The beautiful love song between G-d and Israel that Rabbi Akiva calls Holy of Holies. The first English translation faithful to the allegory that is the Song's authentic meaning. The ArtScroll Series presents the comments of the classic giants of ancient and contemporary times in a logical, comprehensible manner, like a master teacher on an exciting voyage of intellectual discovery. Entire Hebrew text reset in clear modern type Flowing English translation Commentary anthologized from 2,000 years of Talmudic and Rabbinic sources Overviews exploring the hashkafah/philosophical background of each volume.

The Song of Songs is a fascinating text. Read as an allegory of God’s love for Israel, the Church, or individual believers, it became one of the most influential texts from the Bible. This volume includes twenty-three essays that cover the Song’s reception history from antiquity to the present. They illuminate the richness of this reception history, paying attention to diverse interpretations in commentaries, sermons, and other literature, as well as the Song’s impact on spirituality, theological and intellectual debates, and the arts.

Includes the text of the Song of Solomon in Hebrew and English.

The Song of Songs, also known as the Song of Solomon (Hebrew: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים) is one of the Megillot (scrolls) of the Ketuvim (the "Writings", the last section of the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible). In modern Judaism, the Song is read on the Sabbath during the Passover, which marks the beginning of the grain harvest as well as commemorating the Exodus from Egypt. Jewish tradition reads it as an allegory of the relationship between G-d and Israel. This booklet is great for individuals who have trouble with pronouncing Hebrew words. The text was developed in a way to produce a rhythmic flow, while allowing the reader to pronounce each letter, word and vowel with great ease in your native language.

Shir HaShirim, The Song of Songs, is one of the five Megillot, or Sacred Scrolls, that are part of the Hebrew Bible. It is a timeless allegory of the relationship between HaShem and the People of Israel, in terms of the love between a man and a woman. It is recited on Pesach, the Holiday that celebrates the liberation of the Jewish People from slavery in Egypt. On Shabbat Chol HaMoed, the Shabbat that occurs during the Intermediate Days of the Holiday, or on the Seventh Day of that Holiday when Shabbat coincides with that day, the reading of the œMegilah of Shir HaShirim is incorporated into the Services in most synagogues in the Jewish world. As mentioned above, this Megilah is an allegory for the relationship between G-d and Israel in terms of the love of a man for a woman. The œMashal, or the metaphor, focuses on the man and the woman; the Nimshal, or referent, is the relationship between HaShem and the People of Israel. According to the Rambam, a twelfth-century Torah giant of the Jewish People, the highest form of relationship between a human being and HaShem is the relationship based on love, Ahavat HaShem, even higher than the relationship built on fear or reverence, Yirat HaShem. theֲ Rambamֲ continues, Just as when a man loves a particular woman, he cannot remove her from his thoughts, with just such intensity should a person love HaShem.