Daily Zohar # 3772 – Vayera – After I am worn out
Hebrew translation:
134. מַהוּ אוֹמֵר אַחֲרֵי בְלוֹתִי הָיְתָה לִּי עֶדְנָה? אַחֲרֵי בְלוֹתִי בֶּעָפָר מֵהַיּוֹם כַּמָּה שָׁנִים, הָיְתָה לִּי עֶדְנָה וְחִדּוּשׁ. וַאדֹנִי זָקֵן, שֶׁהַיּוֹם כַּמָּה שָׁנִים שֶׁיָּצָאת מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא הִפְקִידַנִי.
135. וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אָמַר, הֲיִפָּלֵא מֵה’ דָּבָר לַמּוֹעֵד. מַהוּ לַמּוֹעֵד? אוֹתוֹ הַיָּדוּעַ אֶצְלִי לְהַחֲיוֹת מֵתִים. וּלְשָׂרָה בֵן, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁיִּתְחַדֵּשׁ כְּבֶן שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים.
136. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בְּרַבִּי סִימוֹן, כֵּיוָן שֶׁהַנְּשָׁמָה נִזּוֹנֵית מִזִּיוָהּ שֶׁל מַעְלָה, הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אוֹמֵר לְאוֹתוֹ הַמַּלְאָךְ הַנִּקְרָא דוּמָ”ה: לֵךְ וּבַשֵּׂר לְגוּף פְּלוֹנִי שֶׁאֲנִי עָתִיד לְהַחֲיוֹתוֹ לַֻמּוֹעֵד שֶׁאֲנִי אֲחַיֶּה אֶת הַצַּדִּיקִים לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא. וְהוּא מֵשִׁיב: אַחֲרֵי בְלוֹתִי הָיְתָה לִּי עֶדְנָה? אַחֲרֵי בְלוֹתִי בֶּעָפָר וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בָּאֲדָמָה, וְאָכַל בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה וְגוּשׁ עָפָר, תִּהְיֶה לִי חִדּוּשׁ?.
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Zohar Vayera
Continued from previous DZ
#134
Genesis 18:12
“וַתִּצְחַק שָׂרָה בְּקִרְבָּהּ לֵאמֹר אַחֲרֵי בְלֹתִי הָיְתָה לִּי עֶדְנָה וַאדֹנִי זָקֵן.”
“Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I am worn out, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
He asks what is the meaning of “After I am worn out, shall I have pleasure”, and explains that ‘after I am worn out’ is the decay process in the grave, and after years comes ‘the pleasure’ that is the renewal of the soul.
#135
The Holy One Blessed be He says Genesis 18:14
“הֲיִפָּלֵא מֵיְהוָה דָּבָר לַמּוֹעֵד אָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ כָּעֵת חַיָּה וּלְשָׂרָה בֵן.”
“Is anything too hard for YHVH? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”
The ‘appointed time’ is the known time of the Resurrection. ‘And Sarah shall have a son’ tells that Sarah will have a son that would come to life as a three years old.
#136
Rabbi Yehuda, son of Rabbi Simon, said, since the soul is nourished from the radiance of light from above, the Holy One Blessed Be He tells the angel Dumah, go and give a message to a certain body, that I will revive it in a future time when I bring the righteous to life. And he replies, after I had worn out, I had a rejuvenation.
After spending time in the dirt, and dwelling in the ground, with worms and dust, I will have a renewal.
Lesson;
Our souls work like Abraham in this world to do good and earn merits for the resurrection and renewal of soul and body.
The angel Dumah is responsible to register everybody put in the ground, and when the time comes, Hashem will command him to let the ones with merits to stand up for Resurrection.
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