Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Pesachim 173:8

(שיר השירים ח, י) אני חומה ושדי כמגדלות אמר רבי יוחנן אני חומה זו תורה ושדי כמגדלות אלו תלמידי חכמים ורבא אמר אני חומה זו כנסת ישראל ושדי כמגדלות אלו בתי כנסיות ובתי מדרשות

R'Johanail said: 'I am a wall' alludes to the Torah; 'and my breasts like the towers thereof,' to scholars. While Raba interpreted: 'I am a wall' symbolizes the community of Israel; 'and my breasts like the towers thereof' symbolizes the synagogues and the houses of study. R'Zutra B'Tohiah said in Rab's name: What is meant by the verse, We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashions of the Temples?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXLIV, 12. On hekal v. infra p. 512. n. 6. E.V.: a palace.');"><sup>17</sup></span>

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