Kommentar zu Schir haSchirim 5:2

אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְלִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר ק֣וֹל ׀ דּוֹדִ֣י דוֹפֵ֗ק פִּתְחִי־לִ֞י אֲחֹתִ֤י רַעְיָתִי֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙ נִמְלָא־טָ֔ל קְוֻּצּוֹתַ֖י רְסִ֥יסֵי לָֽיְלָה׃

Ich schlief, aber mein Herz wachte. Da horch! die Stimme meines Geliebten, er klopft: Tue mir auf, meine Schwester meine Geliebte, meine Taube, meine Holde Denn mein Haupt ist voll von Tau, meine Locken voll nächtlicher Tropfen. —

Rashi on Song of Songs

I slept. When I was confident and calm in the first Beis Hamikdosh, I despaired of worshiping the Holy One, Blessed Is He, as one who slumbers and falls fast asleep.

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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs

I was asleep: The shekhinah states, I was asleep in Babylonian exile.

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Rashi on Song of Songs

But my heart was awake. This is the Holy One, Blessed Is He. This is expounded in the Pesikta.⁹Alternatively, ולבי ער, refers to the prophets and the sages who were constantly exhorting and rousing the Bnei Yisroel to rise from their spiritual sluggishness. (Sforno)

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