“Everything that my eyes sought I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy, as my heart was joyful from all my toil, and this was my portion from all my toil” (Ecclesiastes 2:10). “Everything that my eyes sought…I did not withhold my heart from any joy” – this is the joy of wealth. “As my heart was joyful from all my toil, and this was my portion from all my toil” – there is one who says [this is referring to] his plate, and one who says [it is referring to] his belt. Alternatively, “Everything that my eyes sought,” among women, “I did not keep from them.” “I did not withhold my heart from any joy” – this is joy from women. “As my heart was joyful from all my toil” – there is one who says: This is the separation of ḥalla , and there is one who says: This is the separation of libations.
Ecclesiastes Rabbah 2:10
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