18. To be courted is good, but let it always be in a good way—and not just when I am there with you.
19. My dear children! Again I suffer labor pains until Messiah is formed in you.
20. I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, for I don’t know what to make of you.
21. Tell me, you who want to be under Torah, don’t you understand the Torah?