כְּפֶלַח הָרִמּוֹן רַקָּתֵךְ, בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה כְּשֶׁחָזְרוּ מִמִּלְחֶמֶת מִדְיָן הִתְחִיל משֶׁה לְשַׁבְּחָן, אֲפִלּוּ רֵיקָנִין שֶׁבָּכֶם רְצוּפִים מִצְווֹת וּמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים כָּרִמּוֹן הַזֶּה, שֶׁכָּל מִי שֶׁבָּא עֲבֵרָה לְיָדוֹ וְנִצַּל מִמֶּנָּהּ וְלֹא עָשָׂה אוֹתָהּ, מִצְוָה גְּדוֹלָה עָשָׂה, וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר לְצַמָּתֵךְ, עַל הַצְּנוּעִין וְעַל הַמְצֻמָּתִים שֶׁבָּכֶם.
“Your temple is like a pomegranate slice behind your braid” (Song of Songs 6:7). “Your temple [rakatekh] is like a pomegranate slice.” At that moment, Moses began praising them: Even the empty among you is packed with mitzvot and good deeds like the pomegranate, for anyone who is confronted by the opportunity to commit a transgression and is spared from it and does not perform it has performed a great mitzva. It goes without saying: “Behind your braid [letzamatekh]” regarding the modest and the fervent [metzumatin] among you.