The following precept is for one to marry the woman he violated. For surely there are two kinds of violated women - one who is violated because he loves her but she doesn't love him. Another is violated because she loves him but fears to mate with him without marriage and being blessed, or she doesn't want him if he is a commoner. Of him it says, "and she shall be his wife" (Deuteronomy 22:19).
In relation to mysteries of the Torah we have to employ an allegory. There is a soul that is the Matron, [Drawn from Malchut of Atzilut] and there is a soul that is a handmaid [Drawn from the world of Beriyah] such as in, "And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant" (Exodus 21:7). And there is a soul that is a common maid [From the world of Asiyah]. And so is man. There is a man who is a servant to the soul. Sometimes the soul goes by means of incarnation, [Because of a sin in the previous incarnation], "the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot" (Genesis 8:9), [The soul is not at rest due to this previous sin]. And the Evil Inclination chases it to enter that body, which is a maid to the Evil Inclination. It is a Jewish 'demon' and the soul is Yud {which is called} a Hebrew maidservant, in which this demon (Heb. שֵׁד) becomes Shadai, [Shed plus the letter Yud] because it kept the soul and repented through it, and with it blessed the Holy One, blessed be He, daily with 'Blessed (Heb. בָרוּך)', and with it sanctifies the Holy One, blessed be He, with 'Holy, holy, holy', and with it declares the unity of the Holy One, blessed be He, by Kriat Sh'ma.
{Then} what used to be a demon, [Which causes harm] turns around to be its angel {the aspect of} Metatron and turned {to become} Shadai, because the numerical value of Metatron is that of Shadai. Immediately there is fulfilled in it {i.e. the soul} "and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days" (Deuteronomy 22:19). But if he does not repent, {the soul} is enslaved in him through the iniquities he committed and it shall be fulfilled in him, "the wife and her children shall be her master's" (Exodus 21:4), [meaning the soul will leave the person so his root] and it says of the demon which is its debtor, "and he shall go out by himself" (Ibid.), [Without a remedy]. That demon is like Moses' staff that turns from a staff into a snake and from a snake into a staff. So does this demon turn from a demon into an angel and from an angel into a demon, according to man's deeds.
Of the demons that come from this, the sages of the Mishnah explained that some are like the ministering angels. They are the students of the Torah that know what was and what will be. They have their form on earth, being philosophers, astrologers of Yisrael, who know what was and what will be {through the} the signs on the sun and moon and their eclipses and each star and constellation; in this way they know what is seen in the world.
Some of them {these 'demons'} ...are like beasts that increase and multiply like animals, and their form below is ignorant people, who, as the sages of the Mishnah explained, are vermin and whose daughters are abominable. Of their daughters it says, "Cursed be he that lies with any manner of beast" (Deuteronomy 27:21). They hate Torah students, sages of the Mishnah, who are in truth like the ministering angels. For that reason the sages of the Mishnah explained about man that if he is as "a messenger of Hashem Tzva'ot" (Malachi 2:7), one should seek Torah out of his mouth. Otherwise, one must not seek Torah out of his mouth.
פִּקּוּדָא בָּתַר דָּא, לִישָׂא אֲנוּסָתוֹ. דְּוַדַּאי אֲנוּסָה אִית מִתְּרֵין סִטְרִין, אֲנוּסָה בִּרְחִימוּ דִּילֵיהּ לְגַבָּהּ, וְאִיהִי לָא רְחִימַת לֵיהּ. וְאִית אֲנוּסָה דִּרְחִימַת אִיהִי לֵיהּ, וּדְחִילַת לְאִזְדַּוְּוגָא עִמֵּיהּ בְּלָא קִדּוּשִׁין וּבְרָכָה, וְאִיהִי לָא בָּעָאת אִם הִיא הֶדְיוֹטָא לְגַבֵּיהּ, וְלוֹ תִּהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה.
The following precept is for one to marry the woman he violated. For surely there are two kinds of violated women - one who is violated because he loves her but she doesn't love him. Another is violated because she loves him but fears to mate with him without marriage and being blessed, or she doesn't want him if he is a commoner. Of him it says, "and she shall be his wife" (Deuteronomy 22:19).
בְּסִתְרֵי תּוֹרָה, אִית לָן לְהַמְשִׁיל מָשָׁל, נִשְׁמְתָא אִית דְּאִיהִי מַטְרוֹנִיתָא. וְנִשְׁמְתָא אִית, דְּאִיהִי אָמָה. כְּגוֹן (שמות כ״א:ז׳) וְכִי יִמְכּוֹר אִישׁ אֶת בִּתּוֹ לְאָמָה. וְנִשְׁמְתָא אִית, דְּאִיהִי שִׁפְחָה הֵדְיוֹטָא דְּבַּר נָשׁ. אוּף הָכִי, אִית דְּאִיהוּ עֶבֶד שִׁפְחָה לְגַבֵּי נִשְׁמְתָא. וּלְזִמְנִין נִשְׁמְתָא אַזְלָא בְּרָזָא דְּגִלְגּוּלָא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (בראשית ח׳:ט׳) וְלֹא מָצְאָה הַיּוֹנָה מָנוֹחַ לְכַף רַגְלָהּ, וְיֵצֶר הָרָע רָדִיף אֲבַּתְרָהָא, לְאַעֲלָא בְּגוּפָא, דְּאִיהוּ שִׁפְחָה לְגַבֵּי יֵצֶר הָרָע. אִיהוּ שֵׁד יְהוּדִי. וְנִשְׁמְתָא י', אַמָּה הָעִבְרִיָּה. וּבָהּ הַהוּא שֵׁד, אִתְהַדָּר שַׁדַּי, דְּנָטִיר לָהּ לְהַהִיא נִשְׁמְתָא, וְתָב בָּהּ בְּתִיּוּבְתָּא, וּמְבָרֵךְ בָּהּ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בְּכָל יוֹמָא בְּבָרוּך. וּמְקַדֵּשׁ בָּהּ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, בְּקָדשׁ קָדשׁ קָדשׁ. וּמְיַחֵד עִמָּהּ לְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, בְּקְרִיאַת שְׁמַע.
In relation to mysteries of the Torah we have to employ an allegory. There is a soul that is the Matron, [Drawn from Malchut of Atzilut] and there is a soul that is a handmaid [Drawn from the world of Beriyah] such as in, "And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant" (Exodus 21:7). And there is a soul that is a common maid [From the world of Asiyah]. And so is man. There is a man who is a servant to the soul. Sometimes the soul goes by means of incarnation, [Because of a sin in the previous incarnation], "the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot" (Genesis 8:9), [The soul is not at rest due to this previous sin]. And the Evil Inclination chases it to enter that body, which is a maid to the Evil Inclination. It is a Jewish 'demon' and the soul is Yud {which is called} a Hebrew maidservant, in which this demon (Heb. שֵׁד) becomes Shadai, [Shed plus the letter Yud] because it kept the soul and repented through it, and with it blessed the Holy One, blessed be He, daily with 'Blessed (Heb. בָרוּך)', and with it sanctifies the Holy One, blessed be He, with 'Holy, holy, holy', and with it declares the unity of the Holy One, blessed be He, by Kriat Sh'ma.
מַה דְּהֲוָה אִיהוּ שֵׁד, אִתְהַדָּר מַלְאָךְ דִּידֵיהּ מְטַטְרוֹן, (רוחא מניה) וְאִתְהַדָּר שַׁדַּי דְּהָכִי סָלִיק (מטטרון) בִּמְטַטְרוֹן, בְּחוּשְׁבַּן שַׁדַּי. וּמִיַּד יִתְקְיָּים בֵּיהּ, וְלוֹ תִהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה לֹא יוּכַל לְשַׁלְּחָהּ כָּל יָמָיו. וְאִי לָא חָזַר בְּתִיוּבְתָּא, אִיהִי לְגַבֵּיהּ מִשְׁתַּעְבְּדָא בְּחוֹבִין דְּעַבְדַּת, וְיִתְקְיָּים בֵּיהּ (שמות כ״א:ד׳) הָאִשָּׁה וִילָדֶיהָ תִּהְיֶה לַאדוֹנֶיהָ. וְאִתְּמַר בְּהַהוּא שֵׁד בַּעַל חוֹבֵיהּ, וְהוּא יֵצֵא בְּגַפּוֹ. וְהַאי שֵׁד, אִיהוּ כְּמַטֶּה דְּמֹשֶׁה, דְּאִתְהַפָּךְ מִמַּטֶּה לְנָחָשׁ, וּמִנָחָשׁ לְמַטֶּה, הָכִי הַאי שֵׁד, אִתְהַפָּךְ מִשֵׁד לְמַלְאָךְ, וּמִמַלְאָךְ לְשֵׁד, כְּפוּם עוֹבָדוֹי דְּבַר נָשׁ.
{Then} what used to be a demon, [Which causes harm] turns around to be its angel {the aspect of} Metatron and turned {to become} Shadai, because the numerical value of Metatron is that of Shadai. Immediately there is fulfilled in it {i.e. the soul} "and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days" (Deuteronomy 22:19). But if he does not repent, {the soul} is enslaved in him through the iniquities he committed and it shall be fulfilled in him, "the wife and her children shall be her master's" (Exodus 21:4), [meaning the soul will leave the person so his root] and it says of the demon which is its debtor, "and he shall go out by himself" (Ibid.), [Without a remedy]. That demon is like Moses' staff that turns from a staff into a snake and from a snake into a staff. So does this demon turn from a demon into an angel and from an angel into a demon, according to man's deeds.
וְעַל שֵׁם שֵׁדִים דְּאָתוּ מֵהַאי, אוֹקְמוּהָ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, דְּאִית מִנְּהוֹן כְּמַלְאָכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת, וְאִינּוּן תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים דְּיַדְעִין מַאי דְּהֲוָה, וּמַה דְּעָתִיד לְמֶהֱוֵי. וְאִינּוּן בְּדִּיוּקְנַיְיהוּ בְּאַרְעָא, אִינּוּן מָארֵי פִּילוֹסוֹפְיָא, אִצְטַגְנִינֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, דְּיַדְעִין מַאי דְּהֲוָה, וּמַאי דְּעָתִיד לְמֶהוֵי, מֵאוֹתוֹת דְּחַמָּה וְסִיהֲרָא, לָקוּתָא דִּלְהוֹן, וְכָל כֹּכָב וּמַזָּל, וּמָה אַחְזֵי בְּעָלְמָא.
Of the demons that come from this, the sages of the Mishnah explained that some are like the ministering angels. They are the students of the Torah that know what was and what will be. They have their form on earth, being philosophers, astrologers of Yisrael, who know what was and what will be {through the} the signs on the sun and moon and their eclipses and each star and constellation; in this way they know what is seen in the world.
וְאִית מִנְּהוֹן כַּבְּהֵמָה, פָּרִין וְרָבִין כַּבְּהֵמָה, דִּיּוּקְנָא דִּלְהוֹן לְתַתָּא אִינּוּן עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ, וְאוֹקְמוּהָ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, דְּאִינּוּן שֶׁקֶץ, וּבְנוֹתֵיהוֹן שֶׁרֶץ. וְעַל בְּנוֹתֵיהֶן נֶאֱמַר, (דברים כ״ז:כ״א) אָרוּר שׁוֹכֵב עִם כָּל בְּהֵמָה. וְאִינּוּן שׂוֹנְאִים לְתַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים מָארֵי מִשְׁנָה, דְּאִינּוּן מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת מַמָּשׁ. וּבְגִין דָּא אוֹקְמוּהָ מָארֵי מַתְנִיתִין, עַל בַּר נָשׁ אִי יְהֵא (מלאכי א) כְּמַלְאַךְ יְיָ' צְבָאוֹת תּוֹרָה יְבַקְשׁוּ מִפִּיהוּ, וְאִי לָאו לֹא יְבַקְשׁוּ תּוֹרָה מִפִּיהוּ.
Some of them {these 'demons'} ...are like beasts that increase and multiply like animals, and their form below is ignorant people, who, as the sages of the Mishnah explained, are vermin and whose daughters are abominable. Of their daughters it says, "Cursed be he that lies with any manner of beast" (Deuteronomy 27:21). They hate Torah students, sages of the Mishnah, who are in truth like the ministering angels. For that reason the sages of the Mishnah explained about man that if he is as "a messenger of Hashem Tzva'ot" (Malachi 2:7), one should seek Torah out of his mouth. Otherwise, one must not seek Torah out of his mouth.