Song of Songs 8:2 Commentary: Rashi & Ezra ben Solomon

אֶנְהָֽגֲךָ֗ אֲבִֽיאֲךָ֛ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית אִמִּ֖י תְּלַמְּדֵ֑נִי אַשְׁקְךָ֙ מִיַּ֣יִן הָרֶ֔קַח מֵעֲסִ֖יס רִמֹּנִֽי׃

I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, That thou mightest instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

Rashi on Song of Songs

To my mother’s house. The Beis Hamikdosh.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs

I would lead you: I would raise you to my Holy of Holies [dvir ha-kodesh] and to my sanctuary. That is to the house of my mother, who taught me. The soul can not reveal its activities without the body and the body possesses no capacity for action without the soul. So too the Holy One, blessed be He, reveals His awesome deeds and signs by means of His attributes.
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Rashi on Song of Songs

That you should teach me. As You were accustomed to do in the Tent of Meeting.
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Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs

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