## Tikkunei Zohar Daf 42b

###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:1
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**תקונא עשרין וחד ועשרין ליום יא**

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
**Tiqun Twenty and Twenty-one For Day 11**


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:2
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בראשיתּ ברא אלקים.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
*In the beginning*¹ (Gen. 1:1) *ELQYM created...*

footnotes:
¹ Be-reishyt


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:3
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אלקים. מ״י אל״ה. 
עליה אתמר שאו מרו׳ עיניכם 
וראו מי ברא אל״ה.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
ELQYM is the letters of MiY¹ ELeH¹ 
About that, it is stated: (Is. 40:26) *Lift your eyes up high, 
and see ‘Who’*¹ *has created ‘these’*¹.

footnotes:
¹ who-are
¹ these
¹ MiY
¹ ELeH


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:4
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**בראשיתּ. 
**נחתו תמן תרין סבין. ואמרין 
אתעסקנא במה דהויתון 
ואנן לא הוינן (נ״א ולא הוינן) 
ודא ב׳ תרין ראשית

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
***Be-REiShYT***¹ 
Two elders descended there, and they said: 
‘We have been occupied with what you have been, 
and we have not been [Var. and we were not without pronoun] 
– and this is Beiyt²³ – two ‘beginnings’.’

footnotes:
¹ In-the-beginning
² ב
³ 2


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:5
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הא סבא עלאה קא נחית בינייהו. 
אמר הא אנן חד. 
ותלת הוינן. 
וכען אנן חד. 
אלקי״ם. ודאי 
מ״י ברא אלה. 
מ״י ברא באלין תלת. 
ואיהי רביעאה ושביעאה 
(ס״א וחמשאה) (וס״א ותשיעאה)

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
A higher elder descended between them. 
He said: ‘Behold we are one, 
and we were three. 
And now we are one. 
ELQYM – certainly! 
MiY¹² created ELeH¹, 
MiY created with these three, 
and She is the fourth and seventh. 
[Var. and fifth] [Var. and ninth]

footnotes:
¹ who
² Binah
¹ these


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:6
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*בראשית 
אינון שית סבין. 
ומאן נינהו 
את השמים ואת הארץ. 
הא אנן שבעה. 
ותלת גניזין עלייהו. 
באלין ז׳ סבין ובת 
שבת יחידה לקבליהו שבעה 
ובגין דא הא אנן שבעה שבועות

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
*Be-REiShYT* – BaRA¹ ShYT¹ 
– these are six elders. 
And who are they? 
(Gen. 1:1) *... the heavens* *and the earth*. 
Behold we are seven, 
and three are hidden above them. 
 With these 7 elders and a daughter, 
‘Sabbath,’ a unique-one female, corresponding to the seven. 
And thus, behold we are ‘the seven weeks’.’

footnotes:
¹ He-created
¹ six


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:7
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חד עולימא הוה מזנב אבתרייהו.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
A young man was trailing after them.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:8
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ואלין סבין אערעו בבוצינא קדישא 
וחברוי. 
אמרו ליה ר׳ ר׳ 
אנת וחברך אשכחתון חד עולימא 
דאיהו בארחא מזנב אבתרייכו.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And these elders encountered the holy lamp Rabbi Shim’on 
and his companions. 
They said to him: ‘Rabbi! Rabbi! 
Have you and your companions found a young man, 
who is trailing after you along the way?’


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:9
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א״ל אערענא במשריין סגיאין 
דהוו קא אתיין מקרבא דחויא. 
ואנון משריין דמלאכין 
דנחתין מזרזן לקבלא צלותין 
מסטרא דנ׳ אתוון 
דמיחדין ישראל בכל יומא. 
דבהון וחמושים עלו 
בני ישראל מארץ מצרים.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
He said to them: ‘I have encountered many camps, 
that were coming from the battle of the snake. 
And there are camps of angels, 
who are descending speedily to accept prayers, 
from the aspect of the 50 letters, 
with which Israel effect Unity in the *Shm’a* every day, 
of which it is written: (Ex. 13:18) *... and ‘armed’*¹ *did they ascend, 
the Children of Israel from the land of Egypt*.

footnotes:
¹ ḥamushim


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:10
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דמלאכין דנחתין לאגחא קרבא 
דקא ממנן על צלותין. 
כלהו הוה נחתין (ס״א סלקין) בתוקפא דגבורה 
כד נצחין לחויא 
וכמה חילין דיליה דקא רדפין אבתרייהו 
בכמה חובין דישראל.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
For the angels who descend to wage war, 
who are appointed over prayer, 
were all descending [Var. ascending] with the force of Gevurah, 
when they are victorious over the snake, 
and many of its the enemy’s soldiers were chasing after them, 
armed with the many sins of Israel.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:11
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ואינון מארי צלותין 
ומסתכלין בשם **יהוה** 
דאיהי בינה 
דנחתא עלייהו בתוקפא דגבורה

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And there are ‘Masters of Prayer’, 
and they gaze in meditation upon the Name **YHVH** **
**– which is Binah – 
which descends upon them with the force of Gevurah.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:12
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כלהו נפלין מקיומיהו
 ואתקיים בהו
 סוס ורכבו רמה בים
 דא ים נ׳ שערי בינה
 נ׳ אתוון דק״ש.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
They the enemy all fall from their existence, 
and it is fulfilled of them: 
(Ex. 15:1) *... a horse and its rider has He thrown into the sea... 
*This is ‘the sea’¹² – the 50 gates of Binah, 
the 50 letters of the recitation of the *Shm’a*.’

footnotes:
¹ YaM
² 50


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:13
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א״ל ולחבריא
 הוה לכו לעיינא לאסתכלא
 בתר ההוא דמזנב בתר צלותין דאינון חלשין.
 ולית לון רשו לסלקא עם אחרנין
 ולפרחא עמהון לעילא.
 ובגין אינון צלותין חלשין אתמר
 ויזנב בך כל הנחשלים אחריך
 דנער קטן נוהג בם.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
They said to him and to the companions: 
‘You should have looked carefully, 
after the one that trails after prayers that are weak, 
and which do not have permission to ascend with the others, 
to fly upwards with them. 
And because of those weak prayers, it is stated: 
(Deut. 25:18) *... and all the weak among you trailed behind you... 
*For: (Is. 11:6) *... a small child is leading them...*


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:14
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דאלין עשר סלקין ביוד קא ואו קי
 וכל חד אית ליה צלותיה.
 ואם חסר חד מנייהו
 אפי׳ בתראה.
 דלא סליק צלותא דיליה עמיה
 בגין דאיהו עניא
 ולית ליה רשו לסלקא צלותיה עם אחרנין.
 כלהו צלותין מתעכבן לסלקא
 עד דההיא צלותא דעניא סליקת.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
For these ten ascend with YOD QE VAV QeY, 
and each one has its prayer. 
And if one of them is missing, 
even the very last one, 
whose prayer does not ascend with it, 
because he is ‘poor’, 
and does not have permission to elevate his prayer with the others, 
then all the prayers are prevented from ascending, 
until that prayer of the poor-one ascends.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:15
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ובגין דא
 תפלה לעני כי יעטוף.
 דכלהו מתעטפין בגינה
 עד דאיהי סלקא עמהון
 דלית פרודא בה מנייהו.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And because of this: 
(Ps. 102:1) *A prayer of the pauper, when he enwraps... 
*For all of them become enwrapped because of Her, 
until She ascends with them, 
for there is no separation in Her from them.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:16
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וצלותא דעני איהו שכינתא.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And the prayer of the poor-one is the Shekhinah.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:17
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מאן עני
 דא צדיק.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
Who is the *pauper*? 
He is the Righteous-One¹.

footnotes:
¹ tzadiq


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:18
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והאי צלותא אתקריאת עקב
 לגבי צלותין אחרנין.
 ובגינה אתמ׳
 אפילו נחש כרוך על עקבו
 לא יפסיק.
 אע״ג דסחיר לה להאי נקודה
 דאיהי קוצא דאת ד׳
 בכמה חובין לאולפא קטיגור׳
 על בנוי דשכינתא.
 לא יפסיק לההיא נקדה.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And this prayer is called ‘heel’¹, 
in relation to other prayers, 
and, because of it, it is stated:² 
‘Even if a snake is wound around his heel, 
he should not interrupt his prayer’, 
– even if it surrounds that point 
which is the tip of the letter Dalet³ – 
armed with many sins, to instruct condemnation 
upon the children of the Shekhinah 
– he should not interrupt for the sake of that point.

footnotes:
¹ ’aqev
² BT Berakhot 30b
³ ד


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:19
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דאם יפסיק.
 בגיניה אסתלק קוצא מן ד׳ מן אחד
 ואשתאר אחר
 דאיהו נחש כרוך בעקבו.
 דבגין חויא לא יפסיק
 ולא אסתלק קוצא דאת ד׳ מן אחד.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
For if he interrupts, 
then because of him is the tip of Dalet removed from *EḤaD*¹, 
and what remains is *AḤeR*¹, 
which is ‘the snake wound about his ankle’. 
He should not interrupt because of the snake, 
and the tip of the letter Dalet² of *EḤaD*¹ must not be removed.

footnotes:
¹ One
¹ ‘another’
² ד
¹ One


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:20
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אבל בגין עקרב אסתלק
 ואיהו פוסק וברח מניה.
 הה״ד
 ויעזוב בגדו בידה
 וינס ויצא החוצא.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
But due to a scorpion it is removed, 
and he does interrupt, and he flees from it. 
It is this that is written: 
(Gen. 39:12) *... and he abandoned* *his garment in her hand, 
and he escaped and went outside*.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:21
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**אדהכי**
 הא עולימא דקא אזדמן לגבייהו
 מחמר אחר בעירן.
 אמר לון מהו
 ויעזב בגדו בידה

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
**Meanwhile**, 
a young man happened along, 
driving a donkey after cattle. 
He said to them: ‘What is the meaning of: 
*... and he abandoned his garment in her hand... ?*


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:22
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אלא עקרב
 איהי עקר ב׳
 דעקרת ביתא דשכינתא.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
But the word *’aqrav*¹ is composed of: 
the word *’aqar*¹ **and the letter Beiyt²¹ 
– for it has uprooted the house of the Shekhinah.

footnotes:
¹ scorpion
¹ uprooted
² ב
¹ house


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:23
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ודא איהו בגדו
 דחויא דע״ז.
 כד חויא אתיא לאתחברא עם גוף
 אדם ישן
 דאמרת שכבה עמי חצופה זונה.
 אתמר באות ברית
 וינס ויצא החוצה

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And this is the meaning of *his garment 
*– of the snake of idol worship. 
When the snake comes to conjoin with the body 
of a sleeping person 
– for she, the brazen whore, said... *lie down with me*– 
it is stated of the ‘sign of covenant’ of circumcision: 
*... and he escaped and went outside*.’


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:24
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(כ״י נ״א ובגין דא
 אפי׳ נחש כרוך על עקבו
 לא יפסיק
 אע״ג דסתיר לה לההיא נקודה דאת ד׳
 לא יפסיק
 דאי יפסיק
 בגיניה אסתלק קוצא מן ד׳
 דאחד
 ואשתאר אחר
 דאיהו נחש כרוך
 בגין דחויא לא יפסיק
 ולא אסתלק
 ואיהו פוסק וברחת מניה
 אבל עקרב יפסיק
 כמה דעבד יוסף צדיקא
 הה״ד
 וינח בגדו אצלה וינס וכו׳

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
[ms. Var. And, because of this: 
‘Even if a snake is wound around his heel, 
he should not interrupt his prayer’, 
even if it surrounds that point of the letter Dalet¹, 
he should not stop, 
for if he stops, 
then because of him is withdrawn the tip of Dalet¹ 
of *EḤaD*², 
and there remains *AḤeR*², 
which is the wound-up snake. 
Because of the snake he should not stop 
– and it is not withdrawn – 
unlike when he stops and flees from it. 
But for a scorpion he should stop, 
as did the righteous Joseph. 
It is this that is written: 
(Gen. 39:12) *... and he left his garment with her and he escaped... etc*.

footnotes:
¹ ד
¹ ד
² One
² ‘another’


###### Tikkunei Zohar 42b:25
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אדהכי
 הא עולימא קא אזדמן לגבייהו
 מחמר בתר בעירן
 א״ל
 מאי וינח בגדו אצלה כו׳
 אלא עקרב
 עקר ב׳
 דעקר ביתא דשכינתא
 כד בעיא לאתחברא עם צדיקייא
 צריך לאפסקא מניה ולא יתהני מיניה
 ואפי׳

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
Meanwhile, 
behold a young man happened by them, 
driving a donkey after cattle. 
They said to him: 
‘What is:... *and he left his garment with her etc.*?’ 
But the word *’aqrav*¹ is composed of: 
*’aqar*¹ and the letter**Beiyt²¹ 
– for it has uprooted the house of the Shekhinah. 
When it wants to be conjoined with the righteous, 
one is required to desist from it and not to benefit from it, 
and even

footnotes:
¹ scorpion
¹ uprooted
² ב
¹ house