Commentary for Song of Songs 5:10
דּוֹדִ֥י צַח֙ וְאָד֔וֹם דָּג֖וּל מֵרְבָבָֽה׃
’My beloved is white and ruddy, Pre-eminent above ten thousand.
Rashi on Song of Songs
My beloved is pure white. White, as in, “they were whiter צַחוּ than milk.”37Eichah 4:1.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
My beloved is clear skinned and ruddy, Our sages say in the Midrash to Canticles: “My beloved is clear skinned and ruddy: His appearance is ruddy, black, green, and white. Thus the appearance of the Holy One is like ‘the appearance of the rainbow which is within the cloud’ [Ezek. 1:28].”
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Rashi on Song of Songs
And ruddy. I will first explain the entire section according to its simple meaning, as the praise of the handsomeness of a young man, when he is white and his face is ruddy.
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