Wherever I Shall Mention My Name Where I Am Revealed

Mekhilta Tractate Bachodesh 11:9

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

(Ibid.) "Wherever I shall mention My name": where I am revealed to you, in the Temple — whence they ruled: It is forbidden to mention the explicit Name (the Tetragrammaton) in the borders (i.e., outside of the Temple).

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