Midrash su Cantico dei cantici 7:10
וְחִכֵּ֕ךְ כְּיֵ֥ין הַטּ֛וֹב הוֹלֵ֥ךְ לְדוֹדִ֖י לְמֵישָׁרִ֑ים דּוֹבֵ֖ב שִׂפְתֵ֥י יְשֵׁנִֽים׃
E il tetto della tua bocca come il miglior vino, che scivola dolcemente verso il basso per la mia amata, muovendo delicatamente le labbra di coloro che dormono.'
Rashi on Genesis
דבה has the same meaning as the verb of the same root in (Song 7:10) “(דובב) making speak the lips of those that are asleep”.
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Midrash Tanchuma
R. Simeon the son of Lakish, R. Akiba, and R. Simeon the son of Yohai said: His disciples do not permit him to sleep undisturbed in his grave, as it is said: Moving gently the lips of those that are asleep (Song 7:10). Hence, The satiety of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. Similarly, Moses taught the Torah to the Israelites, trained them in the observance of the law, arranged the order of the chapters of the Torah, and assigned the chapters to be read each Sabbath, on Rosh Hodesh, and on holy days. And they call him to mind as they read each Torah portion.
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Shir HaShirim Rabbah
“Your palate is like fine wine that goes pleasantly for my beloved, moving the lips of the sleeping” (Song of Songs 7:10).
“Your palate is like fine wine.” Rabbi Yoḥanan said: At that moment, the Holy One blessed be He called the ministering angels, all of them, and He said to them: ‘Go down and kiss the lips of the ancestors of these; just as they took action before Me in fire, 72Abraham was thrown into a fiery furnace for having smashed his father’s idols (see Bereshit Rabba 38:13) and Isaac was willingly bound on the altar, where he thought he would be slaughtered and burned. so too, their descendants took action before Me in fire.’
Rabbi Azarya [said] in the name of Rabbi Yehuda ben Rabbi Simon: At that moment, the Holy One blessed be He called the ministering angels and said to them: ‘Go down and kiss their lips, for had they not accepted My Torah and My dominion at Sinai,73They did so by uttering with their lips that they would not prostrate themselves to an idol, an act which is proscribed by the second of the Ten Commandments. I would have become the enemy of those who sleep in the Cave of Makhpela.’ “Moving the lips of the sleeping,” Rabbi Yoḥanan ben Toreta said: Even though one is dead, his lips move for him in the grave. What is the source? “Moving the lips of the sleeping.” Shmuel said: It is like a basket of grapes whose liquid flows on its own. Rabbi Ḥanina bar Pappa and Rabbi Simon, one said: Like one who drinks spiced wine, and one said: Like one who drinks aged wine. Even though he drank it already, its taste and its fragrance remains in his mouth.74Similarly, even after someone dies, the Torah he studied still impacts his mouth, which moves even in the grave.
“Your palate is like fine wine.” Rabbi Yoḥanan said: At that moment, the Holy One blessed be He called the ministering angels, all of them, and He said to them: ‘Go down and kiss the lips of the ancestors of these; just as they took action before Me in fire, 72Abraham was thrown into a fiery furnace for having smashed his father’s idols (see Bereshit Rabba 38:13) and Isaac was willingly bound on the altar, where he thought he would be slaughtered and burned. so too, their descendants took action before Me in fire.’
Rabbi Azarya [said] in the name of Rabbi Yehuda ben Rabbi Simon: At that moment, the Holy One blessed be He called the ministering angels and said to them: ‘Go down and kiss their lips, for had they not accepted My Torah and My dominion at Sinai,73They did so by uttering with their lips that they would not prostrate themselves to an idol, an act which is proscribed by the second of the Ten Commandments. I would have become the enemy of those who sleep in the Cave of Makhpela.’ “Moving the lips of the sleeping,” Rabbi Yoḥanan ben Toreta said: Even though one is dead, his lips move for him in the grave. What is the source? “Moving the lips of the sleeping.” Shmuel said: It is like a basket of grapes whose liquid flows on its own. Rabbi Ḥanina bar Pappa and Rabbi Simon, one said: Like one who drinks spiced wine, and one said: Like one who drinks aged wine. Even though he drank it already, its taste and its fragrance remains in his mouth.74Similarly, even after someone dies, the Torah he studied still impacts his mouth, which moves even in the grave.
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