The Two Shekhinahs

Sefer ha-Bahir 54

And what is its purpose here? A parable: to what is the matter comparable? To a king who had a daughter, good and pleasant and beautiful and perfect, and he married her to a king's son, and clothed her and crowned her and adorned her and gave her to him with great wealth. Is it possible for the king to dwell outside his house? You say no. Is it possible for him to sit with her all day continuously? You say no. How then? He set a window between him and her, and every time the daughter needs her father, or the father his daughter, they join together through the window. This is what is written: "All glorious is the king's daughter within; her clothing is of wrought gold" (Psalms 45:14).

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