עוֹלָם אְֵל ב אַ חָ א, ַר תֶ ל מַ עֲ רָ בִֹכּ זָה מִָז
ֶ רֶנּ אֱמַ הֵנּ תְֶ ז ה ע וֹ ֵ מ ד ַ א ַ ח ר ָ כּ
נ וֵל ּ
רֶ֙מ שָָׁ֗ק יהֶ֜ ם בַּ עֲ בֹ דֵָיּ שָּׂ דֶַבּ
תָ ֔ ם א ֲ שֶׁ ר ־ עָ בְ דָ֥ד ב ֲֹ֣ע
פָֽ רְֶבּ
My God is a Queen weeping by a wall 7, A builder 8 of cosmos and people, A container for liberation 9.
If you were a brick In this wall, You ' d feel how her every tear is a torrent as vast as the sea, how the mortar 10 baked in frozen ovens 11 and blessed by tyrants bubbles forth
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י, שׁ) שיר השירים י ן הַ שְּׁ ִכ י ָ נ ה
רַמָא
ב, ט(: ִה Rabbi Aha said: The Shekhinah never has moved away from the Western Wall, as it is stated [ Song of Songs 2:9 ]“ Behold, this one stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice”.
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Playing with the idea of the Upper and Lower Mothers, Binah and Shekhinah in Kabbalah. Though Hokmah is the Intention and Plan to Create, Binah is the actual Creator in an actional sense and is origin of redemption. See Zohar: Introduction 4:14
הגאולה9 בינה שהיא סוד ו ה ח י ר ו ת וכל מיני הישועות Binah, who is the secret of redemption, freedom, and all types of liberation. See Sha’ arei Orah: Eighth Gate, Third Sefirah
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ְרָמְיַו ֨רוּ אֶ ת ־ חַ ֣ ה ה בְּ חֹ֨ וּבִ לְ בֵ נִ֔ ים וּבְ כׇל ־ עֲבֹדָ ֖ ה ֑ ה ֚ ֵאת כׇּ ל ־ וּ בָ הֶ ֖ ם ך
׃ְ the various labors that they made them perform. Ruthlessly they made life bitter for them with harsh labor at mortar and bricks and with all sorts of tasks in the field— Exodus 1:14
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