Shlach Lecha: Chapter 39

Two tears, one to Sagdon and one to Gilba

Synopsis

We are told about the gem called Sagdon that the Leviathan pulled up from the depths of the great sea; on the day the gem was pulled up the temple house was destroyed. The gem is one of the two tears of God that He sheds when He remembers His children; the other tear is sunk in the depth called Gilba.

Directions Fish Light Lights Sanctuary Seas

272. One day, the Leviathan goes out on the great sea. The entire ocean trembles and all the fish scatter in every direction. When the Leviathan reaches the entrance of the depth, he begins to rejoice that the depths are stilled there...(THE REST IS MISSING)...except for that one, which is similar to a spring. The lights get dimmer and none of the lights is visible, except the light in that sanctuary on the eastern side.

272. יוֹמָא חַד, בְּיַמָּא רַבָּא, לִוְיָתָן נָפִיק, וְכָל יַמָּא אִזְדַּעְזָע, וְכָל נוּנֵי אָזְלִין לְכָאן וּלְכָאן, כַּד מָטֵי לִוְיָתָן בְּפִתְחָא דְּפִתְחָא דִּתְהוֹמָא, שָׁארִי לְמֶחְדֵּי, וְאִשְׁתְּכַךְ תַּמָּן תְּהוֹמֵי, אֶלָּא הַהוּא כְּחֵיזוּ דִּמְעַיֵין, וְאִתְחַפְּיָין נְהוֹרִין, וְלָא אִתְחָזוּן כָּל אִינּוּן נְהוֹרִין, בַּר נְהוֹרָא דְּהֵיכָלָא דְּבִסְטַר מִזְרָח דָּא.

Leviathan Ninth of Av (Month) Temple, The

273. HE ASKS: The gem that the leviathan pulled out from that depth is called Sagdon. What is it made of? HE REPLIES: That day that the Leviathan pulled up THE GEM, and the ocean was shaking, was the day when the Temple was destroyed, Tish'ah B'Av (the Ninth of Av). About that gem, it is when the Holy One, blessed be He, remembers His children and spills two tears into the great ocean. One TEAR falls onto this depth called Sagdon and one TEAR drops into another depth called Gilba.

273. הַהוּא מַרְגְּלָא דְּקָא אַפִּיק לִוְיָתָן, מִגּוֹ הַהוּא תְּהוֹמָא דְּאִקְרֵי סַגְדוֹ"ן, מִמָּה אִתְעָבֵיד. אֶלָּא יוֹמָא דָּא דְּקָא אַפִּיק לִוְיָתָן, דְּאִזְדַּעְזָע יַמָּא, יוֹמָא דְּאִתְחָרַב בֵּי מַקְדְּשָׁא, ט' בְּאָב אִיהוּ. וְהַהוּא מַרְגְּלָא, דְּכַד דָּכִיר קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא לִבְנוֹי, וְאוֹשִׁיד תְּרֵין דִּמְעִין לְגוֹ יַמָּא רַבָּא, חַד נָפִיל לְגוֹ תְּהוֹמָא דָּא דְּאִקְרֵי סַגְדּוֹ"ן, וְחַד נָפִיל לְגוֹ תְּהוֹמָא אַחֲרָא דְּאִקְרֵי גִּילְבָ"א.

274. Five other depths exist in the great ocean but are not as important as these others, WHICH ARE SAGDON AND GILBA. As soon as these tears drop, they are frozen within one depth and one TEAR is sunk into the depth called Gilba.

274. בְּגִין דְּחָמֵשׁ תְּהוֹמֵי אַחֲרָנִין אִינּוּן בְּיַמָּא רַבָּא. אֲבָל לָא חֲשִׁיבִין כְּהָנֵי אַחֲרָנִין, וְכֵיוָן דְּנַפְלֵי אִינּוּן דִּמְעִין, קָפָאָן גּוֹ תְּהוֹמֵי חַד. וְחַד אַטְבַּע גּוֹ תְּהוֹמָא, דְּאִקְרֵי גִּילְבָ"א.

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