## Sulam on Zohar, Introduction

###### Sulam on Zohar, Introduction 12:1
[Sulam on Zohar, Introduction 12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sulam%20on%20Zohar/s/Introduction/r/12:1)

יב) **אלא רזא דא** וכו': אלא סוד זה לא נתגלה, אלא ביום אחד שהייתי על חוף הים, ובא אליהו ואמר לי: רבי, הידעת מהו **מי ברא אלה**. אמרתי לו, אלו הם, השמים וצבאם, מעשה הקב"ה, שיש לבני אדם להסתכל בהם ולברך אותו. שכתוב, כי אראה שמיך מעשה אצבעותיך וגו', ה' אדוננו מה אדיר שמך בכל הארץ.

**The Sefaria Sulam, 2023:**
**12. “However, this secret etc.”**
**However, this secret was revealed only on a certain day when I was on the shore of the sea, and Elijah came and said to me: Rabbi, do you know who has created these?¹, is not just a question, but a reference to the verse (found in Isa. 40:26). I replied: These are the heavens and their hosts, the work of the Holy One, blessed be He, for people should look at them and bless Him, as it is stated: “When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,** [the moon and the stars…] **O Lord, our Lord, how glorious is Your name in all the earth”** [Psalms 8:4, 10].

footnotes:
¹ This phrase of "who has created these," used throughout these sections of the Zohar