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There are two times it is customary to read Shir HiShirim over Pesach: Once, by one's self, if he has the strength, after the seder (in Chutz LaAretz, twice) and the second time BiTzibur, as a congregation on Shabbos Chol HaMoed. Shir Hashirim is a parable that describes a tremendous desire of a shepherd girl for her beloved King. She gets him, but loses ...

Malbim says there are two stories going on here; King Solomon took a young shepherd girl to his palace, but she kept fleeing back to her shepherd-boy lover, despite all the treasures the palace had to offer. This is an allegory for the soul trying to reach G-d. But still, it's a fascinating allegory. Rabbi Mordechai Gifter z'l is quoted as saying the ...

In light of the recent death of biblical scholar Amos Hakham, A recent blog posted an English translation of Hakham's Introduction to the commentary of the Da’at Mikra volume of Song of Songs (published by Mossad HaRav Kook, translated here by David S. Zinberg). In the introduction, Hakham discusses the various traditional positions of interpreting the ...

Otzar Dinim U'Minhagim brings several reasons for saying Shir HaShirim every Friday: We are preparing ourselves to honor the Shabbat Queen by reading the praises of the bride that are mentioned many times in the Shir HaShirim Shir HaShirim is a parable of lovers, and Shabbat acts like the broker that connects the Jewish people to their Father in Heaven. So ...

No source, but it makes sense to me that the reason one was not to carry a walking stick in the Holy Temple is the same reason the Jews were told to eat the first Pascal Lamb (Exodus 12:11): And this is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste it is a Passover ...