פּירוש אויף שיר השירים 2:4

“The house of wine” [2:4]. He compares the Torah to wine. Just like wine, the more one drinks the more one wants to drink, so too are the words of the Torah. The more one learns, the more one desires to learn Torah. Another explanation, just as when one drinks wine one is recognized by his speech that he is drunk and he reveals many secrets. It is the same with words of Torah. He is recognized for what kind of person he is by the words of Torah that he speaks.¹⁷Yalkut Shimoni, Song of Songs, Remez, 986.

“His banner of love was over me” [2:4]. Rabbi Aha said: even an ignoramus, who cannot read Hebrew properly in the Torah, is also beloved by Me, so says the Holy One. That is to say, he should read “ve-ahavta,” you shall love God, and the ignoramus reads it as “ve-eivat,” which means, you shall hate the Holy One, heaven forbid. God says that it is the same. Let the ignoramus read in the Torah, even if he does not read it properly. This is the meaning of the verse “His banner of love was over me.” That is to say, just as if it would say “ve-digulo.” This means that when the ignoramus skips over [a word] and does not properly read the Torah, it is still beloved to Me and I accept his learning.¹⁸Yalkut Shimoni, Song of Songs, Remez, 986. From this we can see that every person should study even if he sometimes cannot read the Hebrew properly, but his intention is for God.

To the banqueting-house. The Tent of Meeting, where the details and the explanations of the Torah were given.⁷Alternatively, “the banqueting-house” refers to Mount Sinai. (Targum); or to Eretz Yisroel. (Sforno)

And his banner is raised over me in love. And his gathering, that he gathered me to him, that was love to me, I still remember his love. “וְדִגְלוֹ” is atreit in O.F.