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183. It is written, “A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.” Torah, Torah, the light of all the worlds, many days and brooks and wellsprings and fountains spread from you to every side. Everything is from you, and upper ones and lower ones stand on you; the upper light stems from you.

Torah, Torah, what shall I tell you, a loving doe and a graceful fawn, above and below are those who love you; who will be granted with suckling from you properly?

Torah, Torah, the enjoyment of your master, who can reveal and say your secrets and concealments? Rabbi Shimon wept and placed his head between his knees, and kissed the dust.

184. In the meantime, Rabbi Shimon saw several shapes of the friends around him. They said to him, “Do not fear, Son of Yochai, do not fear the holy light; write and rejoice in the joy of your master.”

He wrote all those words he had heard that night, and learned them and reflected on them, and forgot nothing. And that candle shone for him all that night until the morning came. When the morning came, he raised his eyes and saw the shape of the Temple in that light. That is, the coupling of Malchut with ZA was done in several depictions. Rabbi Shimon rejoiced and that light had immediately vanished.