Shir HaShirim and Mechilah
Shir HaShirim and Mechilah
The Zohar HaKadosh says that on Shabbat, sinners in Gehinnom are given a respite for 24 hours. On weekdays, they are also given a respite of 4.5 hours each day during prayer (three prayers of 1.5 hours each).
This leaves a total of 117 hours each week during which the souls are judged in Gehinnom.
Therefore, Shlomo HaMelech recited exactly 117 verses in «Shir HaShirim,» in order to be saved from the judgments of Gehinnom.
For the same reason, we read «Shir HaShirim» before Shabbat begins.
(Taami Minhagim 256)
Gaon Rav Yaniv Assouri teaches that when you reach verse 10 of chapter 5 of «Shir HaShirim,» you should stop, repeat it several times, and have the proper kavanah while reciting the phrase: «Dodi tzah ve'adom, dagul me-ravava» — (My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand).
דודי צח ואדום דגול מרבבה - the final letters of the words in this expression form the word מחילה - «mechilah» (complete forgiveness). Chazal teach that these words, recited with tears and from the depths of the heart, together with a request for forgiveness for one's sins, help annul all judgments and decrees.
Chazal also teach that this verse is the culmination of all of «Shir HaShirim» — to know how to concentrate and ask Hashem for forgiveness.
(Gaon Rav Yaniv Assouri — Rosh Yeshiva «Yodei Binah»)
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