its connection to the Schechina. Just like the relationship between two people who love each other. The drama, tragedy, joy and vacillation. Sometimes he loves and she loves whereas at other times there is great distance that separates between them. This is the wonderful metaphor of
So, too, is the relationship between mans soul and the Schechinah; on the one hand great closeness, on the other distance. A person vacillates, errs, since, suffers, repents, comes close and achieves high levels. "Behold the voice of my Beloved comes jumping on the mountains skipping across the hills." After the doubts, the many prayers, crying and the suffering of the human soul the person suddenly feels that he hears the voice of God from a distance speaking to him. A powerful song bursts forth, "The voice of my beloved comes."