Midrash
Midrash Tanchuma (Buber), Emor 28 מדרש תנחומא (בובר), אמור כ״ח
Part of: Siman 28
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[ולקחתם לכם. זש"ה כל עצמותי תאמרנה ה' מי כמוך (תהלים לה י), יפה אמר דוד הפסוק הזה, תדע לך שהלולב הזה דומה לשדרה של אדם, וההדס הזה דומה לעינים, וערבה דומה לשפתים, והאתרוג דומה ללב, אמר דוד אין לי אבר אחד גדול מאלו שהן שקולים כנגד כל הגוף, הוי כל עצמותי תאמרנה ה' מי כמוך].
[(Lev. 23:40:) AND YOU SHALL TAKE FOR YOURSELVES. This text is related (to Ps. 35:10): ALL MY BONES SHALL SAY: LORD, WHO IS LIKE YOU? David has stated this verse beautifully.104Tanh., Lev. 8:19; Lev. R. 30:14. You yourself know that the lulav is like a human spine, the myrtle is like the eyes, the willow is like the lips, and the ethrog is like the heart. David said: I have no greater members than these, since they outweigh the whole body (in importance). Ergo (in Ps. 35:10): ALL MY BONES SHALL SAY: LORD, WHO IS LIKE YOU?]
[(Lev. 23:40:) AND YOU SHALL TAKE FOR YOURSELVES. This text is related (to Ps. 35:10): ALL MY BONES SHALL SAY: LORD, WHO IS LIKE YOU? David has stated this verse beautifully.104Tanh., Lev. 8:19; Lev. R. 30:14. You yourself know that the lulav is like a human spine, the myrtle is like the eyes, the willow is like the lips, and the ethrog is like the heart. David said: I have no greater members than these, since they outweigh the whole body (in importance). Ergo (in Ps. 35:10): ALL MY BONES SHALL SAY: LORD, WHO IS LIKE YOU?]