Commentaire sur Le Cantique des Cantiques 7:9
אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶעֱלֶ֣ה בְתָמָ֔ר אֹֽחֲזָ֖ה בְּסַנְסִנָּ֑יו וְיִֽהְיוּ־נָ֤א שָׁדַ֙יִךְ֙ כְּאֶשְׁכְּל֣וֹת הַגֶּ֔פֶן וְרֵ֥יחַ אַפֵּ֖ךְ כַּתַּפּוּחִֽים׃
Je me suis dit: "Je monterai au palmier, je saisirai ses rameaux; que tes seins soient pour moi comme des grappes de la vigne, et l’odeur de tes narines comme celle des pommes;
Rashi on Song of Songs
I said, I will ascend the palm tree. I boast of you among the heavenly hosts, that I will be exalted and sanctified through your actions in the earthly abodes, when you will sanctify My Name among the nations.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
I say: Let me climb the palm: Israel said: “Although sin has caused separation [between God and myself], I planned to ascend to greatness through the merit of the shekhinah who is compared to a palm tree.”
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Rashi on Song of Songs
I will grasp its branches. And I will grasp and cleave to you; “סַנְסִנִּים” are branches.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
Let me take hold of its branches: With our hands we will grasp hold of its deeds and merits.
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Rashi on Song of Songs
And now let your breasts.. And now, make true My words, that you will not be enticed to follow the nations, and may the good and wise among you be steadfast in their faith, to retort to those who entice them, so that the lesser ones among you will learn from them.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
Let your breasts be like clusters of grapes, your breath like the fragrance of apples: The locus of her nursing [yenikah] is like the grape cluster, for you receive illumination and outpouring of emanation from the source, Wisdom.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
Your breath like the fragrance of apples: The simile refers to her receiving [the energy of emanation] from the two cherubim.
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