## Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs

###### Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:1
[Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat%20Siddur%20Sefard%20Linear/s/Song%20of%20Songs/r/3:1)

עַל־מִשְׁכָּבִי֙ בַּלֵּיל֔וֹת בִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּי אֵ֥ת שֶׁאָֽהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א מְצָאתִֽיו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
On my bed at night, I sought him whom my soul loves;²⁸ I sought him but did not find him.

footnotes:
²⁸ During the long nights of exile, Israel seeks its former open, uninhibited relationship with God.—Alshich


###### Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:2
[Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat%20Siddur%20Sefard%20Linear/s/Song%20of%20Songs/r/3:2)

אָק֨וּמָה נָּ֜א וַֽאֲסֽוֹבְבָ֣ה בָעִ֗יר בַּשְּׁוָקִים֙ וּבָ֣רְחֹב֔וֹת אֲבַקְשָׁ֕ה אֵ֥ת שֶׁאָֽהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א מְצָאתִֽיו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I will rise now and roam through the city, in the market places and in the streets, I will seek him whom my soul loves;²⁹ I sought him but did not find him.

footnotes:
²⁹ Israel is determined not to sleep through the night of exile, but actively searches out every possible avenue of rapprochement with God.—Alshich


###### Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:3
[Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat%20Siddur%20Sefard%20Linear/s/Song%20of%20Songs/r/3:3)

מְצָא֨וּנִי֙ הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים הַסֹּֽבְבִ֖ים בָּעִ֑יר אֵ֛ת שֶׁאָֽהֲבָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י רְאִיתֶֽם:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The watchmen found me those who circle about the city;³⁰ him whom my soul loves, have you seen him?³¹

footnotes:
³⁰ Rashi says that the ‘watchmen’ refers to Moshe and Aharon who guarded Israel from sin during the Egyptian exile. According to Alshich it also refers to Ezra and Nechemiah who were watchmen of Israel during the Babylonian exile.
³¹ Have you any word from Him? Have you been assured of His deliverance?—Rashi


###### Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:4
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כִּמְעַט֙ שֶֽׁעָבַ֣רְתִּי מֵהֶ֔ם עַ֣ד שֶׁמָּצָ֔אתִי אֵ֥ת שֶׁאָֽהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י אֲחַזְתִּיו֙ וְלֹ֣א אַרְפֶּ֔נּוּ עַד־שֶׁ֤הֲבֵיאתִיו֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית אִמִּ֔י וְאֶל־חֶ֖דֶר הֽוֹרָתִֽי:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Scarcely had I departed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves;³² I grasped him and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother's house and to the chamber of her who conceived me.³³

footnotes:
³² Shortly after the departure (the death) of Moshe and Aharon, at the end of forty years in the wilderness, Israel saw that God was still with them as he helped them conquer the thirty one kings in the days of Yehoshua.—Rashi
³³ Israel declares that she did not rest until she built the Tabernacle at Shiloh.—Rashi According to Alshich the verse refers to the First Temple, the dwelling place of the Shechinah, and the Second Temple which was a mere chamber compared to the Divine grandeur of the First Temple.


###### Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:5
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הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֜ם בְּנ֤וֹת יְרֽוּשָׁלַ֨םִ֙ בִּצְבָא֔וֹת א֖וֹ בְּאַיְל֣וֹת הַשָדֶ֑ה אִם־תָּעִ֧ירוּ | וְֽאִם־תְּעֽוֹרְר֛וּ אֶת־הָאַֽהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I bind you under oath, daughters of Jerusalem by the gazelles and the does of the field; that you do not cause hatred nor disturb this love while it still pleases.³⁴

footnotes:
³⁴ See note 18.


###### Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:6
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מִ֣י זֹ֗את עֹלָה֙ מִן־הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר כְּתִֽימְר֖וֹת עָשָׁ֑ן מְקֻטֶּ֤רֶת מֹר֙ וּלְבוֹנָ֔ה מִכֹּ֖ל אַבְקַ֥ת רוֹכֵֽל:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Who is this ascending from the desert, with palm-like pillars of smoke;³⁵ in a cloud of myrrh and frankincense, of all the powders of the perfume seller?³⁶

footnotes:
³⁵ According to Rashi, Israel recalls when the Jews marched in the desert led by the pillar of cloud and the pillar of fire. (See Exodus 13:21.)
³⁶ This refers to the incense offering which was offered on the Inner Altar.—Rashi


###### Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:7
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הִנֵּ֗ה מִטָּתוֹ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה שִׁשִּׁ֥ים גִּבֹּרִ֖ים סָבִ֣יב לָ֑הּ מִגִּבֹּרֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Behold the bed of Shlomo,³⁷ sixty mighty men are around it; of the mighty men of Israel.

footnotes:
³⁷ A reference to the אהֶל מוֹעֵד , the Tabernacle, and אֲרוֹן הַקוֹדֶשׁ , the Holy Ark. This is in accordance with Rashi who interprets לִשְׁלוֹמוֹ as  מֶלֶךְ שֶׁהַשָׁלוֹם שֶׁלוֹ , the King to whom peace belongs. Thus, the bed of Shlomo refers to the resting place of the Divine Presence.


###### Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:8
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כֻּלָּם֙ אֲחֻ֣זֵי חֶ֔רֶב מְלֻמְּדֵ֖י מִלְחָמָ֑ה אִ֤ישׁ חַרְבּוֹ עַל־יְרֵכ֔וֹ מִפַּ֖חַד בַּלֵּילֽוֹת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
All of them holding swords, skilled in battle;³⁸ each with his sword at his side for fear of the nights.³⁹

footnotes:
³⁸ This refers to those who are skilled in the  מִלְחַמְתּוֹ שֶׁל תּוֹרָה , the “warfare” of Torah learning.
³⁹ They are always on guard lest the Torah be forgotten and troubles befall them.—Rashi


###### Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:9
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אַפִּרְי֗וֹן עָ֤שָׂה לוֹ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מֵֽעֲצֵ֖י הַלְּבָנֽוֹן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A canopy has King Shlomo made of the wood of Lebanon.⁴⁰

footnotes:
⁴⁰ A reference to the Temple which was constructed from trees brought from Lebanon.


###### Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:10
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עַמּוּדָיו֙ עָ֣שָׂה כֶ֔סֶף רְפִֽידָת֣וֹ זָהָ֔ב מֶרְכָּב֖וֹ אַרְגָּמָ֑ן תּוֹכוֹ רָצ֣וּף אַֽהֲבָ֔ה מִבְּנ֖וֹת יְרֽוּשָׁלָֽםִ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Its pillars he made of silver, its covering of gold, its curtain of purple wool; its interior bedecked with love⁴¹ from the daughters of Jerusalem.

footnotes:
⁴¹ The interior of the Tabernacle and the Temple were arranged with objects symbolizing the love between God and Israel, such as the Ark, its cover, the Cherubim and the Tablets of the Law that were in the Ark.—Rashi


###### Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:11
[Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Song of Songs 3:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat%20Siddur%20Sefard%20Linear/s/Song%20of%20Songs/r/3:11)

צְאֶ֧ינָה | וּֽרְאֶ֛ינָה בְּנ֥וֹת צִיּ֖וֹן בַּמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה בָּֽעֲטָרָ֗ה שֶֽׁעִטְּרָה־לּ֤וֹ אִמּוֹ בְּי֣וֹם חֲתֻנָּת֔וֹ וּבְי֖וֹם שִׂמְחַ֥ת לִבּֽוֹ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Go forth and gaze, daughters of Zion, upon King Shlomo; upon the crown with which his mother adorned him on the day of his wedding, and on the day his heart rejoiced.⁴²

footnotes:
⁴² This refers to the day of the giving of the Torah when Israel crowned Him as their King and accepted His yoke.