I am beloved's ring gold

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I am to my dear and my dear is to me. The congress of Israel is likened to the beloved and the holy one blessed is he is David. The connection between Israel and the holy one blessed is he is likened to marriage. Which means to say, may this, the connection between Israel and their father in heaven be a mutual one. Just as a man needs a woman, and he is not whole without her, and despite all his unique qualities and accolades, he still requires "a helper as his partner." Without a woman, he can not create life, nor can he maintain continuity nor can he procreate. That is why G-d created for himself "a helper as his partner", the people of Israel. That is what The Blessed one willed, that the existence of the world and its evolution would be maintained by the connection of the nation of Israel with the holy one blessed be he.

The congregation of Israel is the bride, she is the lover of David, and David, the Holy one blessed is he apparently needs her, that she will participate in his deeds. And the lover courts her, serenades her and requests her proximity (company) "O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.' Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves. Thou art all fair, my love; and there is no spot in thee." This is how the Lover speaks to his beloved; this is how the holy one blessed is he speaks to the congregation of Israel. "Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon; look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards." "Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride;" "How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride!" Hark! my beloved knocketh: 'Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled". The lover, The Holy one blessed be he knocks on the entrance of the congregation of Israel, and asks her to open the door, that she will let him in, that she will open her closed heart, and if there was a period of alienation, from her side, of forgetfulness, of ignoring, of apathy, the lover calls her, awakens her from her apathy." my beloved knocketh", because the lover knows that the congregation of Israel in her inner being is pure and complete, and there is no defect in her. All this apathy from her side, all this estrangement and distance, there is nothing concrete to it. It's all a deceptive imagination, because actually the congregation of Israel is indivisibly connected to the Blessed one.

Indeed the bride is attracted to her lover; she yearns for him, pines for him and seeks him out. She admires her lover." My lover is pure and red, and stands out from the many, his head is golden orange, his locks curled and black like a crow" and she implores" Draw me, we will run after thee; the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will find thy love more fragrant than wine! Sincerely do we love thee."