Daily Zohar 5142
Holy Zohar text. Daily Zohar -5142

Hebrew translation:

294. זֶהוּ שֶׁכָּתוּב, אִם הַכֹּהֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ יֶחֱטָא לְאַשְׁמַת הָעָם. לָמָּה יֶחֱטָא? לְאַשְׁמַת הָעָם. מִשּׁוּם חֲטָאֵי הָעוֹלָם שֶׁגָּרְמוּ אֶת זֶה, לְאַשְׁמַת הָעָם וַדַּאי, וְלֹא לְאַשְׁמָתוֹ. יֶחֱטָא – יִגְרַע טוּבוֹ וְדָן דִּין בַּכֹּל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (מלכים-א א) וְהָיִיתִי אֲנִי וּבְנִי שְׁלֹמֹה חַטָּאִים. דָּבָר אַחֵר אִם הַכֹּהֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ – זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, כְּפִי שֶׁאָמַרְנוּ. יֶחֱטָא – יֶחֱסַר מִכְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמֵהָעוֹלָם, שֶׁלֹּא נוֹתֵן לָהֶם סִפּוּק הַבְּרָכוֹת. לָמָּה? זֶהוּ לְאַשְׁמַת הָעָם וַדַּאי, זֶה בִּשְׁבִיל הַחֵטְא שֶׁל הָעָם.

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Zohar Vayikra
Continued from previous DZ
#294
This is what is written: “אִם הַכֹּהֵן הַמָּשִׁיחַ יֶחֱטָא לְאַשְׁמַת הָעָם” “If the anointed priest shall sin to the guilt of the people” (Leviticus 4:3).
The anointed priest is the Holy One, blessed be He. And why does He sin? It is for the guilt of the people — that is, because of the sins of the world that caused Him this — for the guilt of the people certainly, and not for His own guilt. “יֶחֱטָא” (shall sin)  means that He withholds His goodness and judges everything with din (strict judgment). As it is said: “וְהָיִיתִי אֲנִי וּבְנִי שְׁלֹמֹה חַטָּאִים” “And I and my son Solomon would be sinners” (1 Kings 8:47).
Another interpretation: “If the anointed priest” — this is the Holy One, blessed be He, as we have said — “shall sin” means He withholds from the Congregation of Yisrael and from the world, that He does not give them blessings according to their need. And why? It is for the guilt of the people, certainly — it is because of the sins of the people. And the two interpretations are close to each other. And the second interpretation completes what is lacking in the first interpretation.
Notes:
The Zohar gives a bold reading of the verse about the sin-offering of the anointed priest. “The anointed priest” refers to the Holy One, blessed be He. When Israel sins, it causes a defect above, forcing Hashem (as it were) to “sin”—meaning to withhold His goodness and blessings and to activate strict judgment (din) rather than mercy.
The first explanation sees this as a diminishing of divine flow. The second sees it as withholding blessings from Malchut and the lower worlds. Together, they teach that human sin not only affects the sinner — it creates a cosmic limitation in the divine bestowal, disrupting the flow of mercy and allowing judgment to prevail. This is why the verse says the anointed priest sins “to the guilt of the people” — the sin originates from below but reverberates all the way up, affecting even the highest levels.

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