And these elders encountered the holy lamp Rabbi Shim’on and his companions. They said to him: ‘Rabbi! Rabbi! Have you and your companions found a young man, who is trailing after you along the way?’
He said to them: ‘I have encountered many camps, that were coming from the battle of the snake. And there are camps of angels, who are descending speedily to accept prayers, from the aspect of the 50 letters, with which Israel effect Unity in the Shm’a every day, of which it is written: (Ex. 13:18)... and ‘armed’∞ḥamushim did they ascend, the Children of Israel from the land of Egypt.