Source books · Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah
Tikkunei Zohar
תיקוני הזוהר
How this book fits
- Traditions
- Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah
- Role in the tradition
- Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
- Public attention
- Notable Wikipedia has an article about it in 4 languages.
Read it
- Read at sefaria.org ↗ sefaria.org
From Wikipedia
Tikunei haZohar, also known as the Tikunim (תקונים), is a main text of the Kabbalah that was composed in the 14th century. It is a separate appendix to the Zohar, a crucial 13th-century work of Kabbalah, consisting of seventy commentaries on the opening word of the Torah, In the beginning, in the Midrashic style. The theme of Tikunei haZohar is to repair and support the Shekhinah or Malkuth — hence its name, "Repairs of the Zohar" — and to bring on the Redemption and conclude the Exile.
From the Wikipedia article Tikunei haZohar, revision 1372684139, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q2898441: “appendix to the Zohar consisting of 70 commentaries on the opening word of the Torah, Bereishit (בראשית), in a style of Kabbalistic Midrash”.
In this study
Seventy interpretations of the first word of Genesis, and the home of the Patach Eliyahu — the passage beginning 'Elijah opened' that maps the sefirot onto the parts of a body, and which is printed in ordinary prayer books and recited before prayer.
Many Jews first meet the sefiroth through Patach Eliyahu. It is also the primary source for their bodily form: Chesed as the right arm and Gevurah as the left. The Golden Dawn reverses the body's attributions while keeping Chesed on the same side of the printed page, a frequent source of confusion.
Cited for 17 sourced claims here, among them correspondences of End of the body, Left arm, Left thigh, Mouth, Right arm, Right thigh, Torso and Chesed.