Holy Lamp, Lamp of Light

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Holy Lamp, Lamp of Light

Holy Lamp, Lamp of Light

A title for a very great Rabbi who is like a great luminary (literally from Aramaic: holy lamp).

("One and this ascended to become thought, drew in it all forms, engraved in it all carvings, and engraved inside the hidden holy lamp the engraving of a single hidden form, holy of holies, deep structure" - Zohar, Introduction 2a, and also: "Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the holy lamp" - Bialik / The Youth from Padua, and also: "Our Rabbi, Rabbi Meshullam wrote about him: my beloved, my friend, and my dear, the great luminary... wrote about him: upper friend, lamp of light" - Agnon / Shroud of Stories, 103, and also: "My uncle, my mother's brother, the holy and awesome genius, prince of Torah, lamp of light... who illuminated the world with his Torah and wisdom" - Hazaz / First Generations, and also: "The night lamp shone in the darkness of the shores / the holy lamp! In the salt / pale lamp light, far from joy" - Nathan Yonatan / Songs Along the Shore)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בוּצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא, בוּצִינָא דְּנֵהוֹרָא

Definition (Hebrew)

כִּינוּי לְרַב גָּדוֹל מְאוֹד שֶׁהוּא כְּמוֹ מָאוֹר גָּדוֹל (מִילּוּלִית מֵאַרָמִית: נֵר קָדוֹשׁ).

("חֲדָא וְדָא סָלִיק לְמֵהֲוֵי מַחֲשָׁבָה צִיֵּיר בָּהּ כָּל צִיוּרִין חָקַק בָּהּ כָּל גְּלִיפִין וְאַגְלִיף גּוֹ בוּצִינָא קַדִּישָׁא סְתִימָא גְּלִיפוֹ דְּחַד צִיוּרָא סְתִימָאָה קַדִּשׁ קַדִּישִׁין בִּנְיָנָא עֲמִיקָא" - זוֹהַר, הַקְּדָמָה ב ע"א, וְכֵן:"ר' שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחָאי, הַנֵּר הַקָּדוֹשׁ"-ביאליק/ הַבָּחוּר מִפָּדוּבָה, וְכֵן:"רַבֵּנוּ ר' מְשֻׁלָּם כָּתַב עָלָיו אֲהוּבִי יְדִידִי וְחָבִיבִי הַמָּאוֹר הַגָּדוֹל...כָּתַב עָלָיו יְדִיד עֶלְיוֹן בוּצִינָא דְּנֵהוֹרָא"- עגנון/ תַּכְרִיךְ שֶׁל סִפֻּרִים, 103, וְכֵן:"דוֹדִי ,אָחִי אִמִּי, הַגָּאוֹן הַקָּדוֹשׁ וְהַנּוֹרָא, שַׂר הַתּוֹרָה,בוּצִינָא דְּנֵהוֹרָא...אֲשֶׁר הֵאִיר בְּתוֹרָתוֹ וּבְחָכְמָתוֹ לְכָל הָעוֹלָם"- הַזַּז/ דּוֹרוֹת רִאשׁוֹנִים, וְכֵן:"נֵר הַלַּיְלָה הֵאִיר בְּחַשְׁכַּת הַחוֹפִים/ הַבוּצִין הַקָּדוֹשׁ! בַּמֶּלַחָה/ אוֹר חִוֵּר שֶׁל בּוּצִין, רְחוֹקִים מִשִּׂמְחָה"-נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ שִׁירִים לְאֹרֶךְ הַחוֹף)

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