Хасидус к Шир ха-ширим 1:2

The Rambam wrote in the eighth chapter of the laws of Teshuva that in the world-to-come there is no body and no corporeality. Note how the Ra’avad disagrees with this view.¹²⁷One of the Ra’avad’s proofs is from BT Sanhedrin, 92, which states, “The Righteous will not return to the dust, but shall stand in their bodies.” Many took the Rambam to task for his view, and for that which he wrote in the fourth halacha of chapter eight, “when the sages mentioned this feast, they were speaking allegorically about the good reserved for the righteous in the world-to-come.” This view of the Rambam’s is precisely the view of the Zohar in Parshat Toldot (Midrash HaNe’elam, 136a), where it is phrased in almost the same language that the Rambam used in one of his letters.¹²⁸The Zohar (Parshat Toldot, Midrash HaNe’elam, 136a) reads, “At the time the soul returns to the body, the only desire of the soul is to enjoy the Divine light of the Shekhina, and be sustained by this light. This is as it is written (Shir HaShirim 1:2), ‘May he ksiss me with the kisses of his mouth.’” Whoever believes in the Zohar is obliged to explain the words of the Rambam exactly as the view of the Zohar.