And it came to pass after these devarim that Elohim tested
Abraham.
He said to him, "Abraham!"
and he answered, "Here I am."
He said, "Take your son, your favored one, whom you love, Isaac
and go to the land of Moriah
and offer him up as an offering ..."(Genesis 22:1-2)
Rabbi Shim'on said
"We have learned
that the expression 'And it came to pass in the days of'
denotes sorrow,
while the expression 'And it came to pass'
even without 'in the days of'
is still tinged with sorrow.
'And it came to pass after,'
after the lowest of all the higher spheres.
Which is that? Devarim.
As Moses said: 'I am not a man of devarim'
(Exodus 4:10).
And who came after this sphere?
'Elohim tested Abraham.'
The Deviser of Evil came to accuse him
in the presence of the Blessed Holy One.
Here we must reflect:
'Elohim tested Abraham.'
The verse should read: 'tested Isaac,'
for Isaac was already thirty-seven years old
and his father was no longer responsible for him.
If Isaac had said, 'I refuse,'
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Publication information:
Book title: Zohar, the Book of Enlightenment.
Contributors: Daniel Chanan Matt - Translator.
Publisher: Paulist Press.
Place of publication: New York.
Publication year: 1983.
Page number: 72.
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