Song of Songs 4:10 Commentary: Rashi & Ezra ben Solomon

מַה־יָּפ֥וּ דֹדַ֖יִךְ אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּ֑ה מַה־טֹּ֤בוּ דֹדַ֙יִךְ֙ מִיַּ֔יִן וְרֵ֥יחַ שְׁמָנַ֖יִךְ מִכָּל־בְּשָׂמִֽים׃

How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices!

Rashi on Song of Songs

How beautiful is your love. Every place where you showed me affection is beautiful in My eyes; Gilgal, Shiloh, Nov, Givon, and the eternal Temple. That is what the [poet] from Bavel composed, “A resting place and other meeting places,” “resting place” refers to Yerusholayim, and “other meeting places” refers to each place where the Divine Presence met with Yisroel.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs

He said: How sweet is your love emanating forth from the wine of Torah, that is to say, Wisdom’s font and its paths.
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Rashi on Song of Songs

And the fragrance of your oils. Your good name.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs

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