etc.

And David, because he knew, that all the will and force and might of the King is through Her, said: (Ps. 27:3) *If there will encamp... etc. In ‘this’*¹ *I trust... *Upon which it is stated: (Ps. 103:19) ... and His Kingdom rules over all. And of one who (Ex. 7:23) does not place his heart, even to ‘this’, it is stated: (Ps. 92:7) *... and the fool shall not understand ‘zot’*¹.

footnotes: ¹ zot ¹ this

And therefore, when Israel seeks to petition the King, they say to Her: (Song. 6:1) *Where has your beloved gone? *– of whom it is stated: (Song. 8:14) *Flee my beloved...

• (Song. 6:1) *... to where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? *– with many requests of prayers and petitions.

For it is because of You, that He descends upon us.

For He does not depart from us, except that we have not behaved respectfully towards You.

For it is because of You, that He is held captive with us, all six days, it is this that is written: (Ez. 46:1) ... it shall be closed for the six days of work, and on the Sabbath day it shall be open, and on the day of New Moon, it shall be open.

For so is the Shekhinah concealed with Him on a weekday, like a rose that is closed-up. And on the day of Sabbath, and the day of New Moon and Festival days, She opens-up to receive scents and perfumes, and to bequeath souls and delights to their children.

Woe to humans! For the blessed Holy One is captive with them in exile, and the Shekhinah is captive with them. And it is stated of Her: ‘A prisoner does release himself from prison’.¹ And Her redemption, which is repentance² – Higher Mother³ – depends upon them!

footnotes: ¹ BT Berakhot 5b ² teshuvah ³ Binah

For there are fifty gates of freedom, with Her, corresponding to the fifty times, that the ‘Exodus from Egypt’ is mentioned in the Torah. This is the meaning of (Ex. 2:12) *And he turned ‘this way and that’*¹² ..., with these fifty letters, with which they unify Him, every day, twice: (Deut. 6:4) Hear¹ *O Israel...*in which there are: ‘25 and 25’ letters, (Ex. 2:12) *... and he saw that there was no man... *– that was aroused for Her amongst them.

footnotes: ¹ koh va-khoh ² 25+25 ¹ Shm’a

And She is (Song. 2:9) ... watching from the windows¹ *... *Of which is stated: (Mal. 1:9) ... beseech, please¹ *, the face of EL, and He will be gracious unto us... *To Her of Whom it is stated: (Num. 12:13) *EL, please heal her, please! *For the cure is in His hands, which is the hand extended to receive penitents, but (Ex. 2:12) ... and he saw that there was no man.

footnotes: ¹ ḥalonot ¹ ḥalu na

And She (Judg. 5:28) ... was looking out from the window¹ *, and she was ‘peering’*¹ * *– with the shophar sound te-ru’ah which is a ‘wailing’¹, of which it is stated: (Gen. 8:6) ... and Noah opened the window, of the ark that he had made, – and this is the Day of Atonement.

footnotes: ¹ ḥalon ¹ va-te-yabev ¹ ye-vavah

For Noah’s ark is Higher Mother¹, its window is the Middle Pillar¹, in which is light, (Prov. 6:23) *... and Torah is light... *and it is the hidden light.

footnotes: ¹ Binah ¹ Tipheret

(Ex. 2:12) *And he turned this way and that...

• (Song. 2:9) *... peeking from the lattice... *these are ‘the Ten Days of Repentance’, but... and he saw that there was no man... (Ex. 2:12)

And furthermore: ... watching from the windows... (Song. 2:9) * *– these are the windows of the synagogue, for the Father and his sons are in the house [of the synagogue], they are imprisoned, and He, every day, watches over them, and gives them sustenance.

And he turned this way and that... (Ex. 2:12) * *If there is someone who is aroused, in repentance, to smash [Var. with it] their prison, then it is this that is written: (Is. 49:9) To say to the prisoners: ‘Go out!’, and to whomever is in darkness ‘Be revealed!’

(Ex. 2:12) *And he turned this way and that, and he saw that there was no man... *But rather each man had turned to his own way, with their own occupations, with their own journeys, (Is. 56:11) ... each man to his own profit from his own quarter, with the profit of this world, in order to inherit this world.

And they are not of the aspect of those of whom it is stated: (Ex. 18:21) *... men of valour, those who fear ELQYM, men of truth, haters of illicit gain... *Rather, they are all crying out in prayer on the Day of Atonement, like dogs: ‘Give! Give us sustenance, and forgiveness and atonement and life – write us for life!’ And they are brazen like dogs, which are the nations of the world, who cry out to Him and have no shame.

For there is no-one who calls them to repent, so that the Shekhinah be returned to the blessed Holy One, from Whom She is far, to return Her to Him.

And they are likened to dogs, of which it is stated: (Ps. 106:35) And they mingled with the nations, and they learnt their ways, and these are ‘the mixed multitude’, that whatever kindness they do, they do for their own benefit.

And furthermore: they request sustenance and clothing and sexual fulfilment, which is the sexual fulfilment of their couplings, of which it is stated: (Ex. 21:10) ... her provisions, her covering, and her sexual fulfilment, he shall not diminish...

And there are none who request the real sustenance, which is Torah, the ‘provision’ of the Shekhinah, and which is Higher Mother, of Whom it is stated: (Prov. 1:8) ... do not forsake the Torah of your mother.

... her covering... (Ex. 21:10)