Musar su Cantico dei cantici 8:13

At the beginning of the night while people sleep, their souls leave them to testify in Heaven regarding the deeds they performed during the day and to face judgment for them. Then at midnight a fierce wind begins blowing from the north, and an appointed angel arises and strikes it with his staff, causing it to calm down. Then the Holy One Blessed be He arouses Himself to go and delight with the righteous. This is the meaning of the verse, “She [i.e., the Shechinah] who sits in the gardens [as well as the] companions [i.e., the righteous] are listening to your voice [i.e., the sound of your Torah study], let me hear it, etc.” (Shir HaShirim 8:13). The Holy One Blessed is He draws a thread of lovingkindness over those who arise at night to serve Him, protecting them from injury and mishap. Concerning them was it stated, “By day Hashem will command His kindness, and in the night His resting place will be with me” (Tehillim 42:9). Undoubtedly a thread of lovingkindness will be drawn over them and they will enjoy great illumination from the saplings in Gan Eden, from the place that is called, “the Ancient River” [Nachal Kedumim]. Their portion will be prepared and waiting for them upon their deaths in a place of repose and joy. Fortunate are they and fortunate is their lot.

We can explain this by means of a statement in Baba Batra 75a, where Rabbi Yonatan says that when Leviathan is hungry his mouth emits so much heat that all the oceans of the world dry up, since we read in Job 41,23: "He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron." If he would not place his head within גן עדן, no creature could stand the stench of Leviathan. This is also proved from Job 41,23: "He makes the sea boil like an ointment pot." When the said Leviathan is thirsty, his wake in the ocean is like a luminous path, and he makes the Deep seem white-haired (Job 41,24). Rabbi Acha said that the Deep does not revert to its former state for seventy years, since we read in Job 41,24: "He makes the Deep seem like a שיבה,” and that word is never used for someone under seventy years of age. Rabbah, quoting Rabbi Yochanan, said that in the World To Come G–d will prepare a feast for the righteous at which the "meat" of Leviathan will be served for it is written in Job 40,30: יכרו עליו חברים, and the word כירה always means a repast, as we read in Kings II 6,23: "He prepared a lavish feast (כרה) for them and they ate and drank." The word חברים refers to Torah scholars as we know from Song of Songs 8,13: "She who sits in the gardens and חברים listen to your voice; let Me hear it." The leftover of that meal will be divided up by traders in the market-places of Jerusalem since it is written (Job 40,30) "he will be divided up among the Canaanites," and Canaanites are merchants as we know from Hosea 12,8: "A Canaanite trader who uses false weights to oppress the one who thinks the trader is his friend." You may also prove this point from Isaiah 23,8: "whose traders are nobles, whose traders (כנעניה) were the most respected ones on earth."