T}lE ZOHAR Ir:63a]

'An end on the right, as is written:

Il.i;r yi7, (/e,gers ha-yamin), at the end of
the right (Daniel tzr3).162 An end on the left, as is written:
He puts an end to
darkness, the furthest reaches he exprores-earth of pitch-brack
darkness (lob
283).163 He puts an end to darkness. End-.Angel
of Death, Serpent, End of all
flesh.l6a Puts to darkness-for he derives from the side of the smelting of gold.r6s
The furthest reaches he explores--when judgment
looms over the world.,t66 he
explores, becoming Accuser of the world,167 besmirching
creatures, faces. [63a]
'An end on the right, as we have said, for it is written:
at the end of the right.
The blessed Holy one said to Daniel, As
for you, go on tiu the end; you will rest,
and arisd (Daniel, ibid.).168
"He asked, 'where? I don't know what wil happen
to me in that world.,
"He replied, 'You will rest.,16s
\:5 "He asked, 'when they rise from the dust, win l rise
among them or not?,
d "He replied, 'You will arise.,
":u"a-
"He said, 'I know they will rise in various groups-some
genuinery righ-
teous, some the wicked of the worldlTo-urr6 I don't know
364 with which of them
I will rise.'

son of Zakkai fell i11, his disciples came in to
visit him. As soon as he saw them,.he began
to weep. They exclaimed, ,Lamp of Israel!
Right-hand Pillarl Mighty Hammerl Why
do you weep?' He replied, ,. .. There are two
paths before me-one leading to paradise,
the other to Hell-and I do not know on
which one I will be ied. Should I not weep?,,,
16z. 116r;1 ypb (/e-gets ha-yamini), at the
end of the right The phrase means literally
at the end of dol,t, the word yn (yamin)
being an aramaized form of the Hebrew
6:6: (yamlrn), "days." Rabbi yehudah, how-
ever, understands the word as the Hebrew
1t.rr (yamin),"right."
t63. earth of pitch-black darkness The
verse actually reads: rock of pitch_black
gloom. See Zohar tt93a.
164. Angel of Death, Serpent, End of all
flesh The demonic manifests as the Angel
of Death. See BT Bava Batra t6a:,,Resh La_
kish said, 'Satan, the evil impulse, and the
Angel of Death are one and the same.,,, Cf.
Zohar t58a.
165. he derives from the side of the
smelting of gold The Angel of Death and
dross of the se/lrah of Cevurah, who is situ_
ated on the left side of the selirotic tree :rntl
symbolized by go1d.
t66. The lurthest reaches... When judg_
ment looms. . . Perhaps understanding the
biblical word n,)::r (rakh/lr), ,,end, reaclLes,',
according to the intensive fonn of thc root
n): (k/h), "to destroy."
167. Accuser of the rvorld See the de_
scription of Satan's itinerary ];i-t R'l Bnt,rt
Batra 76a: "He descends and seduces, as-
cends and arouses wrath, obtains authoriza
tion, and seizes the soul."
See Rashi on BT Shahbar 89a, s.v. ba ha
satan; Zohar r:rob,46b, tz5a, r.4ga (ST), t5zb;
z:33b, 268b.
168. As for you, go on till the erui; you
willrest, and arise The verse continLles:
.fbi-
your share at the €nd of'tlays. See Eikhalt
Ro.bbah z:6; Fesiclta de-Rar Kahano q:5.
169. He asked, 'Where? ...ycr.i will rest'
Several manuscrtpts read here: ',He askerl.
'Rest in this world or in that u,orldl, Hi
replied, 'In that world, as is said: 7}cr rr:i.
rest on their couches (Isaiah 57:21."'
r7o. they will rire in various group\, .

the entire demonic realm represent the dark See Daniel rz:z; BT Rosh ha-slnnnh t6b.