פּירוש אויף שיר השירים 1:10

“Your cheeks” [1:10]. The Yalkut writes in the name of Rabbi Joshua: For each statement of the Ten Statements [Aseret ha-Dibrot] that the Holy One uttered on Mount Sinai, the whole world was filled with the smell of good perfume. It was asked, if the whole world was filled with the smell of good perfume from the first Statement, what happened to the perfume and pleasant odors of the other Statements? He gives an answer, that as soon as the world was filled from the first Statement, a wind came and carried the good odors to the Garden of Eden. When the Holy One uttered the next Statement, the world was again filled and so it was for each Statement. Rabbi Joshua said that with each Statement that the Holy One uttered the soul of each Israelite left them and they died. The dew that the Holy One prepared for the resurrection of the dead in the Messianic age came and revived the Israelites who had lain dead at Mount Sinai.¹¹Yalkut Shimoni, Song of Songs, Remez, 984.

Your cheeks are comely with rows of gems. Rows of earrings and a golden forehead plate.⁴⁴Alternatively, ornaments in the shape of turtledoves [=תורים] (Ibn Ezra)

Your cheeks are comely with plaited wreaths…. The figure is that of the shekhinah leaving exile and entering the bridal chamber. Wreaths and strings of pearls are women’s jewelry, the ornaments of a bride.

Your neck with [pearl] necklaces. Golden necklaces and pearls strung on golden threads of the bounty of the [Reed] Sea.