Daily Zohar 3663
Holy Zohar text. Daily Zohar -3663

Hebrew translation:

139. בּוֹ יָרוּץ צַדִּיק, בַּמֶּה? בְּמִגְדָּל אוֹ בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה? אֶלָּא הַפָּסוּק נִדְרָשׁ בָּזֶה וּבָזֶה. כְּשֶׁדּוֹרְשִׁים בְּמִגְדָּל, צָרִיךְ צַדִּיק זֶה שֶׁיִּהְיֶה חַזַּן הַכְּנֶסֶת צַדִּיק אֱמֶת, וּדְמוּת שֶׁל צַדִּיק עֶלְיוֹן. כְּשֶׁדּוֹרְשִׁים בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, מִי שֶׁעוֹלֶה לַסֵּפֶר תּוֹרָה לִקְרֹא בַתּוֹרָה, צָרִיךְ צַדִּיק, וְצַדִּיק נִקְרָא. מִי נִקְרָא צַדִּיק מִכֻּלָּם? הַשִּׁשִּׁי שֶׁעוֹלֶה מֵאוֹתָם שִׁבְעָה. אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, וַדַּאי שֶׁהוּא לֹא עוֹלֶה כָּל יָמָיו, אֶלָּא שִׁשִּׁי לְאוֹתָם שֶׁעוֹלִים. בּוֹ יָרוּץ צַדִּיק, בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה יָרוּץ דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיק זֶה. וְנִשְׂגָּב מִמָּה? מִפַּחַד מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת, שֶׁהֲרֵי מַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים. וְנִשְׂגָּב שֶׁלֹּא יִנָּזֵק לְעוֹלָם.
140. בְּאוֹתוֹ מִגְדָּל שֶׁעוֹלֶה בֵּין אוֹתָם מִגְדָּלִים קַיָּם אוֹר אֶחָד בִּדְמוּת סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה. כְּשֶׁבָּאָה אוֹתָהּ צִפּוֹר, לוֹקַחַת אוֹתוֹ מִגְדָּל מִמְּקוֹמוֹ, וְעוֹמֶדֶת תּוֹךְ אֶמְצַע הָעֲזָרָה תּוֹךְ כַּנְפֵי הַכְּרוּבִים הָיָה. (וּמַה שֶּׁהָיָה), רוּמוֹ לְרוּם הַשָּׁמַיִם נִשְׁפָּל וְנִכְנָס תַּחַת אוֹתָם כְּרוּבִים, וְחוֹמוֹתָיו בֵּין רָאשֵׁי הַכְּרוּבִים.

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Zohar Shelach Lecha

In the coming Shabbat, we read the portion of Korach. Since we finished the study of Korah, we continue with Shelach Lecha. You may download here a PDF with the entire study of Korach, or from the link on the home page. Also, a link to download the Torah portion, and a video of the Torah reading of Korach.

Continued from previous DZ

Proverb 18:10)
“מִגְדַּל עֹז שֵׁם יְהוָה בּוֹ יָרוּץ צַדִּיק וְנִשְׂגָּב.”
“The name of YHVH is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and exalted.”
#139
He asks; run to the ‘Strong Tower’ or run to the Torah, and answers that the scripture discusses both the tower and the Torah. The Tower is the Chazan (Cantor) aspect, who leads the prayers of the congregation. He should be truly righteous as required for a connection to Yessod.
Those who are called to read the Torah should be righteous. Out of the seven called to the Torah, the sixth person is called Tzadik because the sixth reading is on the level of Yessod that is called Tzadik.
Rabbi Shimon says that this is correct because Rabbi Cruspedai never went up to the Torah unless it was the sixth reading. “And exalted” means to elevate above the fear and control of the angel of death because he will live longer and never get harmed.

#140
In that tower that rises among the towers stands a light in the image of the Torah scroll. When the bird comes, she moves the tower and places it in the middle of the temple’s court inside the Cherubs’ wings. What was high in the sky is lowered and enters under the Cherubs. The walls of the tower stand between the heads of the Cherubs.

Rabbi Ashlag expands the explanation in this Zohar section.
The secret of the Torah reading is the revelation of the light of Chokmah in the Center column that is called Torah. There are three aspects; 1. The Ark, meaning the holy closet from where we take the Torah out. 2. The Torah scroll that we read from. 3. The ‘Tower,’ which is the ‘בימה,’ the elevated surface that we place the Torah on for reading.
The Ark is the secret of Binah that emanates the essence of Light that goes into the Torah. The Torah scroll is the secret of Zeir Anpin that comes out of the Light of Binah. The ‘Tower’ is Malchut, where the Light of the Torah reading is revealed.

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