시편 73:26 미드라쉬: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Pesikta DeRav Kahana, Eikhah Rabbah & Midrash Tanchuma Buber

“I am asleep, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my beloved knocking: Open for me, my sister, my love, my faultless dove, for my head is filled with dew, my locks, drops of night” (Song of Songs 5:2).
“I am asleep” – the congregation of Israel said before the Holy One blessed be He: Master of the universe, “I am asleep” regarding the mitzvot, “but my heart is awake” for acts of kindness. “I am asleep” regarding acts of charity, “but my heart is awake” to perform them.¹²Although I am unable to perform these acts, I have a desire to perform them. “I am asleep” regarding the offerings, “but my heart is awake” for reciting Shema and Amida. “I am asleep” regarding the Temple, “but my heart is awake,” in synagogues and study halls. “I am asleep” regarding the end [of days], “but my heart is awake” for the redemption.¹³This is based on the idea that there is a set time for redemption, by when redemption will occur through natural means, but there is also the possibility that God will bring redemption early through supernatural means. Thus, Israel says: I do not know when the latest time for redemption is, or I am not hopeful that I will experience it because it remains far off, but I am hopeful that God will redeem me early (Rabbi David Luria). “I am asleep” regarding the redemption, but the heart of the Holy One blessed be He is awake to redeem me.¹⁴Although I am not deserving of redemption, God will find reason to redeem me (Yefe Kol). Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba said: Where have we found that the Holy One blessed be He is called the heart of Israel? It is from this verse, as it is written: “But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (Psalms 73:26).

"I was asleep, But my heart is wakeful. My beloved knocks! “Let me in, [my sister, my darling, my dove, my innocent one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the damp of night]” (Song of Songs 5:2). The Assembly of Israel said before the Holy One, blessed be He, "Master of the universes, I am asleep regarding the Temple, but my heart is wakeful in synagogues and study halls; I am asleep with regard to the sacrifices, but my heart is wakeful in [fulfilling] the commandments and [doing] righteous deeds; I am asleep regarding the commandments, and my heart is awake to perform them; I am asleep regarding the end [of time], and my heart is wakeful towards the redemption; I am asleep regarding the redemption, but the heart of the Holy One, blessed be He, is awake towards our redemption." Rabbi Hiyya bar Abba said, from where do we find that the Holy One, blessed be He, is called the heart of Israel? From that which is written, "[God is] the rock of my heart, my portion forever" (Psalms 73:26). "My beloved knocks!" (Song of Songs, 5:2) - This is Moses. "Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: Toward midnight I [will go forth among the Egyptians]"" (Exodus 11:4). "Let me in!" (Song of Songs 5:2). Rabbi Yassa said that the Holy One, blessed be He, said, "Open for me an opening like the eye of a needle, and I will open for you an opening that wagons and carriages can enter." "My sister" (Ibid.), who was stitched to me through two commandments: with the blood of the pascal lamb, and the blood of circumcision. "My darling" (Ibid.), who became endeared to me in the sea, and they said, "The Lord will reign for all time" (Exodus 15:18). "My dove," (Song of Songs 5:2), my dove at [the encampment of] Mara, where they excelled [in] my [eyes], like a dove, in the [acceptance of my] commandments. "My innocent one" (ibid.), innocent at Sinai, that they became innocent to me at Sinai, when they said, "everything that the Lord says, we shall do, and we shall heed" (Exodus 24:7). Rabbi Yannai says: [the phrase should be read], "tumyati" [meaning: my twin, cf. Shir Hashirim Rabba 5:2]: I am not greater than her, and she is not greater than me. Rabbi Yehoshua of Sikhnin said in the name of Rabbi Levi, just as with this pair of twins, one has a headache, and the other one feels it, so too, the Holy One, blessed be He, says, "I am with him in his suffering" (Psalms 91:51). "For my head is drenched with due" (Song of Songs 5:2), even "the heavens dripped" (Judges 5:4); "My locks with the damp of night" (Song of Songs 5:2), "Also the clouds dripped water" (Judges 5:4). When? In this month. "This month shall be for you the first of the months" (Exodus 12:2).

Rabbi Abbahu began: “Your path and your deeds have done these to you…” (Jeremiah 4:18). When is it praiseworthy for a king to provide for his legions, in the wilderness or in the settlement?⁴⁶Where can a king more adequately provide for his army. Is it not in the settlement? Regarding the wilderness, it is written: “Behold, I am raining bread for you from the heavens” (Exodus 16:4), and here it is written: “Young children request bread…” (Lamentations 4:4). Regarding the wilderness, it is written: “Behold, He struck the rock and water flowed” (Psalms 78:20), and here it is written: “The tongue of the nursling cleaves to his palate from thirst” (Lamentations 4:4). Regarding the wilderness it is written: “He spread a cloud like a curtain” (Psalms 105:39), and here it is written: “Their skin is shriveled on their bones” (Lamentations 4:8). Who did this to you? It is “your path and your deeds,” your evil path and your rebellious deeds. “This is your wickedness, for it is bitter, as it has reached until your heart” (Jeremiah 4:18) – this is the Great Sanhedrin as they are called the heart of Israel, as it is written: “My heart is to the lawmakers of Israel” (Judges 5:9). When they provoke Me, My heart is not to the lawmakers of Israel. The Holy One blessed be He said: “As it has reached until your heart” – this is the Temple, just as it says: “My eyes and My heart will be there always” (II Chronicles 7:16). Alternatively, “as it has reached until your heart” – this is the Holy One blessed be He. Where have we found that the Holy One blessed be He is called the heart of Israel? It is from this verse: “God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (Psalms 73:26).