Rabbi Shim’on arose, and he said to Elijah: [Var. Elijah!] ‘Elijah! I adjure you by the holy kingdom (Malkhut), She Who has fallen in exile! Take permission not to depart from us! For the Shekhinah and Her host are watching out for you, the ministering angels – of whom it is stated: (Is. 33:7) Behold their mighty-ones are shouting outside, [screaming] outside their chambers: “There is none to receive the prayers of Israel!”
Many birds are chirping, in prayers, towards their mother, those that are nesting upon the earth, who are watching out for you! And they are all called ‘birds’, after the name of the bird’s nest, which is Holy Mother, of whom it is stated: (Deut. 22:6) When a bird’s nest will happen to be before you... And upon Her it is stated: (Ps. 84:4) Even the bird has found a home (bayit)...