Pemikiran Yahudi Kidung Agung 1:13: Duties

On this matter the wise man alluded to in saying: "a bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me, between my breasts he shall rest" (Shir Hashirim 1:13), which our sages expounded this verse saying: "even though my beloved is causing me pain and bitterness like myrrh, 'He rests between my breasts' " (Shabbat 88b) . Similarly the prophet (Moshe) said: "And you shall love the L-ord your G-d with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might" (Devarim 6:5).

Afterwards, He proceeded to the duties of the limbs which consist of action only, and gave three examples, as He said: "And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand; And they shall be as Totafot between your eyes; And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house, and on your gates", which refers to the Tefilin of the hand and of the head, and the Mezuza, all of whom cause one to remember the Creator, and to wholeheartedly love Him, and yearn to Him, and as scripture says regarding how lovers keep their love in mind: "Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm" (Songs 8:6), and "Behold, I have engraved you upon the palms of my hands" (Isaiah 49:16), and "In that day, says the L-ord of hosts, will I take you, O Zerubavel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, says the L-ord, and will make you as a signet ring: for I have chosen you" (Chagai 2:23), and "A bundle of myrrh is my beloved unto me; it (the myrrh) shall lie between my breasts" (Songs 1:13). G-d ordained three signs in order that they be stronger and more enduring, as the wise man said: "a threefold cord is not quickly broken"(Eccles. 4:12).