Adam Among Angels Learning the Divine Names

Pesikta DeRav Kahana 7:2

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[2] Rabbi Aha opened: "I am the LORD, that is My name; and My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images" (Isaiah 42:8). "I am the LORD, that is My name" — Rabbi Aha said: The Holy One, blessed be He, said, "I am the LORD, that is My name": it is My name that the first man called Me; it is My name that I stipulated between Myself and Myself; it is My name that I stipulated between Myself and the ministering angels. "And My glory I will not give to another" (ibid.) — Rabbi Menahma said in the name of Rabbi Avin: these are the demons. Rabbi Nehemiah in the name of Rabbi Mina said: No creature is able to distinguish between a drop that is of a firstborn and one that is not of a firstborn, except the Holy One, blessed be He; but as for Me, it is labor in My eyes. And because no creature is able to discern the exact middle of the night except Him, therefore "and it came to pass at midnight" (Exodus 12:29).

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AngelsAdam EvePrayerDivine Names

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