Pieśń nad pieśniami 1:14 Komentarz: Rashi & Ezra ben Solomon

A cluster of henna. There is a spice called כֹּפֶר as in, “Henna כְּפָרִים with spikenard,”⁵¹Below 4:13. and it is shaped somewhat like clusters.

And it says: My beloved to me because he exists near to her and for her sake.

In the vineyards of Ein-Gedi. [Ein-Gedi is] the name of a place, and there it is common. I saw in Aggadah that those vineyards produce fruits four or five times a year. And this is an allegory of the many atonements and forgiveness that the Holy One, Blessed Is He, forgave them for the numerous trials with which they tried Him in the wilderness.⁵²Alternatively, henna are composed of many seeds and their fragrance diffuses over great distances, symbolizing that the miracles God performed were heard from afar.