Kabbalah for Exodus 12:23
וְעָבַ֣ר יְהוָה֮ לִנְגֹּ֣ף אֶת־מִצְרַיִם֒ וְרָאָ֤ה אֶת־הַדָּם֙ עַל־הַמַּשְׁק֔וֹף וְעַ֖ל שְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזוּזֹ֑ת וּפָסַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ עַל־הַפֶּ֔תַח וְלֹ֤א יִתֵּן֙ הַמַּשְׁחִ֔ית לָבֹ֥א אֶל־בָּתֵּיכֶ֖ם לִנְגֹּֽף׃
For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
Zohar
As we previously explained, the words "To destroy all flesh" (Gen. 6:17) refer to the Angel of Destruction. This is why it is also written: "And He will not allow the Angel of Destruction to come into your house to smite you" (Exodus 12:23). (He does not give him permission to destroy). To "destroy all flesh" is from (the Angel of Destruction, hinted to in the verse), "The End of all Flesh is come before Me," (to ask permission). The time the Holy One, blessed be He had waited for them to repent had passed. That is, Noah had reached 600 years of age, (and He could reward him. The time had also come for the punishment of the wicked. That is why He gave permission to the Angel of Destruction) "to destroy all flesh." He said: This is what we learned in the name of Rabbi Yitzchak, who told us all this.
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Zohar
And she [Tamar] sat on Petach Eynayim [the entrance to the eyes] (Gen. 38:14) - Just as you say "and he [Avraham] sits at the entrance [petach] of the tent" (Gen. 18:1), and it is written "And Ad-nai passed over the entrance [petach]" (Ex. 12:23), and it is written "open [pitchu] for me the gates of righteousness etc" (Ps. 118:19) [meaning] that all eyes of the world turn to that opening. [...]
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