁבִּיר לְכָל עַם הָאָרֶץ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֲחֵי יוֹסֵף וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ לוֹ אַפַּיִם אָרְצָה.”
“Now Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.”

Psalms 27:6
“וְעַתָּה יָרוּם רֹאשִׁי עַל אֹיְבַי סְבִיבוֹתַי וְאֶזְבְּחָה בְאָהֳלוֹ זִבְחֵי תְרוּעָה אָשִׁירָה וַאֲזַמְּרָה לַיהוָה.”
“And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to YHVH”
Rabbi Yessa quotes the above verses and says that when the Holy One Blessed be He is pleased with a person he lifts him up above all people, makes him a leader, and all his enemies surrender under him.

Lesson;
Joseph is Yessod and the channel for spiritual and material nourishments in the ‘land’ which is Malchut.
Reading the story of Joseph from the Zohar is a connection to Yessod and sustenance. To activate the connection we follow the verse from Psalms 27:6
“I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle” – Give Tzedakah.
“I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to YHVH” – Study and prayers.

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