and he went up and kissed him. And he smelled his clothes and he blessed him, saying, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Hashem has blessed.”
English: Rav Yehudah said in the name of Rav: “Like the smell of a field” — of apple trees.
On the daf / in context: The field whose fragrance is singled out is identified as a field of apple trees (or, according to some, etrog trees), known for their distinctive scent.
Type of Learning
Custom (Bavli — the field of apple trees)
What Is Learned
The “field that Hashem has blessed” whose fragrance Yitzchak smelled is identified as a field of apple trees.