Song of Songs Rabbah 5:13

¹“His cheeks are like a bed of spices, growths of spices; his lips are lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh” (Song of Songs 5:13). “His cheeks are like a bed of spices” – Rabbi Yannai said: In the days of my youth, we were two groups, and we would go out to engage in Torah study in the street. The reasoning said by this [group] would not be said by that [group]. ). “Growths of spices” – just like in growths of spices there are all kinds of spices, so too, a Torah scholar must be full of Bible, Mishna, Talmud, halakhot , and aggadot . Priests and Levites are from Jacob. “His lips are lilies” – this is a Torah scholar who is well versed in his studies. “His lips are lilies, dripping with flowing [ over ] myrrh” – this is a Torah scholar who is not well versed in his studies, whose lips are dripping with myrrh. ] ( Matnot Kehuna ). Nevertheless, he reviews [ over ] and then clarifies his studies.