Song of Songs 5:5 Commentary: Rashi & Ezra ben Solomon

קַ֥מְתִּֽי אֲנִ֖י לִפְתֹּ֣חַ לְדוֹדִ֑י וְיָדַ֣י נָֽטְפוּ־מ֗וֹר וְאֶצְבְּעֹתַי֙ מ֣וֹר עֹבֵ֔ר עַ֖ל כַּפּ֥וֹת הַמַּנְעֽוּל׃

I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with flowing myrrh, Upon the handles of the bar.

Rashi on Song of Songs

I arose to open for my beloved and my hands dripped myrrh. I.e., wholeheartedly and with a desiring soul, as one who adorns herself to endear herself to her husband with a pleasant scent.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs

I arose to let in my beloved” The parable means that a portion of them ascended to the land of Israel.
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Rashi on Song of Songs

Flowed with myrrh. A fragrance that flows and spreads in all directions.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs

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