## Tikkunei Zohar Daf 55b

###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:1
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דימינא ושמאלא.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
of right and left.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:2
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בההוא זמנא 
עשן יתער לגבי שמאלא 
לאעברא מתמן סמא״ל 
ומיד סליק עשן אחרא 
דאיהו עשן הקטרת. 
(איהו כללא דאוריתא. 
קשורא דיליה פקודין דעשה) 
לקשרא ולקרבא ימינא בשמאלא. 
דעמודא דעשן איהו עמודא דאמצעיתא 
(ברחימו. ופקודין דלא תעשה בדחילו) 
עמוד הקטרת.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
At that time: 
smoke will be aroused towards the left, 
to remove Samael from there, 
and immediately another smoke ascends, 
which is the smoke of the incense, 
[it is the ‘totality’ of the Torah, 
its binding is the positive commandments] 
to bind and bring close together the right in the left, 
for the pillar of smoke is the Middle Pillar, 
[in love, and the negative precepts in fear] 
the pillar of the incense.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:3
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מאי קטרת דיליה. 
שכינתא תתאה. 
דאיהי סלקא בכמה ריחין ובוסמין טבין. 
וכד סלקא לגביה 
אתמר בה מי זאת 
עולה מן המדבר כו׳. 
דסלקא בהון. 
דא ה׳ תתאה. 
זאת סלקא במ״י.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
What is His incense? 
The Lower Shekhinah, 
for She ascends in many good odours and perfumes. 
And when She ascends towards Him, 
it is stated of Her: (Song. 3:6) *Who* *is this*¹ *, 
ascending from the desert? etc*. 
Who is this – that ascends through them – 
this is the lower Hei², 
‘*zot*’¹ ascends in MiY¹.

footnotes:
¹ zot
² ה
¹ ‘this-one’
¹ ‘who’


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:4
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מקטרת מר ולבונה 
תרי ירכי קשוט 
מכל אבקת רוכל 
דא צדיק דאיהו כליל כלא. 
איהו רוכל. ואיהי אבקת דיליה. 
הה״ד ודבק באשתו. 
וביה סליקת לגבי בעלה:

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
*... perfumed with myrrh and frankincense... 
*– the two pillars of truth¹, 
...*of all the powder of the peddler, 
*– this is the Righteous-One, who includes all, 
He is ‘the peddler’²¹ and She is His powder. 
It is this that is written: (Gen. 2:24) *... and he shall cleave to his wife... 
*and through it She ascends towards Her husband.

footnotes:
¹ Netzaḥ-Hod
² rokhel
¹ Yesod


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:5
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שכינתא תתאה איהי קטרת דקב״ה. 
ואיהי קרבן דיליה 
מזבח דיליה 
דבה מתקנין ישראל מאכלים דקרבנין 
דצלותין לקב״ה. דאינון לקבל 
קרבן השחר 
וקרבן דבין הערבים 
וקרבנא דאמורים ופדרים 
דמתאכלין כל ליליא.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
The Lower Shekhinah is the incense¹ of the blessed Holy One, 
and She is His offering¹, 
His altar, 
through which Israel prepare the foods of the sacrifices, 
of prayers to the blessed Holy One, which are to correspond to: 
the sacrifice of the morning, 
and the sacrifice of late afternoon, 
and the sacrifice of the innards and entrails 
– which are consumed all night.²

footnotes:
¹ qe-toret
¹ qorban
² See BT Berakhot 26b


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:6
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ואיהו קרבן מוסף 
דאיהו צדיק. 
ואיהו קרבנא דשבתות וימים טובים. 
דלית קרבנא 
(קריבו לעמא קדישא לקב״ה 
בשבת ויום טוב) 
אלא בה 
הה״ד 
בזאת יבא אהרן אל הקדש. 
ואל יתהלל המתהלל כי אם בזאת. 
איהי משכונא דיליה. 
דבגינה איהו שארי בגווייהו. 
הה״ד ועשו לי מקדש 
ושכנתי בתוכם וגו׳.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And it is the offering of ‘the additional service’¹, 
which is the Righteous-One, 
and it is the offering of Sabbaths and Holy Days. 
For there is no offering¹ 
[‘nearness’¹ of the holy people to the blessed Holy One, 
on Sabbath and Festival], 
except through Her. 
It is this that is written: 
(Lev. 16:3) *With ‘zot’*¹ *shall Aaron come to the sacred... 
* (Jer. 9:22–3) *And let not the boaster praise himself, except in ‘this’*¹ *... 
*She is His ‘residence’¹, 
for Her sake He resides amongst them, 
it is this that is written: (Ex. 25:8) *And make for Me a ‘sanctuary’*¹ *, 
and I shall reside*¹ *amongst them etc*.

footnotes:
¹ musaph
¹ qorbana
¹ qe-rivu
¹ this
¹ zot
¹ mashkona
¹ miqdash
¹ shakhanti


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:7
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איהי ארון דיליה. 
ואיהו ס״ת 
גניז בגווה

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
She is His ark, 
and He is the Scroll of the Torah, 
concealed inside Her.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:8
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איהי מנרתא דיליה 
ומנורת המאור 
מההוא דאתמר ביה ותורה אור.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
She is His ‘*menorah*’¹, 
and (Ex. 35:14) *‘... the candelabrum of ‘illumination’*¹, 
of that of which it is stated: (Prov. 6:23) *... and Torah is light*¹.

footnotes:
¹ candelabrum
¹ ma-aur
¹ aur


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:9
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ואיהי נר דדליק קדמיה 
כד״א להעלות נר תמיד. 
ואיהי בת שבע 
מנרתא כלילא משבעה בוצינין. 
איהי נר לגביה מסטרא דשמאלא. 
ואיהו אור לגבה מסטרא דימינא. 
ועל תרוייהו אתמר 
כי נר מצוה ותורה אור.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And She is a candle, that burns before Him, 
as it says:... (Lev. 24:2) *to kindle a perpetual candle*, 
and She is Bathsheba¹, 
the candelabrum comprising seven ‘lamps’. 
She is a candle to Him from the side of the left. 
And He is a light to Her from the side of the right, 
and of both-of-them it is stated: 
(Prov. 6:23) *For a candle is precept and Torah is light...*

footnotes:
¹ daughter of-seven


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:10
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איהי קדושין דיליה מסטרא דשמאלא 
בגין דקדושה מסטרא דלוים 
כד״א וקדשת את הלוים 
ועלה אתמר 
תהא לי מקודשת בטבעת זאת

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
She is His sanctification of betrothal¹ from the side of the left, 
because holiness is of the aspect of the Levites, 
as it says: “and you shall sanctify the Levites”, 
and about that it is stated:² 
‘be thou sanctified to me¹ with ‘this’ ring’.

footnotes:
¹ qidushin
² See BT Qiddushin 5b
¹ me-qudeshet


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:11
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ואיהי ברכה דיליה מסטרא דימינא 
דאיהי כהונה 
הה״ד 
כה תברכו את בני ישראל.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And She is His blessing, from the right-hand side, 
which is the priesthood¹. 
It is this that is written: 
(Num. 6:23) *thus*¹ *, will you bless the Children of Israel...*

footnotes:
¹ ke-hunah
¹ koh


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:12
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ואתקריאת כלה דיליה 
מסטרא דצדיק דאיהו כ״ל. 
ודא איהו כל״ה כ״ל ה׳. 
בגין דאיהו ברית דאחיד בתרוייהו. 
ומסטרא דצדיק איהו יחוד דילה 
דאיהו קוצא דאת ד׳ מן אחד 
דקשיר בין א״ח ובין ד׳.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And She is called His*kalah*¹, 
from the aspect of the Righteous-One, who is*kol*¹ 
– and this is *KaLaH* comprised of *kol* and the letter Hei², 
because it³ is the covenant that unites both-of-them, 
and from the aspect of the Righteous-One, He is Her unity, 
for He is the tip of the letter Dalet² of EḤaD¹, 
which connects between the letters A-Ḥ² and the letter Dalet².

footnotes:
¹ bride
¹ all
² ה
³ Yesod
² ד
¹ One
² ח–א
² ד


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:13
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ואיהי צלותא דיליה 
מסטרא דחי עלמין דאיהו 
ח״י ברכאן דצלותא

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
And She is His prayer, 
from the aspect of ‘the life-force¹ of the worlds’, 
which is the 18¹ blessings of prayer.

footnotes:
¹ ḥaiy
¹ ḥaiy


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:14
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איהי אות דשבתות וימין טבין. 
שבת איהי כלל דתלת אבהן. 
בגין דאיהי בת 
כלילא בג׳ ענפי אבהן 
דאינון ש

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
She is ‘the sign’¹ of Sabbaths and Holy Days.² 
Sabbath is the totality of the three Patriarchs, 
because She is *BaT*¹, 
who is included in the 3 branches of the Patriarchs, 
who are the letter ש³.

footnotes:
¹ ot
² See BT Menaḥot 36b
¹ daughter
³ Shyn


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:15
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איהי תחום דיליה. 
ואיהי רשות דיליה. 
רשות היחיד. דגבהו עשרה 
ודא יו״ד ק״א וא״ו ק״א. 
ורחבו ארבעה דאינון יקו״ק.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
She is His ‘defined-area’¹. 
And She is His ‘domain’¹ 
– an ‘individual domain’, whose height is ten 
– and this is: YOD QE VAV QE, 
and its width is four: which are YQV”Q.

footnotes:
¹ te-ḥum
¹ re-shut


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:16
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איהו עירוב דילה 
מסטרא דימינא ושמאלא 
דאינון ע״ב רי״ו 
דהיינו חסד וגבורה. 
ואיהי ערבית דיליה. 
עיבור דיליה.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
He is Her *’EYRUV*, 
from the aspect of right and left, 
which are A-B¹ R-Y-U¹, 
which are Ḥesed¹ and Gevurah¹. 
And She is His ‘evening service’², 
His ‘pregnancy’².

footnotes:
¹ 72
¹ 216
¹ 72
¹ 216
² ’aravit
² ’ibur


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:17
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איהי טלית דקב״ה 
ובה אתעטף קב״ה 
כד״א עוטה אור כשלמה. 
ואיהי ציצית דצדיק 
דאיהו עני בגליתא 
הה״ד תפלה לעני כי יעטף.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
She is the prayer-shawl¹ of the blessed Holy One, 
and, in Her, the blessed Holy One is enwrapped, 
as it says: (Ps. 104:2) *You enwrap light like a garment... 
*And She is the *tzitzit* of the Righteous-One, 
Who is ‘the poor-one in exile’, 
it is this that is written: (Ps. 102:1) *A prayer for a pauper when he enwraps...*

footnotes:
¹ talit


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:18
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עני ודאי. 
*דביה אתעטף 
בגין דאיהי כסותה לבדה. 
היא שמלתו לעורו 
דא משכא דתפלי דאתמר בהון 
ויעש יי׳ אלקים לאדם ולאשתו 
כתנות עור וילבישם.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
A poor-one, certainly, 
for only in it, is He enwrapped, 
because She: (Ex. 22:26) *alone is his covering, 
it is his garment for his ‘skin’*¹ *... 
*– this is the leather of phylacteries, of which it is stated: 
(Gen. 3:21) *And Y”Y ELQYM made for Adam, and his wife, 
tunics of leather*¹ *, and He dressed them*.

footnotes:
¹ ’or
¹ ’or


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:19
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ארבע בתי דרישא אינון אקי״ק 
ד׳ פרשיין דאינון 
קדש לי 
והיה כי יביאך 
שמע ישראל 
והיה אם שמע 
דא יקוק.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
The four ‘housings’ of the head are EQYeQ, 
four scriptural sections which are: 
(Ex. 13:2) *Sanctify to Me*... 
(Ex. 13:11) *And it will be, when He shall bring you... 
* (Deut. 6:4) *Hear O Israel*... 
(Deut. 11:13) *And it will be, if you listen... 
*– this is YQVQ.


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:20
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ארבעה בתי דיד דא אד׳
 ארבע פרשיין דא יקו״ק
 ובהון מ״ב אזכרות
 בתמניא פרשיין
 דאתמר בהון יי׳ בם.
 דא איהו כי היא שמלתו לעורו
 ואיהי תכלת שבציצית.

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
The four ‘housings’ of the hand – this is ADNY, 
the four scriptural sections – this is YQV”Q. 
And in them are 42 mentions of HVY”H 
in the eight scriptural sections, 
of which it is stated: (Num. 12:9) *Y”Y ‘in them’*¹² *...* *
*This is: (Ex. 22:26) *Because... it is the garment for his skin... 
*and She is the *tekhelet*¹ of the *tzitzit*.

footnotes:
¹ bam
² 42
¹ blue


###### Tikkunei Zohar 55b:21
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איהי סוד היבום
 יבמה דיליה בגלותא.
 י״ב מ״ה ב״י מ״ה

**Tiqqunei ha-Zohar, trans. by David Solomon. Margalya Press; Melbourne, 2024:**
She is the mystery of levirate marriage¹, 
His levirate in exile: 
Y-B M-H B-Y M-H.

footnotes:
¹ yibum