But now, when She is distant from the King, it is stated of the King: (Is. 50:3) I shall clothe the heavens with darkness... and the Shekhinah says: (Song. 1:6) Do not look at me for I am blackened.
And people who are stupid look only at the garment, while others look at the body. And in exile everyone is stupid, yet the wise enlightened-one looks at the inside.
And when redemption comes, He divests Himself of ‘the garments of darkness’, and throws them upon the nations of the world, it is this that is written: (Ex. 10:22–3)... and it was darkness∞ḥoshekh, gloom etc...... and for all the Children of Israel, there was light in their habitation.