아가 7:7의 인용 해설

A kabbalistic approach: the word זאת is a reference to כנסת ישראל, the spiritual concept of “the people of Israel.” Of that concept it is written in Song of Songs 7,7: זאת קומתך דמתה לתמר, “such is your stature, likened to the towering palm tree.” the word זאת mening that Israel is G’d’s heave-offering to the world, so to speak. The words וזאת התרומה in Exodus 25,3 are being understood as the covenant. Both the covenant and the Torah itself have been described with the word זאת in Genesis 9,12 and Numbers 19,14 respectively. The Torah had been given by the Unique One, as the Torah said (Exodus 20,1) וידבר אלו-הים. (Compare author’s commentary on that verse). This (the giving of the Torah) is also what the prophet Chabakuk 3,10 alluded to with the words נתן תהום קולו, “loud roars the deep.” We find this attribute in Leviticus 16,3 בזאת יבא אהרן, “equipped with the attribute זאת Aaron may enter the Holy of Holies.” The reason is that “this is the gate which (only) the righteous may enter” (Psalms 118,20).