Shir HaShirim – Chapter 4, Verse 16
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About this lesson
A lesson in English on the Song of Songs, chapter 4, verse 16.
The Song of Songs is one of the five Megillot and, in Jewish tradition, is understood as an allegory of the love between God and the Jewish people.
It belongs to the series “Shir HaShirim (English)” (lesson 21 of 24).
Lesson summary AI-generated
- A lesson on Shir HaShirim 4:16: “Awake, north wind, and come, south wind; blow upon my garden”, learned with Rashi.
- Lebanon alludes to the Holy Temple and to purity, and Rashi reads the winds as spreading the fragrance of the Jewish people’s homes far and wide.
- God calls the people by four expressions of love (sister, beloved, dove, perfect one), which the lesson reads as different levels of connection.
- The lesson ends with an image of God coming to the door and the door being closed, and our role in opening it.
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- Chapter 4
- Song of Songs
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