Kommentar zu Schir haSchirim 3:4
כִּמְעַט֙ שֶׁעָבַ֣רְתִּי מֵהֶ֔ם עַ֣ד שֶֽׁמָּצָ֔אתִי אֵ֥ת שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י אֲחַזְתִּיו֙ וְלֹ֣א אַרְפֶּ֔נּוּ עַד־שֶׁ֤הֲבֵיאתִיו֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית אִמִּ֔י וְאֶל־חֶ֖דֶר הוֹרָתִֽי׃
Kaum war ich fort von ihnen, da fand ich den, den ich von ganzer Seele liebe, — ich hielt ihn fest und ließ ihn nicht; ich brachte ihn in das Haus meiner Mutter, in das Gemach meiner Gebärerin.
Rashi on Song of Songs
Scarcely had I departed from them. Shortly after their parting from me,8I.e., shortly after the deaths of Moshe and Aharon. at the end of the forty years.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
Scarcely had I passed them: When Moses died I departed from them until I found Joshua. As it is written: “After the death of Moses, the servant of God, the Lord said to Joshua” [Josh. 1:1] and it says: “Now, cross this river Jordan” [Josh. 1:2].
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Rashi on Song of Songs
When I found. That He was with me in the days of Yehoshua to conquer the thirty-one kings.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
I held him fast, I would not let him go: A parabolic metaphor, indicating that I (Israel) did not stumble in sin until I entered the land during the days of Joshua.
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Rashi on Song of Songs
I grasped him and would not let him go. I did not loosen my grasp on Him until I brought Him to the Tabernacle at Shiloh because of all this that He had done for me.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
To my mother’s house: This is Jerusalem, “within which Righteousness resides” [Isa. 1:21].83Righteousness [tzedek] symbolizes the shekhinah.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
To the chamber of her who conceived me: This is the Temple.
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