And because He is bound with them in exile, it is statedxixBT Berakhot 5b of Him: ‘A prisoner does not release himself from prison’. And the Shekhinah, She is His prison, because of Her love, He is ‘imprisoned’ in Her. And the mystery of the word is: (Song. 1:13) A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, between my breasts he shall lodge...
And because of this, whoever wants to apprehend the King, does not have permission to apprehend Him, except through the Shekhinah. It is this that is written: (Jer. 9:22–23) Let not boast... etc. Except through this (zot)... etc.