Kabbalah zu Kohelet 2:8
כָּנַ֤סְתִּי לִי֙ גַּם־כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֔ב וּסְגֻלַּ֥ת מְלָכִ֖ים וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹת עָשִׂ֨יתִי לִ֜י שָׁרִ֣ים וְשָׁר֗וֹת וְתַעֲנוּגֹ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם שִׁדָּ֥ה וְשִׁדּֽוֹת׃
Ich sammelte mir auch Silber und Gold, Schätze der Könige und Länder; ich schaffte mir Sänger und Sängerinnen an und die Wollust der Menschenkinder: Sklavinnen in Menge.
Zohar
King Solomon penetrated the depth of the secret of the nut, as it is written: "I went down into the garden of nuts" (Shir Hashirim 6:11). He took hold of the shell (Kelipah) of the nut and looked at all its layers. He came to realize that the main pleasure of the spirits in the shell of the nut was just to cling to human beings and defile them, as it is written: "And the delights of the sons of men, women very many (Heb. שִׁדּוֹת)" (Kohelet 2:8). This means that the demons (Heb. shedim) take pleasure only in human beings.
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