Commento su Cantico dei cantici 5:5
קַ֥מְתִּֽי אֲנִ֖י לִפְתֹּ֣חַ לְדוֹדִ֑י וְיָדַ֣י נָֽטְפוּ־מ֗וֹר וְאֶצְבְּעֹתַי֙ מ֣וֹר עֹבֵ֔ר עַ֖ל כַּפּ֥וֹת הַמַּנְעֽוּל׃
Mi alzai per aprirmi alla mia amata; E le mie mani caddero di mirra, E le mie dita di mirra fluente, sopra le maniglie del bancone.
Rashi on Song of Songs
I arose to open for my beloved and my hands dripped myrrh. I.e., wholeheartedly and with a desiring soul, as one who adorns herself to endear herself to her husband with a pleasant scent.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
I arose to let in my beloved” The parable means that a portion of them ascended to the land of Israel.
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Rashi on Song of Songs
Flowed with myrrh. A fragrance that flows and spreads in all directions.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
My hands dripped myrrh, my fingers, flowing myrrh: That is to say that I succeeded in the enterprise. As it is stated in Ezra [6:14]: “So the elders of the Judeans progressed in the building, urged on by the prophesying of Haggai the prophet….”
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