Commentaire sur Le Cantique des Cantiques 7:6
רֹאשֵׁ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ כַּכַּרְמֶ֔ל וְדַלַּ֥ת רֹאשֵׁ֖ךְ כָּאַרְגָּמָ֑ן מֶ֖לֶךְ אָס֥וּר בָּרְהָטִֽים׃
Ta tête est posée sur toi, pareille au Carmel, les boucles de tes cheveux ressemblent à l’écarlate: un roi serait enchaîné par ces boucles!
Rashi on Song of Songs
That which is upon your head is like Mount Carmel. These are the phylacteries of the head, about which it is stated, “And all the peoples of the world will see that the Name of Adonoy is proclaimed over you, and they will fear you.”25See Zecharyah 9:1. This is their strength and they are as awe inspiring as a cliff of the mountains, and Mount Carmel is the most prominent of the mountains.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
The verse continues to array the praises of the shekhinah. A King is held captive in your tresses…. This refers to the intimacy [kirvah] of Glory to Glory and her unification.
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Rashi on Song of Songs
And the braid of your head. The braided hair of your Nazirites are as beautiful with commandments as braided purple wool.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
The [sefirotic] form is likened to a palm tree [Cant. 7:8], in image and in parable, a tree that unites the male and female within it, possessing one body and two branches. We have received this interpretation from the mouth of an enlightened kabbalist.
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Rashi on Song of Songs
And the braid of your head. [It is called דַלַּת because the braid is lifted up [=מֻדְלֵת over the crown of the head.
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Rashi on Song of Songs
Your King is bound in its tresses. The name of the Omnipresent is bound in the [Nazir’s] locks, as it is stated, “The crown of his God is upon his head.”26Devarim 28:10.
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Rashi on Song of Songs
Tresses. Koranz in O.F. This is what they call the girding laces with which they tie the girdles. Another explanation [of], “Your King is bound in its tresses,” the Holy One, Blessed Is He, is bound with love to you through [your fulfillment of His] commandments, and through the swiftness [=רְהָטִים27Bamidbar 6:7. with which you run before Him.
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