עמי ב"ה עשו original: "Ami B'H Asu." This is likely a pious mnemonic or personal inscription, possibly meaning "My people, with the help of God, [He] acted."

THE WONDROUS BOOK OF ZOHAR

Two institutional library stamps appear below the title text. On the left, a circular black stamp from the "BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SORBONNE" featuring a central wheel emblem. On the right, a faded red circular stamp, likely from a royal or national library, containing a central crest.

(17) The Book of Zohar original Latin: "Liber Zohar"

Portion of Genesis original: Parashat Bereshit

In the beginning Hebrew: "Bereshit", the King’s decree engraved an engraving into the supernal purity. A scintillating flameoriginal Aramaic: "Butzina de-Kardinuta." Often translated as the "Lamp of Darkness," it represents a powerful, primordial light that is too bright to be seen, acting as the first catalyst of creation. emerged from the concealment of concealments, from the mystery of the Infiniteoriginal: "Ein Sof," the boundless, unknowable essence of God before any manifestation or creation.. Like a mist in a fog, it was fixed in a ring—neither white nor black, neither red nor green, nor any color at all. When the measurement began, it produced colors to shine inward. Inside the lamp, a spring emerged, from which colors were painted below. Hidden within the concealment of the Infinite, it split and yet did not split; its ether was not known at all until, from the pressure of its splitting, a single, hidden supernal point shone. Beyond that point, nothing is known. For this reason, it is called "Beginning" Reshit, the first utterance of all. "And the wise shall shine as the brightnessoriginal: "Zohar." The title of the book is taken from this word in Daniel 12:3, referring to the primordial radiance of creation. of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness, etc." The Zohar of the concealment of concealments struck the ether, which was unknown and did not shine in it?. Within this point, this "Beginning" expanded and made a palace for its glory and its praise. There it sowed holy seed to give birth for the benefit of the world. And this secret is: "the holy seed is its stump" A reference to Isaiah 6:13.. The Zohar that sowed seed for its glory is like the seed of the living Letter Aleph. And with it, it built? that palace, and this palace is called ElohimA primary Hebrew name for God. In Kabbalah, this name represents the "palace" or vessel that contains the primordial light of creation..