45) It is written, “I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? that I am lovesick.” The soul says to those souls that are rewarded with entering the Jerusalem of above, “I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved,” the Creator, the brightness of the mirror of above, “what will you tell him? that I am lovesick,” to enjoy His brightness and stay under His shade. “I am lovesick,” that passion and yearning that I yearn in the world over everything; hence, I am lovesick.
46) That love, which the soul loves the body, since the time of the body is completed, those days that it was sentenced to, as it is written, “And Sarah died … And Abraham rose up from before his dead.”
48) All seven days, man’s soul visits his body and mourns him, as it is written, “But his flesh will pain him and his soul will mourn him,” and it is written, “And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.” “And Abraham came” is the soul; “to mourn for Sarah” is the body.
49) When the soul is rewarded and rises to the place of her stature, the body lies in peace on its resting place, as it is written, “Those who walk rightly will come in peace and rest on their resting places.” “Walk rightly,” to the place of Eden, which is concealed for her, as “rightly” is written with the letter Hey [in Hebrew]. When she is not rewarded and deserves to be punished, she walks desolate and visits the body and the grave each day.
50) The hard femur, the thigh bone, was struck and moved from its place and was dragged to and fro, walks and visits its place for twelve months. Similarly, that soul which is worthy of punishment walks out in the world and visits her place in the world and in the graveyard for twelve months.
51) “And Abraham rose up from before his dead.” When the soul is in the wholeness of the upper one, from Bina, the letter Hey is added to her, and she is called Abraham. And here it is written, “And Abraham rose up from before his dead,” as though he is not so righteous. How can someone who sits in a big chair descend and sit in a small and lower chair?
But the letter Hey that was added to Abraham implies that he rose and obtained the great Mochin from Bina. And the words “And Abraham rose up from before his dead” indicate Mochin of Katnut that shine to the body. Rising means reception of Mochin, which puts one on one’s feet. “From before his dead” means from the face that belongs to the body of the dead, who is called Sarah, which is Mochin of Katnut.
And since the soul is called Abraham, it indicates that she already has Mochin of Gadlut from upper Bina. Thus, why does the verse say, “And Abraham rose up from before his dead,” implying Mochin of Katnut?
52) When the soul is worthy of rising to her place of Eden, she first protects the holy body that emerged from there and then rises to the place of her level. “And Abraham rose up from before his dead.” Before the soul departs from the body to rise to the Garden of Eden, she draws the proper Mochin for the body so it may join the count with the rest of the bodies of the righteous. And these Mochin are implied in the words “And Abraham rose up.”
53) “And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Het.” “The children of Het” are the rest of the bodies of the righteous, which are frightened and beaten in the world so as to fear their Maker. And they fear and dread because they dwell in the dust. This is why they are called “the children of Het.” And why does the soul need the bodies of the righteous? They are all written in the count, for he takes them into account and brings them out to the revival of the dead in the calculation. This is why the soul spoke to them, so the body will be counted with them. And this is why it is written, “And spoke unto the children of Het.”
54) And what did the soul, which is called Abraham, tell them? She spoke respectfully and by way of appeasement: “I am a stranger and a dweller with you.” He told them, “This body will be with you in the same count in this joining.” And they, too, answered him respectfully and by way of appeasement, as it is written, “And the children of Het answered Abraham, ‘Hear us, my lord; you are a prince of God among us.’”