Zohar Hasulam - 130521 - Naso - The Nazirite - Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag - זהר הסולם - Ten Sefirot

"Let the hair grow" - "And let them shave"

126 - perush

⁠Zohar Hasulam⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠Naso⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠The Nazirite⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠p.37⁠⁠, ⁠p.38 Synopsis

Rabbi Shimon continues by saying that the Nazirite must not cut his hair or shave because the roots of hair exist from the right side, and he is entirely isolated from judgment. After he comes back from isolation the priest must atone for him so that the Nazirite can again be allowed wine and strong drink and grapes. Rabbi Shimon says that Samson was punished because he took a gentile woman for a wife.

Naso: Verse 126

ת"ח, דְּהָכִי אוֹלִיפְנָא מִסִּפְרָא דְּרַב הַמְנוּנָא סָבָא, וְהָכִי הוּא. כְּתִיב גַּדֵּל פֶּרַע שְׂעַר רֹאשׁוֹ, בָּעֵי דְּיִּתְרְבֵּי שְׂעַר רֵישֵׁיהּ וְדִיקְנֵיהּ, וְיִתְפְּרִשׁ מִיַיִן וְשֵׁכָר וַעֲנָבִים, בְּגִין דְּכֻלְּהוּ סְטָר שְׂמָאלָא, וְלָא תַּלְיָין שַׂעֲרָא. יַיִן אִימָּא עִלָּאָה. שֵׁכָר סִטְרָא דַאֲחִידוּ בֵּיהּ לֵיוָאֵי וְנַפְקֵי מִיַיִן עִלָּאָה וְלָא תָּלֵי שַׂעֲרָא. ובג"כ כַּד סְלִיקוּ לֵיוָאֵי לְהַהוּא אֲתָר, בָּעֲיָין לְאַעְבְרָא כָּל שַׂעֲרָא דִּלְהוֹן, כד"א וְהֶעֱבִירוּ תַעַר עַל כָּל בְּשָׂרָם.

Come and see what I have learned from the book of Rav Hamnuna Saba (the elder). It is written: "And shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow" (Bemidbar 6:5). He must allow the hair on his head and beard to grow, and abstain from wine, strong drink and grapes, since they all pertain to the left side, but the hairs do not originate IN THEM. Wine is supernal Ima, while strong drink is of the left, to which the Levites are connected and stem from the uppermost wine, MEANING FROM SUPERNAL IMA and the hairs have no involvement WITH THEM. Therefore, when the Levites ascend to this place, TO THE LEFT, they must shave all their hair, as is said; "And let them shave all their flesh" (Bemidbar 8:7).

Naso: Verse 127

עֲנָבִים אִימָּא תַּתָּאָה, דְּכָנִישׁ יַיִן וְשֵׁכָר לְגַוָּוהּ, וְעַל דָּא אִתְפְּרַשׁ מִכָּל סְטָר שְׂמָאלָא, דְּלָא לְאַחֲזָאָה עוֹבָדָא דִּילְהוֹן לְגַבֵּיהּ. עֲנָבִים דָּא לָא תָּלֵי שַׂעֲרָא וְדִיקְנָא. דְּהָא נוּקְבָּא בַּעְיָיא לְסַפְּרָא שַׂעֲרָא, כַּד אַתְיָא לְאִזְדַּוְּוגָא בִּדְכוּרָא, וְהָא דִּיקְנָא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַח בָּהּ. בג"כ הוּא תָּלֵי שַׂעֲרָא דְּרֵישָׁא וְדִיקְנָא, וְרָזָא דְּמִלָּה נְזִיר אֱלֹֹהִים אִקְרֵי, וְלָא נְזִיר יְיָ,' פָּרִישׁ מִדִּינָא כֹּלָּא.

Grapes pertain to the lower mother, MALCHUT, who gathers wine and strong drink to her. Therefore, THE NAZIRITE isolates himself from the entire left, FROM WINE AND STRONG DRINK AND GRAPES, so that none of its consequences are manifest in him. There are no hair and beard coming out of the grapes THAT ARE MALCHUT, since the female, WHICH IS MALCHUT, needs to cut her hair, THAT IS, BODY HAIR when she comes to have intercourse with the male, ZEIR ANPIN. And she has no beard. Therefore, THE NAZIRITE THAT IS FROM THE RIGHT WHERE THE ROOTS OF HAIR IS, IS OPPOSITE. The hair of the head and beard hang down, AND IT IS FORBIDDEN TO SHAVE THEM. The secret of this is that he is called "a Nazirite to Elohim" (Shoftim 13:7). HE IS ISOLATED FROM THE NAME ELOHIM THAT IS THE LEFT, and it is not 'Nazirite to Hashem,' WHICH IS THE RIGHT, SINCE HE is isolated entirely from Judgment. "NAZIRITE" MEANS ONE WHO SEPARATES HIMSELF.