“Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; your eyes are like doves” (Song of Songs 1:15). “Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair.” Behold you are fair in mitzvot, behold you are fair in acts of kindness. Behold you are fair in positive commandments, behold you are fair in negative commandments.

Behold you are fair in mitzvot of the house, in distributing teruma and tithes, behold you are fair in mitzvot of the field, in gleanings, forgotten sheaves, produce in the corner of the field, the tithe of the poor, and ownerless property.291One is obligated to declare the produce of the Sabbatical Year ownerless. Behold you are fair regarding diverse kinds, behold you are fair regarding a cloak with ritual fringes.

Behold you are fair regarding planting, behold you are fair regarding orla, behold you are fair regarding fruit of the fourth year. Behold you are fair regarding circumcision, behold you are fair regarding uncovering.292After cutting the foreskin, one then pulls back a membrane and uncovers the corona. Behold you are fair in prayer, behold you are fair in the reciting of Shema. Behold you are fair regarding mezuza, behold you are fair regarding phylacteries.

Behold you are fair regarding sukka, behold you are fair regarding the palm branch and the citron. Behold you are fair regarding repentance, behold you are fair regarding good deeds. Behold you are fair in this world, behold you are fair in the World to Come.