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Module 1: The Awakening and the Royal Chambers

The song of songs (Shiyr HaShiyrim), which is Shalomoh's.

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The Seduction of the Word and the Drawing of the Soul

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

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Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

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Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

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The Refinement of the Sun and the Tents of Qedar

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Yarushalayim, as the tents of Qedar, as the curtains of Shalomoh.

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Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

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The Search for the Feeding Grounds

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

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If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

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The Royal Adornment and the Fragrance of the Anointed

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharoh's chariots.