Midras Kidung Agung 5:11: Midrash Tanchuma, Otzar Midrashim, Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael & Shemot Rabbah

With¹The prefix bet in the first word of the Torah can be translated as “with,” “in,”, “by means of,” etc. the beginning (Gen. 1:1). This is what Scripture means when it says: The Lord with wisdom²“Beginning” and “wisdom” are synonyms for “Torah” in rabbinic literature. See Schechter, Aspects of Rabbinic Theology, p. 129. founded the earth (Prov. 3:19). That is, when the Holy One, blessed be He, was about to create this world, He consulted the Torah³Seven things were created two thousand years before the creation of heaven and earth, and the Torah was one of them. before embarking upon the work of creation, as it is said: Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine (ibid. 8:14). How was the Torah written? It was written with letters of black fire on a surface of white fire, as is said: His locks are curled and black as a raven (Song 5:11). What is meant by His locks are curled?⁴The word taltalim (“curls”) is read as tille tillim (“heaps upon heaps”). Each letter in the Torah has numerous strokes upon it which, according to tradition, represent heaps upon heaps of laws. Cf. Leviticus Rabbah 19:2, Song of Songs Rabbah 5:11–12. It means that each crowned stroke on the letters of the Torah contains heaps and heaps of law. For example, it is written in the Torah: Profane not My Holy Name (Lev. 22:2); but if you should change the het in the word yehallelu (“profane”) into a heh, the word would read “praise,” and you would thereby destroy the world. Conversely, where it is written Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord (Ps. 150:6), if you should alter the heh in the word tehallel (“praise”) into a het, the word would read “profane,” and you would thereby destroy the world.

Rabbi Nathan his student said: He even gave me a measure of the nose, from right to left. And so too of the lips and jaws. And even though he gave me the measure of the forehead, he gave me the measure of each cubit and cubit. The width of the forehead is like the height of the neck, and so too the mustache like the length of the nose. The length of the nose like the length of the small finger. The height of the jaws like half the circumference of the head - and so too is the measure of every person. His lips seventy-seven parsas. His upper lip: Gevrah Eleven, its name. And the lower: Hazarag Eleven, its name. His mouth consuming fire when he speaks - Aleph Samekh Dar Aleph its name. And whoever he desires faces his name. The crown on his head four hundred thousand by four hundred thousand and ten, its name. And the precious stone between his horns - ten, its name. With him El Yud - "My God is with me" is engraved on it: "My beloved is pure and red, outstanding among ten thousand" (Song of Songs 5:10) "His head is purest gold" (Song of Songs 5:11) etc. "His eyes are like doves by streams of water" (Song of Songs 5:12). "His cheeks are like a bed of spice" (Song of Songs 5:13) - two thousand myriads parsas. And anyone who does not seal with this verse errs: "His cheeks are like a bed of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping flowing myrrh" (Song of Songs 5:13). "His hands rods of gold filled with beryl, His body carved ivory covered with sapphires. His legs pillars of marble set on bases of fine gold. His appearance like Lebanon, choice like cedars" (Song of Songs 5:14-15) "His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely" (Song of Songs 5:16). This is my beloved and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem" (Song of Songs 5:16). Antiah Tahen Yaehon Tov Tahor Yod Yod Yod Yihiah Hasin Hasin, Holy Holy Holy, the Lord of Hosts fills the entire land with His glory.

"I shall sing to the L–rd," who is comely, who is glorious, who is exalted, whose like does not exist — (Psalms 89:7) "For who in the heavens can be compared to the L–rd, can be likened to the L–rd among the sons of the mighty"? (Ibid. 8) "G–d greatly dreaded in the great council of the holy, (held in awe by all around Him?") And it is written (Ibid. 9), "O L–rd, the G–d of hosts ("tzeva'oth"), who, as You, is mighty, O L–rd?: What is "tzeva'oth" (acronymically)? He is an "oth" (i.e., unique) in the midst of His retinue ("tzava"). And thus is it written (Devarim 33:2) "Ve'atha" ('and He shall come') from Rivevoth Kodesh" (figuratively: "the ten thousands of His holy ones.") And thus did David say (Psalms 86:8) "There is none like You among the great ones, O L–rd, and there are none like Your works." And (Song of Songs 5:19-15) "My Beloved is clear and red," "His head is finest gold," "His eyes are like doves by water-courses," "His cheeks are like beds of spice," His hands are rods of gold," "His legs are pillars of marble" — His are comeliness, greatness, strength, and glory!