What is the meaning of "ha'Te'enah Chantah Fageha"?
Rashi: This is like the simple meaning (the fig tree budded unripe figs). Seforno - they budded in Eretz Yisrael, so you will be able to eat its fruit immediately. Hashem's intended that Bnei Yisrael enter Eretz Yisrael immediately after Matan Torah, had they not sinned with the Egel and Meraglim 1 . Now we do not have a Navi, and we do not know until when 2 [our Galus will last - PF].
Rashi (from Shir ha'Shirim Rabah 2:27): The time came to offer Bikurim; you will enter Eretz Yisrael.
Rashi (according to the metaphor): Tzadikim among you did good deeds in front of Me, and gave a good scent.
Rashi (from Shir ha'Shirim Rabah 2:26): This refers to Resha'im, who died in the three days of darkness.
Malbim (Melitzah): The Kadosh seeds hidden in man's Neshamah have two levels. (a) Some have potential, but not in action. They are like Zera'im, which in winter are totally hidden. Nothing remains, except for the seeds hidden in the ground and ready to be actualized when the sun will shine. So these powers are hidden while the Nefesh sleeps. (b) Some seeds are actualized, and the Nefesh acquired them. They are like trees that make fruits. Also in winter they are not totally hidden, just they cease making fruits. These powers are not totally hidden when the Nefesh sleeps, just they do not bear fruits. Now, they will bear their fruits. The fig tree is a metaphor for intellectual powers.
There were 40 days from Matan Torah until the Egel! Perhaps the 40 days are included in Matan Torah, for Hashem was teaching the Torah to Moshe. We can say that unripe figs budded in Nisan, so the figs will be ready for Yisrael enter Matan Torah. (PF)
Seforno (14): Hashem answers, in Egypt, Tzadikim taught the nation Da'as, and they prayed - "va'Nitz'ak El Hashem va'Yishma Koleinu va'Yishlach Mal'ach" (Bamidbar 20:16). Now, it is not so. (Seforno expounds this from "Yonasi b'Chagvei ha'Sela" (14); I do not understand how. - PF)
What is "Semadar"?
Rashi: When the flower falls and the grapes separate from each other, and each is recognized by itself, it is called Semadar.
Rashi (from Shir ha'Shirim Rabah 2:27): The time came to offer Nesachim of wine (you will enter Eretz Yisrael).
Rashi (from Shir ha'Shirim Rabah 2:26): They are the remainder [who did not die during darkness]. They repented, and they were accepted.
Malbim (Melitzah): The vine is a metaphor for potential for Nevu'ah and Ru'ach ha'Kodesh; wine in this Sefer hints to Nevu'ah. These powers sprouted blossoms and flowers, and are ready to bear fruits. Malbim (Mashal) - this was in Chodesh Ziv 1 , which is radiance for fruits.
Ziv is Iyar. The Meraglim were sent in "Yemei Bikurei Anavim" (Bamidbar 13:20), i.e. on Sivan 29 (Ta'anis 29a). Then, grapes are fully grown. (PF)
Verse 10 already said "Kumi". Why is this repeated?
Malbim (Melitzah): First He said to get up, for there is no fear of damage; winter passed, and nothing will stop the Nefesh. Now he adds that she must leave, since everything is sprouting and bearing fruit, and she is prepared for the great benefit 1 that Hashem will pour His Ru'ach on her.
Malbim (Mashal): The benefit is of the spring and summer.
Why is 'Lach" written with a Yud?
Rashi: Get up to receive Aseres ha'Dibros. (The Gematriya of Yud is 10.)
To where should she go?
Malbim (Melitzah): Leave the body to cling to the Supreme. The author (Shlomo) chose a metaphor from the time that Hashem's word came to him, in Chodesh Ziv, in his fourth year of kingship (when he began to build the Beis ha'Mikdash - Melachim I, 6:1). He took a metaphor from the changes that the moon makes in derivatives of the ground, to changes that will be made when Hashem's Ziv (radiance) and beauty will be revealed to the Nefesh and its offshoots.
