Daily Zohar # 4129 – Miketz – Tezadka = Torah
Daily Zohar 4129
Hebrew translation:
137. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי קָם לַיְלָה אֶחָד לְהִשְׁתַּדֵּל בַּתּוֹרָה, וְהָיָה שָׁם עִמּוֹ יְהוּדִי אֶחָד שֶׁפָּגַשׁ בּוֹ בְּאוֹתוֹ הַבַּיִת. פָּתַח רַבִּי יוֹסֵי וְאָמַר, (משלי י) לֹא יוֹעִילוּ אוֹצְרוֹת רֶשַׁע וּצְדָקָה תַּצִּיל מִמָּוֶת. לֹא יוֹעִילוּ אוֹצְרוֹת רֶשַׁע – אֵלּוּ הֵם שֶׁלֹּא מִשְׁתַּדְּלִים בַּתּוֹרָה, וְהוֹלְכִים אַחַר דִּבְרֵי הָעוֹלָם וְלִכְנֹס אוֹצְרוֹת רֶשַׁע. מַה כָּתוּב? (קהלת ה) וְאָבַד הָעֹשֶׁר הַהוּא בְּעִנְיַן רָע, מִשּׁוּם שֶׁהֵם אוֹצְרוֹת רֶשַׁע.
138. וּצְדָקָה תַּצִּיל מִמָּוֶת – אֵלּוּ שֶׁמִּשְׁתַּדְּלִים בַּתּוֹרָה וְיוֹדְעִים דְּרָכֶיהָ לְהִשְׁתַּדֵּל בָּהּ, שֶׁהֲרֵי הַתּוֹרָה נִקְרֵאת עֵץ חַיִּים, וְנִקְרֵאת צְדָקָה, שֶׁכָּתוּב (דברים ו) וּצְדָקָה תִּהְיֶה לָּנוּ.דָּבָר אַחֵר וּצְדָקָה תַּצִּיל מִמָּוֶת – זוֹ צְדָקָה מַמָּשׁ, וְהִיא בִּשְׁנֵי גְוָנִים וּבִשְׁנֵי צְדָדִים. קוֹרֵא לוֹ תּוֹרָה וְקוֹרֵא לוֹ צְדָקָה, וְהַכֹּל אֶחָד.
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Zohar Miketz
Continued from previous DZ
#136
The following verse warns man;
Job 28:28
“וַיֹּאמֶר לָאָדָם הֵן יִרְאַת אֲדֹנָי הִיא חָכְמָה וְסוּר מֵרָע בִּינָה.”
“And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom (Chokmah), And to depart from evil is understanding (Binah).’ ”
The fear of God is Chokmah and the aspect of the Nukva. It adorns the lower levels to instill awe and knowledge of God.
“Depart from evil ” is Binah, and the separation from bad, to keep it away from holiness, that is, to know and look with awe and respect to the Supreme King.
#137
Rabbi Yossi got up one night to study the Torah, and there was one Jew with him who met him in that house. And Rabbi Yossi opened and said,
Proverbs 10:2
“לֹא יוֹעִילוּ אוֹצְרוֹת רֶשַׁע וּצְדָקָה תַּצִּיל מִמָּוֶת.”
“Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.”
The treasures of wickedness are those who do not deal with the Torah and follow the world’s material possessions to gather up evil treasures that will not be of any use.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
“וְאָבַד הָעֹשֶׁר הַהוּא בְּעִנְיַן רָע וְהוֹלִיד בֵּן וְאֵין בְּיָדוֹ מְאוּמָה.”
“and those riches perish by evil adventure, and if he has begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.”
#138
Proverbs 10:2
“לֹא יוֹעִילוּ אוֹצְרוֹת רֶשַׁע וּצְדָקָה תַּצִּיל מִמָּוֶת.”
“Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness (Tzedaka) delivers from death.”
Tzedakah is the aspect of the ones who deal with the Torah and know its ways, and strive in it. Because the Torah is called a Tree of Life, and it is called Tzedaka, as it is written,
Deuteronomy 6:25
“וּצְדָקָה תִּהְיֶה לָּנוּ כִּי נִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת כָּל הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּנוּ.”
“Then it will be righteousness (Tzedaka) for us if we are careful to observe all these commandments before YHVH our God, as He has commanded us.’”
Another thing, Tzedakah will save you from death is the real Tzedaka that is given to the poor. Two ways and two aspects to the word Tzedaka; real Tzedaka and the Torah.
The Torah saves us from death because the Torah is a Tree of Life. It will save us from death in the name of the commandment that gives life to the poor.
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