I Will Not Give My Glory to Another but to Zion

Pesikta DeRav Kahana 21:2

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Rabbi Aha opened: "I am the LORD, that is My name" (Isaiah 42:8), which I stipulated between Myself and the ministering angels. "And My glory I will not give to another" (Isaiah 42:8), Rabbi Menahma in the name of Rabbi Abin: these are the goat-demons. "Nor My praise to graven images" (Isaiah 42:8), the Holy One, blessed be He, said: My glory I do not give to another, yet you give My praise to graven images. And to whom do I give it? To Zion, "Arise, shine, for your light has come" (Isaiah 60:1).

Themes

IdolatryHoly LandRedemption

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