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Shir HaShirim Rabbah 5:8/שיר השירים רבה ה׳:ח׳
אהִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם, מַה תַּגִּידוּ לוֹ שֶׁחוֹלַת אַהֲבָה אָנִי, מַה חוֹלָה זוֹ מְצַפָּה לִרְפוּאָה, כָּךְ הַדּוֹר שֶׁבְּמִצְרַיִם מְצַפֶּה לַגְאֻלָּה.
1“I administer an oath to you, daughters of Jerusalem; if you find my beloved, what shall you tell him? That I am lovesick” (Song of Songs 5:8).“I administer an oath to you, daughters of Jerusalem…what shall you tell him? That I am lovesick” – just as the ill person yearns for healing, so, the generation that was in Egypt yearned for redemption.