## Tikkunei Zohar Daf 20a

###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:1
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חמש אָ אֵ אֹ אִ אֻ 
דאנון אור אור אור אור אור. ה' זמנין. 
ה' נהורין דעובד' דבראשית 
ונקוד' דלהון אָ אֵ אֹ אֻ אִ 
חמש דסלקין לעשר.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
Five Alephs: אָ אֵ אֹ אִ אֻ 
which are *aur*¹, *aur*, *aur*, *aur*, *aur*– 5² times. 
5 lights of the act of creation 
– and their vowel points אָ אֵ אֹ אֻ אִ 
– five which add up to ten.

footnotes:
¹ light
² ה


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:2
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ורזא דמלה והנה אנחנו מאלמים וגו' 
והנה קמה אלומתי. וגם נצבה 
דא א' בחל"ם 
דאיהו לעילא מכל נקודין בקומה זקיף. 
וביה אסתלק (נ"א אסתכל) יוסף בחלמא

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And the mystery of the word: (Gen. 37:7) *And behold, we are sheaving etc... 
... and behold my sheaf*¹ *rose-up, and it also stood... 
*this is Aleph with vowel-point ḥolem²¹, 
which is above all vowel-points, with an upright stature, 
and through it, Joseph ascended [Var. gazed] in a dream¹.

footnotes:
¹ alumah
² ֹ
¹ dreaming
¹ ḥelma


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:3
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וכן יעקב 
הה"ד ויחלם 
והנה סלם מצב ארצה 
וראשו מגיע השמימה 
דא **א**דאיהו ראש.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And so, Jacob. 
It is this that is written: (Gen. 28:12) *And he dreamt, 
and behold, a ladder was set in the earth, 
and its ‘head’ reached to the heavens... 
*This is א¹ which is the ‘head’.

footnotes:
¹ Aleph


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:4
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והנה מלאכי אלקים עולים ויורדים בו. 
אמרו מארי מתני' 
עולים תרי 
ויורדים תרי. 
ואנון אָ אְ אִ אֻ 
והאי את דאיהי אל"ף חל"ם 
דאיהי באמצעיתא (דא ו') איהי כתר עלאה 
דאסחר (נ"א דאסחר לון) 
על רישא דעמודא דאמצעיתא.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
*... and behold angels of ELQYM ascending and descending upon it. 
*The Masters of the *Mishnah* have said:¹ 
*ascending*² – being plural indicates two, 
*and descending*² being plural indicates two, 
and they are: אָ אְ אִ אֻ 
And this letter, which is Aleph³ with ḥolem³, 
which is in the middle, [this is Vav³ ], is Higher Keter, 
which encompasses [Var. which encompasses them] 
the head of the Middle Pillar.

footnotes:
¹ BT Ḥullin 91b
² ’olim
² yordim
³ א
³ ֹ
³ ו


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:5
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וכד שכינתא אסתלקת לגבי 
(ובגין דא והנה תסבינה אלמתיכם 
ותשתחוין לאלמתי) 
האי כתרא אתמר בה 
אבן מאסו הבונים היתה לראש פינה

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And when the Shekhinah ascends towards 
[And because of this: (Gen. 37:7) ... *and behold your sheaves leaned, 
and bowed down to my sheaf* ] 
this crown, it is stated of it: 
(Ps. 118:22) *The stone which the builders refused, became the head of the corner.*


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:6
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*ואיהי אבנא דאתגזרת דלא בידין 
הה"ד עד די התגזרת אבן 
די לא בידין וגו' 
ובגין דלא אשכחן לה אתר מאן אתגזרא 
שאלין מלאכיא קדישיא 
איה מקום כבודו להעריצו. 
ולא אשכחין לה אתר. עד דאמרין 
ברוך כבוד יי' ממקומו.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And She is ‘the stone that was hewn without hands’. 
It is this that is written: (Dan. 2:34) *... until a stone was hewn, 
without hands etc.* *
*And because the place from where it is hewn is not found, 
the holy angels ask: 
‘Where is the place of His glory to praise Him?’ 
And a place for it is not found, such that they say: 
(Ez. 3:12) *‘Blessed is the glory of Y”Y from His place.’*


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:7
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(נ"א אדהכי הא סבא לגביה ואמר 
רבי רבי 
האי בשכינתא תתאה 
דלית לה תמן אלא אצילותא 
ודא הוא אתגזרת אבן 
בגין דאיהי גזרת מלכין 
ובה גזרין דינ' רפיא 
דא דין בתראה 
וכתר מ' אתקריאן ספי' 
דלית ספי' שלימה בר מינה לתתא)

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
[Var. Meanwhile, the Sava arrived and said: 
Rabbi! Rabbi! 
This is with the Lower Shekhinah, 
that has nought there but ‘emanation’, 
and this is ‘the hewn¹ stone’ 
– because it is ‘the decree¹ of kings’, 
and through it, they decree soft judgement. 
This is the last judgement, 
and ‘the crown of sovereignty’ is called ‘*sephirah*’, 
for there is no complete *sephirah* below without it].

footnotes:
¹ it-gazrat
¹ ge-zeirah


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:8
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והאי אבן איהי סגולת מלכים. 
איהי שיחת מלאכי השרת. 
שיחת חיון ושרפים ואופנים. 
שיחת כל עלאין ותתאין. 
ידיעת שמשא וסיהרא בעתים. 
(ובה איהי אית) עת וזמן לכלא.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And this stone is the unique treasure of kings, 
it is the speech of the ministering angels, 
the speech of ḥ*ayot*, and *seraphim* and *ophanim*, 
the speech of all above and below, 
the knowledge of the sun and moon in seasons, 
[and in it, there is] the time and season for everything.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:9
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כל טעמי ונקודי ואתוון 
כלילן בה. 
קלא דבור ומחשבה. 
(ס"א ושיחה דנפקא מגו מחשבה) 
כלילן בה. 
איהי כתר *תורה 
וכתר כהונה 
וכתר מלכות. 
ואיהי תגא בריש כל אתוון 
כגוונ' דא

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
All cantillation-notes, and vowel-points, and letters, 
are included in it, 
voice, speech, and thought, 
[Var. and speech that emerges from within thought] 
are included in it. 
It is ‘the crown of Torah’, 
 and ‘the crown of Priesthood’, 
and ‘the crown of Kingship’,¹ 
and it is the ‘crownlet’ at the top of all letters, 
like this:

footnotes:
¹ Mishnah Avot 4:13


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:10
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ועל האי אבנא 
אמר רבי עקיבא לחברוי 
כשתגיעו לאבני שיש טהור 
אל תאמרו מים מים.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And about this stone, 
Rabbi Aqiva said to his companions:¹ 
‘When you arrive at the stones of marble, 
do not say “water, water!”’

footnotes:
¹ BT Ḥagigah 14b


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:11
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ואיהי קוצא דכל אתוון. 
**ב** כגוונא דא דּ. 
קוץ דכל את ואת 
*שיעור קומה (נ"א דילה) **ו**. 
מעילא לתתא ומתתא לעילא.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And it is the ‘tip’ of all letters: 
ב¹ like this דּ¹ with dagesh, 
the tip of each-and-every letter, 
[Var. Her] ‘dimension of structure’ is ו¹, 
from above to below, and from below to above.

footnotes:
¹ Beiyt
¹ Dalet
¹ Vav


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:12
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ורזא דמלה 
מקצה השמים ועד קצה השמים. 
ורזא דא לך יי' 
הגדולה והגבורה והתפארת וגו' 
לך יי' הממלכה דא מלכות 
דאיהי בכלא

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And the mystery of the word is: 
 (Deut. 4:32) *... from the edge of the heavens, to the edge of the heavens.* 
And this mystery is: (1 Chron. 29:11) *To You Y”Y,* 
*is the greatness, and the might, and the glory... etc.* 
... *to You Y”Y is the kingdom... –*this is Malkhut, 
which is in everything.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:13
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ואיהו צפצוף עופין קדישין 
דאתמר בהון כי עוף *השמים יוליך את הקול. 
צפצופא דכל צפרין 
דאינון נשמתין קדישין דמצפצפין בכמה צלותין. 
שיחת חיוון דאינון ת"ח 
ובגינה אתמר 
ויצא יצחק לשוח בשדה וכו' 
ולית שיחה אלא צלותא.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And it is the chirping of the sacred birds, 
of whom it is said: (Ecc. 10:20) *For a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, 
*the chirping of all birds, 
which are the holy souls, who chirp with many prayers, 
the speech of the ḥ*ayot*, who are the scholars of Torah. 
And because of it is stated: 
(Gen. 24:63) *And Isaac went out to converse*¹ *in the field... etc.* *
*‘And there is no ‘conversation’¹ but prayer.’²

footnotes:
¹ su-aḥ
¹ siḥah
² BT Berakhot 26b


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:14
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ובגינה אתמר (תפלת ערבית רשות) 
תפלת שחרית חובה 
(דאיהי רשות היחיד) 
תפלת ערבית רשות 
(הרבים דלית לה קביעותא). 
דאיהו רשו דלילה 
(נ"א כלילא) בפני עצמה. 
ובג"ד לית לה קביעות בלילה 
דדמיא לגלותא. 
(דאיהי רשות הרבי' 
דבה תרמש כל חיתו יער 
דאינון כל אור דעלמא דעאלו בה) 
אלא זמנין אשתכחת תמן 
וזמנין לא אשתכחת.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And because of it is stated:¹ [‘the evening prayer is voluntary²’] 
‘the prayer service of the morning is an obligation’, 
[which is ‘a private domain’] 
the evening prayer service is a domain², 
[of the public, which has no fixed-time] 
because it is the domain of the night, 
[Var. inclusive of] its own, 
and therefore, it has no fixed time at night, 
which is likened to exile, 
[which is ‘a public domain’, 
in which (Ps. 104:20) *... every beast of the forest moves about 
*– which are all the light of the world that enters it] 
but sometimes it is present there, 
and sometimes it is not present.

footnotes:
¹ See BT Berakhot 27b
² reshut
² reshut


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:15
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זכאה איהו מאן דפגע בה כגון יעקב 
דאתמר ביה ויפגע במקום 
וילן שם כי בא השמש 
עד דאתא בעלה ונטיר לה 
ובת תמן עמה. 
מתמן ואילך 
קבעוה חובה.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
Worthy is he who encounters Her, like Jacob, 
of whom it is stated: (Gen. 28:11) *And he encountered the place, 
and he sojourned there because the sun had set... 
*until Her Master came and watched over Her, 
and he was there, with Her, 
from there onwards 
they established it night-prayer as an obligation.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:16
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אבל בשבת 
*איהי רשות היחיד 
דאיהי ברשותא דבעלה. 
ולאו כגוונא דליליא 
דהות יחידה ברשותא דילה. 
הה"ד איכה ישבה בדד.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
But on the Sabbath, 
She is ‘a private domain’, 
for She is in the domain of Her Husband, 
and not like the night, 
when She is alone, in Her own domain. 
It is this that is written: (Lam. 1:1) *How alone She sits...*


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:17
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ויעקב 
בגין דקריב לה לבעלה בפגיע' דיליה 
ודאי עביד לה חובה. 
וכד אתא שמשא בשחרית 
דאתמר ביה כי שמש ומגן יי' אלקים 
אתמר ביה ויזרח לו השמש.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And Jacob, 
because he drew Her near to Her Master with his encounter, 
he certainly made it the evening prayer an obligation. 
And when the sun comes in the morning, 
of which it is stated: (Ps. 84:12) *For a sun and a shield is Y”Y ELQYM*, 
then it is stated of him: (Gen. 32:32) *... and the sun rose upon him...*


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:18
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מתמן ואילך קשר לה עמיה 
דאיהו קשר דתפלין דיד. 
קשיר לה עמיה 
דלא תזוז מיניה לעלמין.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
From there onwards, he bound Her to him, 
which is the knot of the*tephilin*¹ of the hand, 
he binds Her to him, 
so that She would not move from him forever.

footnotes:
¹ phylacteries


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:19
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מסטרא דשמאלא 
קשיר לה בתפלין דיד 
דאינון בדרועא שמאלא.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
From the left-hand side, 
he binds Her with the phylacteries¹ of the hand, 
which is on the left arm.

footnotes:
¹ tephilin


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:20
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מסטרא דימינא 
שוי לה *כתרא על רישיה 
תפלין דרישא.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
From the right-hand side, 
he places for Her a crown upon his head, 
the phylacteries of the head.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 20a:21
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והאי. ביומא דאיהי קשירא עם

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And this, on the day when She is bound with