Commentaire sur La Genèse 27:27
וַיִּגַּשׁ֙ וַיִּשַּׁק־ל֔וֹ וַיָּ֛רַח אֶת־רֵ֥יחַ בְּגָדָ֖יו וַֽיְבָרֲכֵ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר רְאֵה֙ רֵ֣יחַ בְּנִ֔י כְּרֵ֣יחַ שָׂדֶ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֵּרֲכ֖וֹ יְהוָֽה׃
Il s’approcha et l’embrassa. Isaac aspira l’odeur de ses vêtements; il le bénit et dit: "Voyez! le parfum de mon fils est comme le parfum d’une terre favorisée du Seigneur!
Rashi on Genesis
’וירח וגו AND HE SMELLED etc.— Surely there is no more offensive smell than that of washed goat-skins! But Scripture implicitly tells us that the perfume of the Garden of Eden entered the room with him (Genesis Rabbah 65:22).
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Rashbam on Genesis
ריח בגדיו, the costly ones. The clothing worn by people in those days were scented with incense.
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Sforno on Genesis
וירח את ריח בגדיו, in order to expand his good mood by enjoying the fragrance. Our sages have described such an experience in Berachot 42 where they said: “which is something which the soul enjoys while the body does not benefit from it? It is a pleasant fragrance.”
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