148) \u201cAnd He smelled the smell of his garments, and said, \u2018The smell of my son is as the smell of a field.\u2019\u201d \u201cAnd He smelled the smell of his garments\u201d means that the clothes were emitting fragrance and that that scent never vanished from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is written, \u201cThe smell of his garments,\u201d and it is written, \u201cThe smell of my son.\u201d It is not written, \u201cThe smell of the clothes,\u201d but, \u201cThe smell of my son,\u201d since Jacob entered the Garden of Eden with him, and those clothes were of Adam<\/em> haRishon<\/em>, as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them,\u201d and took them out of the Garden of Eden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 149) But it is written, \u201cand they sewed fig-leaves.\u201d Thus, what are the garments of skins that the Lord had made for them? And why is it written, \u201cAnd the Lord God made,\u201d if they sewed by themselves? Also, why is it written, \u201cgarments of skins,\u201d if they were fig-leaves? However, garments of skins means dignified clothes. And they were emitting scent from the perfumes in Eden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 150) They were made with the full name, as it is written, \u201cAnd the Lord God made,\u201d which is the full name. The heaven and earth were not made so because only God is written in regard to them. But it is written, \u201cIn the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven,\u201d since when they were made, they were not made with the full name, and when they existed, they existed in the full name. And the verse, \u201cIn the day that the Lord God made\u201d refers to existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 151) It was said that these garments came to that wicked, Esau, who took them from Nimrod. But it is written, \u201cFor Adam and for his wife,\u201d meaning He made garments for Adam and garments for Eve. And what was done with Eve\u2019s garments? With what were they buried? Can it be that they left the sublime radiance that the Creator gave them and threw them off themselves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 152) But these garments that Adam and Eve had worn, no other person wore them, since with these garments, they were similar to what is above. They did not clothe in them by themselves, but as it is written, \u201cAnd clothed them,\u201d meaning the Creator clothed them. Happy are they.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 153) It is written, \u201cO Lord my God, You are very great, You are clothed with splendor and majesty.\u201d And it is written, \u201cSplendor and majesty are before Him.\u201d It is also written, \u201cCovering Yourself with light as with a cloak, stretching out the heavens like a curtain.\u201d Once He was clothed, He created the world. The Creator covered Himself in light and created the heavens. And the clothes of Adam<\/em> haRishon<\/em> were similar to this clothing, as it is written, \u201cAnd Rebekah took the best garments of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.\u201d \u201cBest garments\u201d means royal attire of silk and gold. It is common practice to adorn them with perfumes and fragrances for the dignified garments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 154) First, \u201che smelled the smell of his garments,\u201d since he thought that the scent was coming from them. And when he felt, he said, \u201cSee, the smell of my son,\u201d since he knew that it was up to him, that the scent was coming for him, and not from the clothes. \u201cAs the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed.\u201d How did Isaac know the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 155) These are two things, but it is all one. It is written, \u201cIsaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening,\u201d and he was one with the field which the Lord has blessed. But did he not have a house or some other place in which to pray? Rather, it was that field which Abraham bought, near the Cave of Machpelah, as it is written, \u201cThe field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth.\u201d And when Isaac came to the field, he saw the Shechina over it, and it was emitting high and holy scents. Hence, he prayed there and set that place as a place of prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 156) Why did Abraham not pray there, in the field of the Cave of Machpelah, as did Isaac? It is so because in the beginning, he had permanency of a different place, and he saw another thing of scent on Mount Moriah, named after the good myrrh that was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 157) And it was all with Jacob, since besides his smell, GE<\/em> [Galgalta Einayim<\/em>] entered with him, too, and this is why he blessed him. For this reason, he did not ascribe the matter to the clothes but to Jacob himself, since he saw that the scent depended on him, and he was worthy and his merit was rising to be blessed, and entered the Garden of Eden with him. 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