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Zohar Noach

Continued from previous DZ

#172

“עַל יַמִּים יִסָּדָהּ וְעַל נְהָרוֹת יְכוֹנְנֶהּ”, “Founded upon the seas and established upon the rivers” (Psalms 24:2). These are the seven pillars upon which the Nukva stands, and they fill her, and she is filled from them, which are the seven sefirot Chesed-Gevurah-Tiferet and Netzach-Hod-Yessod-Malchut (חג” ת נהי” מ) of Zeir Anpin. And he asks, ‘How is she filled from them?’ And he says: When the righteous multiply in the world, then this land, that is, the Nukva, produces fruits and is filled from all.

Notes:

This Zohar passage interprets עַל יַמִּים יִסָּדָהּ וְעַל נְהָרוֹת יְכוֹנְנֶהּ (Psalms 24:2), identifying the seven Sefirot as Zeir Anpin’s, filling Nukva (earth) with Mochin. When righteous souls multiply, Nukva produces “fruits,” achieving fullness via the zivug. This continues the article’s theme of divine sovereignty, with Yessod channeling abundance from Zeir Anpin to Malchut.

Main Point: Nukva stands on Zeir Anpin’s seven sefirot, filled through righteous souls’ multiplication, per עַל יַמִּים יִסָּדָהּ, reflecting the zivug’s flow of divine light.

#173

And when the wicked multiply in the world, then it is

written: “אָזְלוּ מַיִם מִיָּם וְנָהָר יֶחֱרַב וְיִיבַשׁ”, “The waters are spent from the sea, and the river wastes away and dries up” (Job 14:11 ).* ‘the waters are spent from the sea’, this is the holy land that we said, that is, the Nukva, which was deprived of the upper nourishment, and now the waters are spent and are no more. ‘and the river wastes away and dries up’, this is that pillar upon which she stands, that is, the Yessod, which now is ruined and dried up. As you say: צַדִּיק אָבַד—”The righteous man has perished” (Isaiah 57:1),* who is the Yessod, called Tzaddik.

Notes:

When wicked multiply, Nukva (holy land) loses upper nourishment (shefa), and Yessod (Tzaddik, pillar) dries, halting the zivug. This contrasts #172’s righteous multiplication, emphasizing Yessod’s role in sustaining Malchut. This continues the article’s theme of divine sovereignty over earth and fullness.

“אָזְלוּ מַיִם מִיָּם וְנָהָר יֶחֱרַב וְיִיבַשׁ” (Job 14:11 ): In the Zohar’s framework, “waters spent from the sea” symbolizes Nukva (Malchut, holy land) deprived of shefa (שפע, abundance) when wicked multiply, and the “river” (Yessod, Tzaddik) dries, halting the union’s (zivug’s) flow, reflecting spiritual desolation.

“צַדִּיק אָבַד” (Isaiah 57:1): it is as the righteous dying unnoticed. In the Zohar, it represents the Yessod (Tzaddik) “perished” amid wickedness, severing divine sustenance to the Nukva, symbolizing the disruption of Chassadim from Zeir Anpin, which leads to a spiritual drought until rectification.

Main Point: Wickedness depletes Nukva’s shefa (אָזְלוּ מַיִם), causing Yessod (Tzaddik אָבַד) to dry up, disrupting the zivug, until rectification restores abundance.

#174

Rabbi Yehuda said: At that time, when the wicked are removed from the world, the Holy One, blessed be He, looks at the world and does not see who will defend them. And if you say: Behold, Noach, who should have defended his generation at the time of the Flood and brought forth offspring into the world, why did he not defend them? Therefore, it is written: “כִּי אֹתְךָ רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק לְפָנַי בַּדּוֹר הַזֶּה”, “For I have seen you as righteous before Me in this generation” (Genesis 7:1). “In this generation” is precise, to teach that in another generation there was no righteous one, and therefore his merit was not sufficient to defend the generation of the Flood.

Notes:

This Zohar passage interprets כִּי אֹתְךָ רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק לְפָנַי בַּדּוֹר הַזֶּה (Genesis 7:1), explaining that when the wicked are destroyed, YHVH seeks a defender, but Noach’s righteousness was generation-specific, insufficient for the Flood’s wicked. This highlights the Tzaddik’s (Yessod of Zeir Anpin) merit in sustaining worlds, but it is limited without collective rectification via zivug (union). This continues the Noach theme, contrasting righteousness with destruction.

Main Point: Noach’s righteousness (אֹתְךָ רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק) was for his generation alone, insufficient to defend the Flood’s wicked, underscoring Tzaddik’s limited merit without broader rectification.

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