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The Zohar and Tikunei haZohar, separately, were printed in Hebrew year 5318 (c. 1558 CE), in Mantua. When they were printed there were many partial manuscripts in circulation that were not available to the first printers. These were later printed as "Zohar Chadash," but Zohar Chadash actually contains parts that pertain to the Zohar, and also contains Tikunim (plural of Tikun, "Repair") that are akin to Tikunei haZohar, as described below. "Zohar" can refer to just the first Zohar collection, with or without the applicable sections of Zohar Chadash, or to the entire Zohar and Tikunim. When pages or volume numbers in the Zohar are referred to, they conventionally follow the pagination or the three-volume partitioning of the Mantua edition. Citation can be made by parashah and page number, or by volume and page number.
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