Michael Brings Wine From Eden and the Garden Enters With Jacob

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 115:11

"And he brought him wine" - from where was it? And it is written above, "and she gave the savory food" (Genesis 27:17). Michael brought it to him from Eden. You find no wine of blessing except this and that of Abraham, "and Melchizedek king of Salem" (Genesis 14:18). "And he came near and kissed him, and he smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him" (Genesis 27:27). Rabbi Yochanan said: You have nothing whose smell is harder [more foul] than the washed wool of goats, yet you say "and he smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him"? Rather, when Jacob entered, the Garden of Eden entered with him.

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