Fragrance: The Aroma of the Torah
On Shavuot, we read that the Torah was given with thunder, lightning, smoke, shaking ground, and a shofar blast. How do we experience the Torah with all our senses today?
Song of Songs 5:13
His cheeks are like beds of spices, banks of perfume, his lips are like lilies.
砖讬专 讛砖专讬诐 讛:讬讙
诇职讞指讬指讜 讻旨址注植专讜旨讙址转 讛址讘旨止砖讉侄诐 诪执讙职讚旨职诇讜止转 诪侄专职拽指讞执讬诐 砖讉执驻职转讜止转指讬讜 砖讈讜止砖讈址谞旨执讬诐 谞止讟职驻讜止转 诪讜止专 注止讘值专:
BT Shabbat 88b
Rabbi Yehoshuah ben Levi said: What does it mean: “His cheeks are beds of spices?” (Song of Songs 5:13) With every single utterance that came from the mouth of the Holy Blessed One, the whole world was filled with [the fragrance of] spices. And since the first utterance filled it, where did the second utterance go? The Holy Blessed One took the wind from God’s storehouse and brought around each [fragrance], one by one, as it is stated: “His lips are like lilies. They drip flowing myrrh.” (ibid.) Do not read “shoshanim” [lilies], rather “sheshonim” [repeat].
转诇诪讜讚 讘讘诇讬 砖讘转 驻讞 讘
讜讗诪专 专讘讬 讬讛讜砖注 讘谉 诇讜讬: 诪讗讬 讚讻转讬讘 诇讞讬讜 讻注专讜讙转 讛讘砖诐 – 讻诇 讚讘讜专 讜讚讘讜专 砖讬爪讗 诪驻讬 讛拽讚讜砖 讘专讜讱 讛讜讗 谞转诪诇讗 讻诇 讛注讜诇诐 讻讜诇讜 讘砖诪讬诐. 讜讻讬讜谉 砖诪讚讬讘讜专 专讗砖讜谉 谞转诪诇讗, – 讚讬讘讜专 砖谞讬 诇讛讬讻谉 讛诇讱? – 讛讜爪讬讗 讛拽讚讜砖 讘专讜讱 讛讜讗 讛专讜讞 诪讗讜爪专讜转讬讜, 讜讛讬讛 诪注讘讬专 专讗砖讜谉 专讗砖讜谉, 砖谞讗诪专 砖驻转讜转讬讜 砖讜砖谞讬诐 谞讜讟驻讜转 诪讜专 注讘专, 讗诇 转拽专讬 砖讜砖谞讬诐 讗诇讗 砖砖讜谞讬诐.
Sefat Emet on Bemidbar / Shavuot
In any case, every creature can sense the frangrance of Torah, just like in: “the whole world was filled with [the fragrance of] spices” (BT Shabbat 88b). This means that even those who were unable to receive the core of Torah could absorb its good fragrance, as is the case with “one who enters a spice store” [with many spices and is required to say the blessing on smelling spice (Shulhan Arukh OH 217:1)]. So too, when the Holy Blessed One descended to give Torah to Israel, everyone received the fragrance of Torah.
砖驻转 讗诪转 讘诪讚讘专 – 砖讘讜注讜转
讜诪诪讬诇讗 讛专讙讬砖讜 讻诇 讛讘专讜讗讬诐 专讬讞 转讜专讛 讻讚讗讬转讗 砖谞转诪诇讗 讛注讜诇诐 讻讜诇讜 讘砖诪讬诐 驻讬’ 讗驻讬诇讜 诪讬 砖诇讗 讛讬’ 讬讻讜诇 诇拽讘诇 注讬拽专 转讜专讛 专讬讞 讟讜讘 拽诇讟 讻讚讗讬转讗 讛谞讻谞住 诇讞谞讜转讜 砖诇 讘讜砖诐 讻讜’. 讻诪讜 讻谉 讻砖讬专讚 讛拽讚讜砖 讘专讜讱 讛讜讗 诇讬转谉 转讜专讛 诇讬砖专讗诇 拽讘诇讜 讻讜诇诐 专讬讞 转讜专讛.