And what did he the captain say to him Jonah? ‘ (Jon. 1:6)... Get up! Call to your God!’ – for judgements are coming upon you, and upon your children. Behold the ‘masters of debts’ are gathering, they are surrounding your boat, they who are the evil winds. Look to your merits! – at those limbs which strive in the Torah and in good deeds – and they will return the Higher Shekhinah, – Who is ‘repentance’ – to be upon you, and She shall protect you.
For about Her it is stated: (Deut. 32:11) Like an eagle that arouses its nest, – this is Jerusalem, upon its chicks it will hover – who are Israel, it shall spread its wings – upon them, on Sabbath and festivals, and because of Her they bless on those days: