Daily Zohar # 4395 – Chayei Sarah – The wisdom of forty-eight drops

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Zohar Chayei Sarah
Continued from previous DZ
#143
Genesis 2:10
“וְנָהָר יֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַגָּן וּמִשָּׁם יִפָּרֵד וְהָיָה לְאַרְבָּעָה רָאשִׁים.”
“Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.”
We have learned that every hour of the twelve daytime hours, four drops from the waters of Eden drip onto the Garden. From these drops, a great river emerges, dividing into four heads. Forty-eight drops drip daily, and from these, the trees of the Garden are satiated. This is as it is written:
Psalms 104:16
“יִשְׂבְּעוּ עֲצֵי יְהוָה אַרְזֵי לְבָנוֹן אֲשֶׁר נָטָע.”
“The trees of YHVH are satisfied, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,”
Psalm 104:13
“מַשְׁקֶה הָרִים מֵעֲלִיּוֹתָיו מִפְּרִי מַעֲשֶׂיךָ תִּשְׂבַּע הָאָרֶץ.”
“He waters the hills from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.”
Rabbi Tanhum said, What is the upper chamber? And answers, It is Eden. And where is Eden located? Rabbi Judah said it is above the firmament called “עֲרָבוֹת” (Aravot). Rabbi Yose said it is in the Aravot firmament, for we have learned, there are stored good life, blessing, and peace, and the souls of the Tzadikim, and the highest treasure. It is Eden, and a garden on earth below, corresponding to it, and takes from it abundance every day.

#144
Rabbi Abbahu said, “Forty-eight prophets arose for Israel, and each one took in his portion one essence of a drop from those drops of Eden, which are forty-eight drops. And if every prophet who took one of them had his virtue in the Holy Spirit above all the rest – how much more so Adam the first man, who received from all forty-eight. From this, you learn how great his wisdom was.

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