Daily Zohar 4043
Holy Zohar text. Daily Zohar -4043

Hebrew translation:

446. וַיִּפְתַּח ה’ אֶת פִּי הָאָתוֹן וְגוֹ’. זֶה אֶחָד מֵאוֹתָם דְּבָרִים שֶׁנִּבְרְאוּ עֶרֶב שַׁבָּת בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת. אָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק, מָה הַגְּדֻלָּה הַזּוֹ לְבִלְעָם אוֹ לָאָתוֹן אוֹ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בַּדְּבָרִים הַלָּלוּ? אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, שֶׁצָּחֲקוּ עָלָיו אוֹתָם גְּדוֹלִים שֶׁהָיוּ עִמּוֹ, וּכְשֶׁהִגִּיעוּ לְבָלָק, אָמְרוּ לוֹ: וְכִי לַשּׁוֹטֶה הַזֶּה שָׁלַחְתָּ לְכַבֵּד?! לֹא תִמְצָא בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ וְלֹא בִדְבָרָיו. וּבְאוֹתוֹ דִּבּוּר שֶׁל הָאָתוֹן הִתְבַּזָּה מִכְּבוֹדוֹ. רַבִּי חִיָּיא אָמַר, אִלְמָלֵא לֹא אָמְרָה הָאָתוֹן אֶת זֶה, לֹא הִשְׁאִיר בִּלְעָם אוֹתוֹ שֶׁלּוֹ, וּבְדִבְרֵי הָאָתוֹן יָדַע שֶׁנִּשְׁבָּר כֹּחוֹ.
447. רַבִּי אַבָּא שָׁאַל, כָּתוּב (במדבר טז) וַתִּפְתַּח הָאָרֶץ וְגוֹ’, וְכָתוּב וַיִּפְתַּח ה’ אֶת פִּי וְגוֹ’. מַה שּׁוֹנֶה אֶרֶץ מֵאָתוֹן שֶׁלֹּא כָתוּב בָּהּ וַיִּפְתַּח ה’ אֶת פִּי הָאָרֶץ? אֶלָּא שָׁם מֹשֶׁה גָּזַר עַל הַפֶּה, וּפָתְחָה וְעָשְׂתָה הָאָרֶץ אֶת מִצְוַת מֹשֶׁה, וְלֹא נָאֶה שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא יַעֲבֹר מִצְוָתוֹ, שֶׁהֲרֵי מֹשֶׁה גָּזַר וְצִוָּה, וּפָצְתָה הָאֲדָמָה אֶת פִּיהָ. וְלָכֵן הִיא עָשְׂתָה מִצְוָתוֹ, שֶׁכָּתוּב וַתִּפְתַּח הָאָרֶץ אֶת פִּיהָ. אֲבָל כָּאן לֹא נִמְצָא מִי שֶׁגָּזַר, אֶלָּא רְצוֹן הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא הָיָה, וְהוֹאִיל וּרְצוֹנוֹ הָיָה בְּכָךְ, כָּתוּב וַיִּפְתַּח ה’ אֶת פִּי הָאָתוֹן. מִמֶּנּוּ בָּא הַדָּבָר, וּמִמֶּנּוּ נִמְצָא.

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Zohar Balak
Continued from previous DZ
#446
Numbers 22:28
“וַיִּפְתַּח יְהוָה אֶת פִּי הָאָתוֹן וַתֹּאמֶר לְבִלְעָם מֶה עָשִׂיתִי לְךָ כִּי הִכִּיתַנִי זֶה שָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים.”
“Then YHVH opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have struck me these three times?”
The mouth of the female donkey was one of the things that were created on Shabbat Eve just before completing Creation. Rabbi Yitzchak asks, what gain comes from the words of the donkey to Balaam, or to the donkey, or to Israel? Rabbi Yossi said that the ministers that were with Balaam laughed at him. And when they came to Balak, they told him, you sent to call this fool, you will not find any truth in him or in his words. It was found that he got dishonored in these words of the donkey. Rabbi Chiya said that if the donkey had not told her words, Balaam would not have left his mission. But when he heard his donkey talking, he knew his power was broken.

#447
Numbers 16:32
“וַתִּפְתַּח הָאָרֶץ אֶת פִּיהָ וַתִּבְלַע אֹתָם וְאֶת בָּתֵּיהֶם וְאֵת כָּל הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר לְקֹרַח וְאֵת כָּל הָרֲכוּשׁ.”
“and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men with Korah, with all their goods.”
Rabbi Elazar asked, what is the difference between “YHVH opened the mouth of the donkey” and “the earth opened its mouth.” He answers that Moshe decreed the opening of the mouth. And the earth opened its mouth and did the commandment of Moses. It is not proper that the Holy One Blessed be He does the commandment of Moses. For Moses decreed and commanded, and the earth opened its mouth. But here, with the donkey, no one decreed, but HaShem’s will was, and since His will was in this, it is written, “and YHVH opened the mouth of the donkey.” It came from HaShem, and his will became a reality.

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