Comentario sobre Cantar de los Cantares 6:9

But she is unique my dove. And of all of them,¹⁷All the nations mentioned in the previous verse. she¹⁸I.e., Yisroel. is My chosen one, like a perfect dove, who is wholehearted with her mate.

One is my dove, my perfect one [This] refers to the community of Israel. God divided the world among the nations, giving them fields and vineyards, as Scripture says: “When the Most High caused the nations to inherit” [Deut. 32:8]. But to Israel He gave the Land of Israel, God’s own treasury. From it come the sacrifices, the shewbread, the first fruits, and all good things. Why so much? Because he distinguished between the son of the queen and the sons of the concubines. “I have said, ‘How shall I place you among the sons?’” [Jer. 3:19].

She is unique to her mother. To her assembly.¹⁹I.e., allegorically the word לאמה is understood to mean לאומה [=nation]. Many arguments take place in the study halls, all of them stem from the desire to understand Torah in its fundamentals and according to its true meaning.

She is pure to her who begot her. Yaakov saw that his bed [i.e., progeny] was perfect without any disqualification, and he thanked and praised the Omnipresent, as it is stated, “And Yisroel bowed down at the head of the of the bed.”²⁰Bereishis 47:31. He bowed in gratitude that all his children were righteous.

Daughters saw her. [Other nations saw] Yisroel in her greatness.

And acclaimed her. And what is their praise?