The Three Patriarchs Hidden in My Darling, My Fair One, Come Away

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Bo 7:2

Another interpretation of (Song of Songs 2:10) "My darling (ra'yati)": this is the daughter of Abraham, who was My companion (re'i), as it is said (Isaiah 41:8), "the seed of Abraham who loved Me." "My fair one (yafati)" — by the merit of Isaac, who made Me beautiful (yippah) in My world when he stretched out his neck upon the altar. "And come away (u-lechi lach)" — by the merit of Jacob, to whom his mother said (Genesis 28:2), "Arise, go to Paddan-aram," and so forth. (Song of Songs 2:11) "For behold, the winter is past, [the rain is over and gone]." What is the meaning of "the winter" and "the rain"? Rather, the winter is six months, and there is no hardship within it except when the rain comes down.

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