## Tikkunei Zohar Daf 23a

###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:1
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בההוא זמנא 
יהון בנין ברשותא דקב"ה 
וקלא נפיק ויימא 
לא תקח האם על הבנים.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
At that time: 
the ‘children’ will be in the domain of the blessed Holy One, 
and a voice goes out and says: 
*do not take the mother upon* *the children*. (Deut. 22:6)


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:2
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מיד 
דנפיק זכור ושמור דשבת 
וייתי ליליא דיומא קמא דשבתא. 
קלא תניינא נפיק שלח תשלח.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
Immediately, 
upon the emergence of *Remember* and *Observe* of the Sabbath, 
and the night of the first day of Sabbath arrives, 
a second voice goes out: (Deut. 22:7) *You shall surely send!*


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:3
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ותו 
כי יקרא קן צפור לפניך 
דא סוכה דאיהי אימא עלאה. 
בכל עץ 
הה"ד 
ולקחתם לכם ביום הראשון 
פרי עץ הדר.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And furthermore: 
*When a bird’s nest happens before you...* (Deut. 22:6) *
*– this is the *Sukkah* festival booth, which is Higher Mother, 
... *in any tree... 
*– it is this that is written: 
(Lev. 23:40) *And you shall take for yourselves, on the first day, 
the fruit of a stately*¹ *tree*...

footnotes:
¹ hadar


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:4
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אפרוחים אלין שבעת ימי הסכות. 
או ביצים דבהון עבדין ז' הקפות.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
*... the chicks...* (Deut. 22:6) **– these are the seven days of Tabernacles 
... *or eggs...*– in which are performed the 7 perambulations.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:5
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ורזא דמלה *נקבה תסובב גבר. 
(ודא רזא 
והחזיקו שבע נשים באיש אחד. 
דא קב"ה. ושכינתא)

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And the mystery of the matter: (Jer. 31:22) *... a woman shall encompass a man.* 
[and this is the mystery of: 
(Is. 4:1) *And seven women shall take hold of one man... 
*– this is the blessed Holy One and the Shekhinah.]


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:6
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פרי עץ הדר אימא תתאה. 
עץ איהו לול"ב 
(ל"ו ל"ב נתיבות) 
דאיהו אתרוג. 
וצריך לנענעא ביה לשית סטרין 
ארבע רוחין ועילא ותתא. 
לאתערא עליה ו'. 
ותלת נענועין לכל סטרא סלקין ח"י

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
*Fruit of a stately tree...* (Lev. 23:40) **– Lower Mother. 
*... tree...*this is the *lulav*¹, 
[*lu*² and *lev*¹² pathways] 
which is the *etrog*¹. 
And one needs to shake it the *lulav* towards six sides: 
in four directions, and up and down, 
to arouse over it Vav²³, 
and three shakings in every direction add up to ‘life’¹².›

footnotes:
¹ palm-frond
² 36
¹ heart
² 32
¹ citron
² 6
³ ו
¹ ḥaiy
² 18


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:7
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וצריך ארבע זמנין ח"י. 
חד בנטילת לולב 
וחד (נ"א ותרין) באנא יי'. 
תרין אחרנין בהודו ליי' 
תחלה וסוף.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And four times 18 shakings are required: 
one with the taking of the *lulav*, 
and one [Var. and two] at (Ps. 118:25) *Please Y”Y... 
*two others at (Ps. 118:1) *Give thanks to Y”Y 
*– beginning and end.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:8
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ובאלין נענועין 
אינון משפילין מעילא לתתא 
לשבעין ותרין אומין.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And with these shakings, 
they bring low, from above to below, 
the seventy-two nations.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:9
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ולבתר דנצחי לון אמרי 
אנ"י וה"ו הושיעה נא תרין זמנין 
דאינון וא"ו מן וק"ו. 
אנ"י וק"ו מן 
ויסע 
ויבא 
ויט

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And after they are victorious over them, they say: 
*ANY VaHO Hoshi’ah na* – twice, 
which are the VAV from V-QO, 
ANY V-QO, from: 
(Ex. 14:19–21) *And he the angel travelled... 
And it the cloud came... 
And he Moses stretched...*


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:10
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ובההוא זמנא 
לא תקח האם על הבנים. 
*ביצים אינון מסטרא דאופנים 
אפרוחים מסטרא דנער מטטרו"ן. 
בנים מסטרא דכרסיא 
דאיהי סכת שלום 
דאיהי קנא דשכינתא. 
דאימא עלאה מקננא בכרסיא 
בתלת ספירן עלאין.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And at that time: 
(Deut. 22:6) *... do not take the mother upon the children*. 
*Eggs* are from the aspect of the angels called *ophanim*, 
*chicks* are from the aspect of the ‘youth’ – Metatron, 
*children* are from the aspect of the throne, 
which is the ‘the tabernacle of peace’, 
which is the nest of the Shekhinah, 
for Higher Mother nests in the throne, 
in the three upper *sephirot*.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:11
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עמודא דאמצעיתא כליל שית ספירן 
מקננן במטטרו"ן. 
אימא תתאה מקננא באופן 
דאתמר ביה והנה אופן אחד בארץ.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
The Middle Pillar comprises six *sephirot*, 
nesting in Metatron. 
Lower Mother nests in the ‘wheel’¹, 
of which it is stated: (Ez. 1:15) *... and behold one ophan*¹ *on the earth...*

footnotes:
¹ ophan
¹ wheel


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:12
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ועוד 
שכינתא מסטרא דכרסיא אתקריאת נשר. 
ומסטרא דנער (נ"א דחיה) יונה. 
ומסטרא דאופן צפור. 
ושכינתא דמות אדם להנה

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And furthermore: 
the Shekhinah, from the aspect of the throne, is called ‘eagle’. 
And from the aspect of ‘youth’ [Var. ḥ*ayah*¹ ], a ‘dove’, 
and from the aspect of *ophan*, a ‘bird’, 
and of the Shekhinah: (Ez. 1:5) *... they had the image of a human*.

footnotes:
¹ ‘living-being’


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:13
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ועוד שלח תשלח 
ת"ח 
מלאכא אית דממנא על עופין 
דאינון נפשין דאתקריאו צפרין 
וסנדלפו"ן שמיה. 
ובזמנא דישראל מקיימי האי פקודא 
ואזלת אימא מתתרכא 
ובנין צווחין. 
איהו אוליף זכו על עופין דיליה. 
ויימא לקב"ה 
והא כתיב בך ורחמיו על כל מעשיו. 
אמאי גזירת על האי עופא 
דאתתרכת מקינה.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And furthermore: (Deut. 22:7) *You shall surely send... 
*Come and see: 
There is an angel appointed over birds 
– which are souls that are called ‘birds’ – 
and Sandalphon is its name. 
And when Israel fulfils this commandment of sending the nest, 
and Mother goes wandering, 
and the children cry out, 
it the angel instructs merit over its birds, 
and it says to the blessed Holy One: 
‘And yet it is written of You: (Ps. 145:9) *... and His mercy is upon all His works 
*– so why have You decreed of this bird, 
that it should be driven from its nest?’


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:14
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וכן מטטרו"ן אוליף זכו על עופין דיליה 
דאינון רוחין. דפרחין בבני נשא. 
דמכרסיא אינון נשמתין. 
ומהאי חיה רוחין. 
ומאופן נפשין. 
ואינון 
בבריאה 
יצירה 
עשייה.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And so does Metatron instruct merit for its ‘birds’, 
which are the spirits that fly-forth into humans. 
For such ‘souls’¹ are from the throne, 
and from this ḥ*ayah* are ‘spirits’¹, 
and from *ophan* are ‘animating-souls’¹, 
and they are in the domains of: 
‘Creation’¹, 
‘Formation’¹, 
‘Making’¹.

footnotes:
¹ nishmatin
¹ ruḥin
¹ naphshin
¹ briyah
¹ ye-tzirah
¹ ’asiyah


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:15
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בשבת ויומין טבין 
נחתין עלייהו נשמתין ורוחין ונפשין 
בארח אצילות 
דאינון רוחא דקודשא מי' ספירן. 
וכל ממנא אוליף זכו על עופין דיליה 
דאינון נשמתין דפרחין בבני נשא. 
ובזמנא דישראל מקימין האי פקודא 
כל ממנא אוליף זכו על עופין דיליה.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
On Sabbath and Festivals, 
souls, spirits and animating-souls descend upon them, 
by way of ‘emanation’¹, 
which are the spirit of holiness from the 10 *sephirot*. 
And each appointed angel instructs merit over its own ‘birds’, 
which are the souls that fly-forth into humans. 
And when Israel fulfils this commandment of sending the nest, 
each appointed-one instructs merit over its ‘birds’.

footnotes:
¹ atzilut


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:16
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וקב"ה מה עביד 
כניש לכל חילין דיליה ויימא 
וכי (נ"א הא) כל ממנא דעופי דלתתא 
אוליף זכו על עופין דיליה דממנא עלייהו. 
ולית בכו מאן דאוליף זכו על 
בני דאינון ישראל בני בכרי ישראל 
ועל שכינתא דאיהי בגלותא 
דקנא דילה דאיהי ירושלים חרבה.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And what does the blessed Holy One do? 
He gathers all His forces, and says: 
‘And is it [Var. thus] that every appointed-one over birds below, 
instructs merit upon its birds that it is appointed over? 
And yet no-one amongst you instructs merit upon 
My son who is Israel: (Ex. 4:22) *My son, My firstborn Israel*, 
and upon the Shekhinah who is in exile, 
Whose nest – which is Jerusalem – is destroyed.’


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:17
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ובנוי בגלותא 
תחות יד אדונים קשים אומין דעלמא 
ולית מאן דבעי עלייהו רחמי 
ויוליף זכו עלייהו.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And His children in exile, 
are under the hand of harsh masters – the nations of the world, 
and there is no-one who requests mercy for them, 
and instructs merit upon them.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:18
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בההוא זמנא צווח קב"ה 
ואמר למעני למעני אעשה 
ואעשה למען שמי. 
ובדא יתער רחמי על שכינתיה 
ועל בנוי דבגלותא.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
At that time, the blessed Holy One ‘cries out’, 
and He says: (Is. 48:11) *For My sake, for My sake, I shall act... 
* (Ez. 20:14) *... and I shall act for the sake of My Name... 
*and through this, mercy is aroused upon His Shekhinah, 
and upon His children in exile.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:19
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קם רבי אלעזר ואמ' 
והא קדם דגלו ישראל ושכינתא 
במאי הוו מקיימין שלוח הקן.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
Rabbi Elazar arose and said: 
‘But before Israel and the Shekhinah were exiled, 
why would they have fulfilled ‘the sending of the nest’?’


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:20
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א"ל ר' שמעון 
ברי. בגין לאתערא רחמין 
על אינון נפשין ורוחין ונשמתין 
דהוו אזלין בגלותא בגלגולא 
מתתרכין מגופיהון דאתחרבו. 
דעלייהו אתמר 
דקב"ה בונה עלמין הוה ומחריבן 
דאשתארו חרבין גופיהון מנייהו.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
Rabbi Shim’on said to him: 
‘My son, so as to arouse mercy, 
over those souls, and spirits and animating-souls, 
which went into exile in reincarnation, 
driven from their bodies which were destroyed, 
about whom it is stated: 
that ‘the blessed Holy One builds worlds and destroys¹ them’,² 
for their bodies remained destroyed for them.

footnotes:
¹ ma-ḥariv
² Midrash Rabbah, Qohelet, 3:14


###### Tikkunei Zohar 23a:21
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ומניעו דברכאן לעילא גרים 
ונהר יחרב ויבש. 
והכי אוקמוהו 
אתחרב בית ראשון 
והארץ היתה תהו ובהו

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And the prevention of blessings above causes: 
(Job 14:11) *... and the river becomes parched*¹ *and dry*. 
And thus they the sages have determined:² 
‘The First Temple was destroyed – 
is alluded to by (Gen. 1:2) *And the earth was formless and void...*

footnotes:
¹ ye-ḥerav
² Bereishyt Rabbah 2:5