Shir HaShirim – Chapter 2, Verse 17

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• A short lesson on the last verse of chapter 2 of Shir HaShirim (2:17), preparing to begin chapter 3, learned with Rashi.
• Rashi places the verse in the history of the Jewish people: a period when the intensity of closeness to God was too great, and distance followed.
• The idea that a very intense feeling cannot be lived with day to day, and that the world of rectification works with a more moderate, workable intensity.
• Chapter 3 begins with the search: each looking for the other and seeming to miss; the lesson also touches on the light that remains despite the “mud” the world throws on us.

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