아가 2:9의 미드라쉬
דּוֹמֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ לִצְבִ֔י א֖וֹ לְעֹ֣פֶר הָֽאַיָּלִ֑ים הִנֵּה־זֶ֤ה עוֹמֵד֙ אַחַ֣ר כָּתְלֵ֔נוּ מַשְׁגִּ֙יחַ֙ מִן־הַֽחֲלֹּנ֔וֹת מֵצִ֖יץ מִן־הַֽחֲרַכִּֽים׃
나의 사랑하는 자는 노루와도 같고 어린 사슴과도 같아서 우리 벽 뒤에 서서 창으로 들여다 보며 창살 틈으로 엿보는구나
Shemot Rabbah
... Our teachers have said: Once, while Moses our Teacher was tending [his father-in-law] Yitro’s sheep, one of the sheep ran away. Moses ran after it until it reached a small, shaded place. There, the lamb came across a pool and began to drink. As Moses approached the lamb, he said, “I did not know you ran away because you were thirsty. You are so exhausted!” He then put the lamb on his shoulders and carried him back. The Holy One said, “Since you tend the sheep of human beings with such overwhelming love - by your life, I swear you shall be the shepherd of My sheep, Israel.”
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Midrash Tanchuma
(Numb. 6:22–23:) “Then the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, “Speak unto Aaron and unto his children, saying, ‘Thus shall you bless the Children of Israel.’” Let our master instruct us: In the case of priest with a blemish, is it right for him to raise his hands (in the priestly blessing)? Thus have our masters taught (in Meg. 4:7): A priest whose hands are blemished may not raise his hands. But Rabbi taught, “A priest who has blemishes anywhere at all may not raise his hands.” R. Judah says, “Also whoever has his hands stained with woad,48Buber’s note suggests emending satim to satis, and the translation follows his emendation. On satis, see the Gk. and Lat. word, isatis, which denotes a plant producing a deep blue dye. madder, or rubia may not raise his hands. Why? Because it is customary for people to be looking at him.” R. Joshua the Great taught, “If the majority of the men in the town are in that business (i.e., of dying cloth), he is permitted to raise his hands; in the same way that in the South, there are [many] hides that are tanned purple and their hands [with which they bless] are dyed.” The Holy One, blessed be He, said, “From the beginning I have blessed My people; from now on the blessings are transmitted to you. You are to bless My children,” Therefore the Holy One, blessed be He, told Moses to caution Aaron and his children to bless Israel. How is this shown? From what they have read [on the matter] (in Numb. 6:23), “Speak unto Aaron and unto his children, saying, ‘Thus shall you bless.’” (Numb. 6:23:) “Thus shall you bless.” This text is related (to Deut. 26:15), “Look down from Your holy dwelling, from the heavens, and bless Your people.” The congregation of Israel said to the Holy One, blessed be He, “Master of the world, You tell the priests to bless us.49Numb. R. 11:2. We only need You to bless us, as stated (Deut. 26:15), ‘Look down from Your holy dwelling, [from the heavens, and bless Your people].’” The Holy One, blessed be He, said to them, “Although I have told the priests to bless you, I am standing along with them and blessing you.” For that reason the priests spread their hands.50See Sot. 7:6 for details about how the priests are to hold their hands. [They do so] to say, “The Holy One, blessed be He, is standing behind us.” So also it says (in allusion to the Holy One, blessed be He, in Cant. 2:9) “there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice,” [i.e. “gazing through the windows,”] from between the fingers of the priests; “peering through the lattice,” when they extend their hands. It is therefore stated (in Numb. 6:23), “Thus shall you bless.”
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Shir HaShirim Rabbah
“My beloved is like a gazelle or a fawn; behold, he is standing behind our wall, gazing from the windows, peering through the lattice” (Song of Songs 2:9).
“My beloved [dodi] is like a gazelle,” Rabbi Yitzḥak said: The congregation of Israel said before the Holy One blessed be He, ‘Master of the universe, You said to us: Come, come [deyu deyu]. You come to us first.’
“My beloved is like a gazelle,” just as this gazelle leaps from mountain to mountain, from valley to valley, from tree to tree, from booth to booth, and from fence to fence, so too, the Holy One blessed be He leapt from Egypt to the sea, and from the sea to Sinai, and from Sinai to the future. In Egypt they saw Him, as it is stated: “I will pass through the land of Egypt” (Exodus 12:12). At the sea they saw Him, as it is stated: “Israel saw the great hand…” (Exodus 14:31); “this is my God and I will exalt Him” (Exodus 15:2). At Sinai they saw Him, as it is written: “The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain” (Deuteronomy 5:4), and it is written: “The Lord came from Sinai” (Deuteronomy 33:2).
“Or a fawn,” Rabbi Yosei bar Ḥanina said: Like the offspring of a hind. “Behold, he is standing behind our wall,” behind our wall at Sinai. That is what is written: “For on the third day the Lord will descend” (Exodus 19:11). “Gazing through the window,”—“the Lord descended upon Mount Sinai to the top of the mountain” (Exodus 19:20). “Peering through the lattice,”—“God spoke all these matters” (Exodus 20:1);102The phrase “gazing through the window, peering through the lattice” is understood to mean that God seeks to establish a connection with Israel. The midrash asserts that this was done through the giving of the Torah. “my beloved spoke up, and he said to me” (Song of Songs 2:10)—what did He say to me? “I am the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:2).
“My beloved [dodi] is like a gazelle,” Rabbi Yitzḥak said: The congregation of Israel said before the Holy One blessed be He, ‘Master of the universe, You said to us: Come, come [deyu deyu]. You come to us first.’
“My beloved is like a gazelle,” just as this gazelle leaps from mountain to mountain, from valley to valley, from tree to tree, from booth to booth, and from fence to fence, so too, the Holy One blessed be He leapt from Egypt to the sea, and from the sea to Sinai, and from Sinai to the future. In Egypt they saw Him, as it is stated: “I will pass through the land of Egypt” (Exodus 12:12). At the sea they saw Him, as it is stated: “Israel saw the great hand…” (Exodus 14:31); “this is my God and I will exalt Him” (Exodus 15:2). At Sinai they saw Him, as it is written: “The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain” (Deuteronomy 5:4), and it is written: “The Lord came from Sinai” (Deuteronomy 33:2).
“Or a fawn,” Rabbi Yosei bar Ḥanina said: Like the offspring of a hind. “Behold, he is standing behind our wall,” behind our wall at Sinai. That is what is written: “For on the third day the Lord will descend” (Exodus 19:11). “Gazing through the window,”—“the Lord descended upon Mount Sinai to the top of the mountain” (Exodus 19:20). “Peering through the lattice,”—“God spoke all these matters” (Exodus 20:1);102The phrase “gazing through the window, peering through the lattice” is understood to mean that God seeks to establish a connection with Israel. The midrash asserts that this was done through the giving of the Torah. “my beloved spoke up, and he said to me” (Song of Songs 2:10)—what did He say to me? “I am the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:2).
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