וּ֠בָאוּ הַמַּ֨יִם הַמְאָרְרִ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ בְּֽמֵעַ֔יִךְ לַצְבּ֥וֹת בֶּ֖טֶן וְלַנְפִּ֣ל יָרֵ֑ךְ וְאָמְרָ֥ה הָאִשָּׁ֖ה אָמֵ֥ן ׀ אָמֵֽן׃
dan kiranya air yang mendatangkan kutuk ini masuk ke dalam isi perutmu, untuk membuat perut membengkak dan paha gugur.” Lalu perempuan itu harus berkata: “Amin, amin.”
The Gate of Unity
This is in accordance with the statement in Zohar regarding the thigh of a Sota.21Regarding the verses, (Genesis 32:26) “And Yaakov was left alone, and there wrestled a man with him etc.” and, “He saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh,” the Zohar (Mishpatim 111b) explains that the Sitra Achara (the side of evil) persevered over the thigh, i.e. Netzach, of Yaakov, and “won” it from him. The Zohar then continues to explain that the aspect of the “thigh” (i.e., Netzach) of the aspect of Yaakov was weakened until the Prophet Shmuel came and rectified it. (It explains there that its weakness was that it did not draw down the light of prophecy. As is explained elsewhere, prophecy is primarily revealed through the aspects of Netzach and Hod.) From the time of Shmuel onward the Sitra Achara does not have dominion over the aspect of the thigh of Yaakov. Rather, the forces of evil and concealment now receive their sustenance from another “thigh,” the thigh of the adulteress (Sota). As scripture states regarding the adulteress - Sotah (Numbers 5:22), “These waters that cause curse shall enter your innards to distend the stomach and cause the thigh to fall.” The reason for this is because the Sitra Achara itself is compared to an adulteress, as stated (Proverbs 2:17), “Who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.” (See Zohar II 111b; Numbers 5:21, 27.)