Midrash su Salmi 45:9

Thereupon the Holy One, blessed be He, said to His ministering angels: Come, let us visit the sick. They replied: Master of the Universe, Lord, what is man, that Thou takest knowledge of him, or the son of man, that Thou makest account of him? (Ps. 144:3). Why should you go into an unclean place, into an area bathed in blood and defilement with an evil stench? He answered: Be assured, the blood of the prepuce is sweeter to Me than myrrh and frankincense. And thus Solomon sang: Until the day breatheth, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense (Song 4:6). This verse alludes to Abraham, who was called myrrh, as it is said: Myrrh, aloes, and cassia are all thy garments (Ps. 45:9).

Another interpretation (of Cant. 4:6): UNTIL THE DAY BECOMES COOL. This < refers to the story about > the travelers whom < Abraham > fed. (Ibid., cont.:) AND THE SHADOWS FLEE, since he was not suffering from the circumcision because he was attending them. (Ibid., cont.:) I WILL GO UNTO THE MOUNTAIN OF MYRRH (mor). This < refers > to Abraham,¹⁸There is probably an allusion here to Gen. 22:2: GO UNTO THE LAND OF MORIAH (Moriyyah). Cf. Gen. R. 55:7. of whom it is stated (in Ps. 45:9 [8]): MYRRH, ALOES, AND CASSIA < ARE ON ALL YOUR GARMENTS >.¹⁹The Hebrew for ALOES < AND > CASSIA is similar to the Aramaic for “tent of cutting.”

“Nard [nerd] and saffron [karkom], fragrant cane [kaneh] and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh [mor] and aloe [vaahalot], with all the finest spices” (Song of Songs 4:14).
“Nerd and karkom” – nerd is nard oil, karkom in its plain meaning;¹⁵⁶Saffron was commonly called karkom when the midrash was written. “kaneh” – this is fragrant cane, as it is stated: “And fragrant cane [keneh bosem]” (Exodus 30:23). “And cinnamon” – Rabbi Huna says in the name of Rabbi Yosei: Cinnamon would grow in the Land of Israel, and goats and gazelles would eat from it. “Mor” is myrrh oil. “Vaahalot” – Rabbi Yesa said: It is balsam oil. Why is it called ahalot? Rabbi Abba bar Yudan said in the name of Rabbi Yehuda: It is because it grows under tents [ohalim].¹⁵⁷Protected from sun and rain. The Rabbis say: It is because it spreads like a tent.
From where did the daughters of Israel ornament themselves and bring joy to their husbands all the forty years that Israel spent in the wilderness? Rabbi Yoḥanan said: From the well. That is what is written: “A garden spring, a well of fresh water” (Song of Songs 4:15). Rabbi Abbahu said: From the manna; that is what is written: “Myrrh, aloes, and cassia were on all your garments [as you went from ivory [shen] halls]” (Psalms 45:9) – from what is placed under the tooth [shen],¹⁵⁸This is a reference to the manna. This is consistent with the statement of the Midrash (Shemot Rabba 21:10) that spices and gems were provided to the Israelites along with the manna. from that would the chaste and upright daughters of Israel ornament themselves and bring joy to their husbands all the forty years that Israel spent in the wilderness. It is written: “For, behold, the Lord commands, and He will strike the great house into splinters [and the small house into chips]” (Amos 6:11). Splintering is not the same as chipping; there are shards from splintering, but there are no shards from chipping.¹⁵⁹Some suggest that this passage is out of place here (Matnot Kehuna).