Midrasch zu Schir haSchirim 6:7
כְּפֶ֤לַח הָרִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃
Wie eine Granatapfelhälfte ist deine Schläfe hinter deinem Schleier.
Shir HaShirim Rabbah
“Your temple is like a pomegranate slice behind your braid” (Song of Songs 6:7).
“Your temple [rakatekh] is like a pomegranate slice.” At that moment, Moses began praising them: Even the empty among you is packed with mitzvot and good deeds like the pomegranate, for anyone who is confronted by the opportunity to commit a transgression and is spared from it and does not perform it has performed a great mitzva. It goes without saying: “Behind your braid [letzamatekh]” regarding the modest and the fervent [metzumatin] among you.
“Your temple [rakatekh] is like a pomegranate slice.” At that moment, Moses began praising them: Even the empty among you is packed with mitzvot and good deeds like the pomegranate, for anyone who is confronted by the opportunity to commit a transgression and is spared from it and does not perform it has performed a great mitzva. It goes without saying: “Behind your braid [letzamatekh]” regarding the modest and the fervent [metzumatin] among you.
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