Concerning this it is stated in the Tradition (Song of

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Bachodesh 3:26

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 14, 2025

Concerning this it is stated in the Tradition (Song of Songs 2:14) "My Dove in the clefts of the rock … Show me Your face; let me hear Your voice. For Your voice is sweet and Your face is fair." "Show me Your face"—the twelve monuments for the twelve tribes of Israel (viz. Exodus 24:4). "Let me hear Your voice"—the Ten Commandments. "For Your voice is sweet"—after (hearing) the Ten Commandments. "and Your face is fair"—(Leviticus 9:5) "And the entire congregation came forward (on the eighth day of the investiture of the Cohanim) and they stood before the L–rd."

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