Daily Zohar # 5303 – Vayetze – This time I will praise YHVH

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Zohar Vayetze
Continued from previous DZ
#174
Rabbi Chiya opened and said, “הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה שֹׁכֵב עָלֶיהָ לְךָ אֶתְּנֶנָּה וּלְזַרְעֶךָ” “The land on which you are lying, to you I will give it, and to your seed” (Genesis 28:13). And he asks: And did the Holy One, blessed be He, promise him only that place, which was only four or five cubits and no more? And he answers: Rather, at that time the Holy One, blessed be He, folded beneath him the whole Land of Israel, and it was found then that that place included the whole land. And if that place became the general of the whole land, Rabbi Shimon, who is the light of the whole land, how much more so. That he is weighed as the whole world.
Notes:
The promise of the land on which Jacob lay included the whole Land of Israel, for it was folded beneath him. If that place became the general of the whole land, Rabbi Shimon, the light of the whole land, is weighed as the whole world.
#175
Rabbi Yossi opened and said, “הַפַּעַם אוֹדֶה אֶת יְהוָה” “This time I will praise YHVH” (Genesis 29:35). And he asks: Of all the sons she bore, was it not fitting to praise the Holy One, blessed be He, except this son? And he answers: Rather, Judah is the fourth son to the throne, which is Malchut, which is the fourth leg, and he completed the throne. Therefore, Judah alone is the repair of the throne, and he is the pillar upon which all the pillars rest; he is the one who completes the throne. Rabbi Shimon, who shines in the whole world with Torah, and how many lights shine by means of him, how much more so. That he is the pillar of all the pillars.
Notes:
Judah is the fourth son, the fourth leg that completes the throne of Malchut, and therefore the pillar upon which all rest. Rabbi Shimon, who shines with Torah and by whom many lights shine, is the pillar of all the pillars.

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