THE MEMRA OF YHVH

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THE MEMRA OF YHVH
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The Targums were authoritative Aramaic
paraphrases of the books of the Tenach which were
read in the synagogues along with the Hebrew of
the Torah and Haftorah readings. Often when the
Targums come to passages where YHVH is
anthropomorphisised or seen, or where two or more
YHVHs are indicated by the text, the Targums
will substitute "The MEMRA Memra of YHVH" for
YHVH.
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(De Plant Noe) Philo Judaeus For those who
cannot look upon the Son Himself, behold Him in
His reflected light, even thus do they regard the
image of G-d, Who is His Angel, the MEMRA
Logos, as ELOHIM Himself.
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The Works of Philo, "On the Confusion of
Tongues," translated by C.D. Yonge (p. 247)
And even if there be not as yet any one who is
worthy to be called a son of God, nevertheless
let him labors earnestly to be adorned according
to His first-born Word Logos, the eldest of His
angels, as the great archangel of many names for
he is called, the Authority, and the Name of God,
and the Word Logos, and Man according to God's
image, and He who sees Israel.
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 The Works of Philo, "Allegorical Interpretation,
III," translated by C.D. Yonge (p. 61) The
shadow of God is His Word Logos, which He used
like an instrument when He was making the world.
And this shadow, and, as it were, model, is the
archetype of other things. For, as God is Himself
the model of that image which He has now called a
shadow, so also that image is the model of other
things, as He showed when He commenced giving the
law to the Israelites, and said, "And God made
man according to the image of God Gen. 126 ."
As the image was modeled according to God, and as
man was modeled according to the image, which
thus received the power and character of the
model.
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The Works of Philo, "On Dreams, I," translated
by C.D. Yonge (p. 834) For there are, as it
seems, two temples belonging to God one being
this world, in which the high priest is the
divine Word Logos, His own first-born
son. . . . HEBREWS 8 1 Now in the things which
we are saying, the main point is this. We have
such a High Priest, who sat down on the right
hand of the throne of the Majesty in the
heavens, 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle, which YHVH pitched, and not
man.
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The Works of Philo, "On the Migration of
Abraham," translated by C.D. Yonge
(p. 253) What, then, can it be except the Word
Logos, which is more ancient than all the
things which were the objects of creation, and by
means of which it is the Ruler of the
universe . . . MICAH 52 But you, Beit-Lechem
Efratah, Being small among the clans of Judah,
Out of you One will come forth to Me that is to
be ruler in Israel Whose goings forth are from
of old, from everlasting.
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Hebrews 1 1 Elohim, after He spoke long ago to
the fathers in the prophets in many portions and
in many ways, 2 has at the end of these days
spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir
of all things, through whom also he made the
worlds. 3 His Son is the radiance of his
glory, the very image of his substance, and
upholding all things by the word of his power,
when he had by himself made purification for our
sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty
on high
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THE ANGEL OF YHVH The angel according to Jewish
theology, was he who discoursed with Moses and
the angel in whom G-d placed His Name. The
following from the Zohar is of interest in this
case There is a man, if a Man He is, Who is an
Angel. This Angel is Metatron, the Keeper of
Israel He is a man in the image of the Holy One,
blessed be He, Who is an Emanation from Him from
G-d yea, He the Metatron is YHVH. Of Him
cannot be said, He is created, formed or made
but He is the Emanation from G-d.
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ZOHAR Bereshit chapter 1 p.86

• By the secret and silent action of the divine
  will, from this primal luminous point radiated
  forth the vital life-giving spark which,
  pervading and operating in the great, enteric
  ocean of forms, became the soul of the universe,
  the fount and origin of all mundane life and
  motion and terrestrial existence, and in its
  nature and essence and secret operation remains
  ineffable, incomprehensible and indefinable. It
  has been conceived of as the divine Logos, the
  Word, and called Brashith, for the same was in
  the beginning with God.
• paragraph continues (All things were made by
  him, and without him was not anything made that
  was made. In him was life, and the life became
  the light of man.)

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Colossians 115 Who is the image of the
invisible Elohim, the firstborn of every
creature
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Colossians 116 For by him were all things
created, that are in heaven, and that are in
earth, visible and invisible, whether they be
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or
powers all things were created by him, and for
him
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Colossians 117 And he is before all things, and
by him all things consist.
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WHAT DOES THE ZOHAR SAYS?

• When the primal vibration of the divine word
  took place it produced and impressed a wavelike
  motion throughout the boundless ether in which
  were contained all the sounds of the alphabet
  from A to Th. This operation and effect is
  symbolized by the union of these two letters
  forming the word ath as it is found written ath
  ha-shamayim (the heavens). Thus Brashith bara
  Alhim ath hashamayim signify He, the unknown
  mysterious One, created alhim the fructifying and
  generative principle of the heavens, one in
  origin but dual in operation. Hence it is seen
  that the divine word and essence designated by
  the word asher is found between the fecundative
  and generative principles, both of which are
  symbolized by the same name AHIH in the divine
  appellation AHIH asher AHIH.

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RABBI -Kimchi The L-rd is the King Messiah He
is also the Angel of the Covenant. RABBI Aben
Ezra The L-rd is both the Divine Majesty, and the
Angel of the Covenant, for the sentence is
doubled.
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(De Plant Noe) Philo Judaeus For those who
cannot look upon the Son Himself, behold Him in
His reflected light, even thus do they regard the
image of G-d, Who is His Angel, the MEMRA
Logos, as ELOHIM Himself.
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Yochanan 11 (John 11) In the beginning was
the MEMRA,and the MEMRA was with Elohim,and the
MEMRA was Elohim.
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Gen. 194 the Tenach has And YHVH rained
brimstone and fireupon Sodom and upon
Gomorrah,from YHVH, from the heavens.(Original
Bible Project preliminary edition)


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Targum Gen. 194
And the MEMRA (Word) of YHVH caused to descend
upon the peoplesof Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone
and fire from YHVH in heaven.
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According to Targum Onkelos, this MEMRA of YHVH
that Abrahamtrusted in And Abraham trusted
inthe MEMRA of YHVH, and He counted it to him
for righteousness.(Targum Onkelos Gen. 156)
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Midrash Rabbah - Genesis XLIV1

• 1. AFTER THESE THINGS THE MEMRA OF THE LORD CAME
  UNTO ABRAM IN A VISION, etc. (XV, 1). It is
  written, As for Elohim, His,-way is perfect the
  MEMRA of the Lord is tried (II Sam. XXII, 31) if
  His way is perfect, how much the more He Himself!
  Rab said The precepts were given only in order
  that man might be refined by them. For what does
  the Holy One, blessed be He, care whether a man
  kills an animal by the throat or by the nape of
  its neck? Hence its purpose is to refine try
  man.2 Another interpretation His way is
  perfect alludes to Abraham,3 for it is written,
  And thou foundest his sc. Abraham's way
  faithful before Thee, etc. (Neh. IX, 8). The
  MEMRA of the Lord is tried intimates that the
  Holy One, blessed be He, tried him in a fiery
  furnace. He is a shield unto all them that take
  refuge in Him (II Sam. loc. cit.) hence, FEAR
  NOT. ABRAM, I AM THY SHIELD, etc.

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Abraham prayed in the name of the MEMRA of YHVH
And Abraham worshipped and prayedin the name
of the MEMRA word of YHVH, and said, "You are
YHVH who does see, but You cannot be
seen."(Jerusalem Targum Gen. 2214)
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(Jerusalem Targum Gen. 1613)
And Hagar praised and prayed in the name of the
MEMRA word Of YHVH who had revealed Himself to
her
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It was this MEMRA of YHVH that Jacob also trusted
in And Jacob vowed a vow, saying,"If the
MEMRA word of YHVHwill be my support, and will
keep mein the way that I go, and will give
mebread to eat, and raiment to put on,so that I
come again to my father's house in peace then
shall the MEMRA of YHVHbe my Elohim. (Targum
Onkelos on Gen. 2820-21)
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King David also urged Israel to trust in the
MEMRA of Yah as the Targum ofPsalm 62 reads
Trust in the MEMRA of Yah at all times, O
people of the house of Israel!Pour out before
Him the sighings of your heart Say, Elohim is
our trust forever.(Targum on Psalm 629)
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The "MEMRA of YHVH" was, according to Targum
Jonathan, the Creator (Targ. Jonathan Gen.
127) And the MEMRA of YHVHcreated man in his
likeness,in the likeness of YHVH, YHVH created,
male and female created He them.
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(Jerusalem Targum Ex. 314) And the MEMRA of
YHVHsaid to Moses "I am He who saidunto the
world 'Be!' and it wasand who in the future
shall say to it 'Be!'and it shall be." And He
said"Thus you shall say to the children of
Israel'I Am' has sent me to you."
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The Fragmentary Targum of the Torah also
expresses that the MEMRA of YHVHwas the Creator
The first night, when the "MEMRA of YHVH"was
revealed to the world in order to create it,the
world was desolate and void,and darkness spread
over the face of the abyssand the "MEMRA (word)
of the Lord" was bright andilluminating and He
called it the first night. (Fragmentary Targum
Ex. 1242)
30
That the MEMRA of YHVH was the Creator can also
be seen in the Tenach itself By the MEMRA of
YHVHwere the heavens made,And all the hosts of
themby the Spirit of His mouth.
31
(Targum Onkelos Gen. 917) The MEMRA (Memra)
was also the covenant maker. For example the
Noachdic covenant wasbetween the MEMRA and all
mankind And YHVH said to Noah,"This is the
token of the covenantwhich I have established
betweenMy MEMRA and between all fleshthat is
upon the earth.
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The MEMRA also made the Abrahamic covenant as
Targum Onkelos alsoparaphrases (Targum
Onkelos Gen. 177) And I will establish my
covenantbetween My MEMRA and between you
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The MEMRA of YHVH is the savior is expressed
elsewhere (Targum Jonathan Is. 4517, 25)
But Israel shall be savedby the MEMRA of
YHVHwith an everlasting salvationBy the MEMRA
of YHVHshall all the seed of Israel be
justified
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(Targum of the small Prophets) Zechariah 125
And the governors of Judah shall say in their
heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my
strength in (the Memra of) the LORD of hosts
their Elohim.
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The Ruach Elohim is explained as being Melek
HaMoshiach. ? AND THE SPIRIT OF ELOHIM HOVERED
this alludes to the spirit of Messiah, as you
read, and the spirit of YHWH shall rest upon him
(Isa. XI, 2). In the merit of what will this
spirit eventually come? For the sake of that
which HOVERED OVER THE FACE OF THE WATERS, i.e.
in the merit of repentance which is likened to
water, as it is written, Pour out thy heart like
water (Lam. II, 19). R. Haggai said in the name
of R. Pedath A covenant was made with water6
that even in the hot season a breeze stirs over
it. Bereshith Rabbah 24
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Speaking of the Memra Gershom Scholem states
...the memra-- the paraphrase used in
theTargumim, the Aramaic Bible translations,to
refer to Elohim's MEMRA. The memra is notmerely
a linguistic device for overcomingthe problem of
biblical anthropomorphismsit has theological
significance in its own right.The
memra....is.... a world-permeating force,a
reality in the world of matter or mind,
theemmanent aspect of Elohim, holding all
thingsunder its ominpresent sway. On the
Mystical Shape of the Elohimheadby
GershomScholem pg 181-182
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The MEMRA of the Lord, is the Creator of man and
of the world.

• "And the MEMRA of YHVH created man in His
  likeness, in the likeness of YHVH, YHVH created,
  male and female created He them."
• You clearly perceive that the MEMRA is called
  YHVH, and that through Him (the uncreated,
  self-existing MEMRA) all things, visible and
  invisible, were created.

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In the Jerusalem Targum (Exo 314) "And the
MEMRA of the Lord said unto Moses I am He who
said unto the world, Be! and it was and who in
the future shall say to it, Be! and it shall be.
And He said Thus thou shalt say to the children
of Israel I Am hath sent me unto you."
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Talmud - Mas. Nazir 47b - The question was
propounded As between the High Priest anointed
for a war, and the deputy High Priest, which is
of superior sanctity? Does the High Priest
anointed for war take precedence, because he is
qualified to go to war, or does the deputy take
precedence, because he is qualified to perform
the Temple service? Come and hear For it has
been taught The only difference between a High
Priest anointed for war and a deputy is that if
they were both walking by the way and encountered
a meth mizwah, the High Priest anointed for war
is to defile himself, but not the deputy. But has
it not been taught A High Priest anointed for
war takes precedence of a deputy? Mar Zutra
replied As far as saving his life is concerned,
the High Priest anointed for war has a superior
claim for many people depend upon him, but as
regards defilement, the deputy is of superior
sanctity, as has been taught R. Hanina b.
Antigonus said that the reason the office of
deputy to the High Priest was created, was that
should any disqualification happen to him the
High Priest, he can enter and minister in his
stead. But once a priest had been anointed for
war, he could no longer take part in the Temple
service.
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The Patriarchs believed in the MEMRA of YHVH
(Gen 2820,21) "And Jacob vowed a vow, saying,
If Elohim will be with me, and will keep me in
the way that I go, and will give me bread to eat,
and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my
father's house in peace then shall the Lord be
my Elohim."
Onkelos, in his Chaldee Paraphrase, renders the
vow of father Jacob in the following manner
"And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the MEMRA of
YHVH will be my support, and will keep me in the
way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and
raiment to put on, so that I come again to my
father's house in peace then shall the MEMRA of
YHVH be my Elohim."
41
Jonathan ben Uziel wrote the Jerusalem
Paraphrase, in which I find it written on
Deuteronomy 2617 "This day, you have made
the MEMRA of YHVH to be King over you, to be your
Elohim. And the MEMRA of YHVH shall rule over
you, having a right ('In His own name') hereto,
over a people beloved, as His peculiar people as
He has spoken unto you, that you should keep all
His commandments."
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Who was the Lawgiver?

• The ancient faith of my nation was that the MEMRA
  of the Lord was the Lawgiver. That no other than
  the MEMRA of YHVH has been their Lawgiver, is
  proved from the WORDs of the Jerusalem Targum,
  on Exodus 201, in which we read as follows
• "And the MEMRA of the Lord spoke all these
  glorious words."

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Father Abraham's faith

• we see our father Abraham's faith in the
  Memra, the uncreated MEMRA, at the offering up of
  his son Isaac. Upon Isaac asking (Gen 227),
  "Where is the Lamb for a burnt-offering?" our
  father Abraham replied, according to the
  Jerusalem Targum
• "The MEMRA of the Lord will provide me a lamb
  and if not, then thou, my son, shalt be the
  burnt-offering."

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Whom did Moses, our Teacher, worship?

• Jonathan ben Uziel, in his Jerusalem Targum,
  said that our great Teacher, Moses, our master of
  blessed memory, never worshiped any other but the
  MEMRA of the Lord (Num 1035,36)
• "It came to pass when the ark was lifted up,
  Moses stood with his hands lifted up in prayer,
  and said Stand up now, O MEMRA of the Lord, in
  the strength of Thy might, and let the enemies of
  Thy people be scattered, and those that hate
  Thee, flee from before Thee. And when the ark
  came to rest, Moses lifted up his hands in
  prayer, and said Return now, O MEMRA of the
  Lord, from the might of Thine anger, and come to
  us in Thy mercies, which are so good, and bless
  the ten thousands, and multiply the thousands of
  the children of Israel."

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We find the children of Israel, having been
brought in safety through the Red Sea, obtained
the testimony In Exodus 1431, we read, "They
believed in the Lord and in His servant Moses."
Onkelos, in order to preserve the true faith of
the children of Israel, paraphrases these words
thus "And they believed in the MEMRA of the
Lord, and in the prophecy of Moses, His servant."

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No oath was valid amongst my ancestors, except by
the MEMRA of the Lord

• Moses says (Deut 613), "Thou shalt fear the
  Lord thy Elohim, and serve Him, and shalt swear
  by His name." This passage,
• Jonathan ben Uziel paraphrases
• "Ye shall fear before the presence of the Lord
  your Elohim, and before Him ye shall worship, and
  by the name of the MEMRA of the Lord ye shall
  swear in truth."

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Joshua (212) "Now therefore swear unto me by
the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that
ye will also show kindness unto my father's
house, and give me a true token." This passage
is thus paraphrased by Jonathan ben Uziel "Now
therefore swear unto me by the MEMRA of the Lord,
since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will
also shew kindness unto my father's house, and
give me a true token."
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The elders swore by no other than the MEMRA of
the Lord, according to the Paraphrase of
Jonathan ben Uziel on Joshua 919 "But all the
princes said unto all the congregation, We have
sworn unto them by the MEMRA of the Lord, the
Elohim of Israel and now, therefore, we dare not
injure them."
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Even the Heathen knew that Israel swore by no
other than by the MEMRA of the Lord hence the
elders of Gilead

• According to the Paraphrase of Jonathan ben
  Uziel (Judges 1110), said
• "And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah The
  MEMRA of the Lord be witness between us, if we do
  not according to thy MEMRA."

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The reason why our ancestors swore by the MEMRA
of the Lord.

• They believed in the MEMRA of the Lord as being
  truly Elohim.
• According to the Paraphrase of Jonathan ben
  Uziel, Jonathan saying to David (1 Sam 2023)
• "And as touching the matter which thou and I have
  spoken of, behold, the MEMRA of the Lord be
  witness between me and thee for ever."

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The MEMRA of the Lord must be obeyed as Elohim

• The children of Israel the strictest obedience to
  the MEMRA of the Lord
• Deuteronomy 281, 2
• "And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt
  hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy
  Elohim, to observe and to do all His commandments
  which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy
  Elohim will set thee on high above all nations of
  the earth. And all these blessings shall come
  upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt
  hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy Elohim."

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Onkelos has this paraphrase upon these words
"And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt
hearken diligently to the MEMRA of the Lord thy
Elohim, to observe and to do all His commandments
which I command thee this day, the Lord thy
Elohim will set thee on high above all nations on
the earth. And all these blessings shall come
upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt
hearken to the MEMRA of the Lord thy Elohim."
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In case of disobedience to the MEMRA of the Lord,
Moses threatens that all the curses of the Law
should come upon the people

• as Onkelos paraphrases in Deuteronomy 2815
• "But it shall come to pass, if ye will not
  hearken to the MEMRA of the Lord thy Elohim, to
  observe and to do all His commandments and His
  statutes which I command thee this day, that all
  these curses shall come upon thee and overtake
  (or cleave unto) thee."

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YHVH never made a covenant with any of the
Patriarchs except through the mediation of the
MEMRA of the Lord.

• We read in Genesis 917 "And Elohim said unto
  Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which, I
  have established between Me and all flesh that is
  upon the earth." Which Onkelos thus paraphrases
• "And the Lord said unto Noah, This is the token
  of the covenant which I have established between
  My MEMRA, and between all flesh that is upon the
  earth."

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Exodus 25 and the ark of the Covenant

• And thou shalt set the propitiatory upon
  the Ark overabove, and within the ark shalt thou
  put the Testimony that I will give thee. And I
  will appoint My Word (Memra) with thee there and
  I will speak with thee from above the
  Propitiatory, from between the two kerubin that
  are upon the Arkof the Testimony, all that I may
  command thee for the sons of Israel.

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Hosea 17 "But I will have mercy upon the house
of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their
Elohim." This Jonathan ben Uziel paraphrases
"But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah,
and I will save them by the MEMRA of the Lord
their Elohim."
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WHO IS METATRON IN RABBINICAL WRITINGS?
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In the book of Exodus we read the following
Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you
in the way, and to bring you into the place which
I have prepared. Take heed of him, and obey his
voice, provoke him not for he will not pardon
your transgressions, for my name is in him. But
if you shall indeed obey his voice, and do all
that I speak then I will be an enemy to your
enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
Although Metatron is not The Eternal, nor is
he the Creator, God has exalted him above all
beings and gave him permission to assist in
creation and authority to judge Thus, he is part
of Elohim. In Hebrew, the term Elohim denotes
rulers, judges, mighty ones, chieftains, and
messengers bearing the Name of YHVH. For example,
the descendants of Adam were called elohim, as
was Moses. John wrote In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word
was Elohim. 3

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The Zohar defines Metatron as the head of the
world of creation and the body of the Shekinah.
1 He makes an appearance throughout history as
Divine Presence. Some say he came as Enoch,
others say he was Melchizedek. He was the Face
of the LORD, the Angel of the LORD. He led the
Israelites in the wilderness, manifest as a cloud
by day and pillar of fire by night. Metatron has
also been identified as the one who wrestled with
Jacob and the one who stayed Abraham's hand from
sacrificing his son Isaac. The Zohar says that
the verse, The staff of God was in his hand,
speaks of Metatron This rod is Metatron, from
one side of whom comes life and from the other
death. When the rod remains a rod, it is a help
from the side of good, and when it is turned into
a serpent it is hostile, so that Moses fled from
it, and God delivered it into his hand. This rod
typifies the Oral Law which prescribes what is
permitted and what is forbidden. 2

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The more we read about the Divine Being,
Metatron, the more we see an increasing
resemblance between him and God he sits on a
throne of glory, he has spread over himself a
canopy of radiance such as the one over the
Throne of Glory itself. Metatron is given Gods
cloak, His crown and His Name. He is authorized
by God to act as His assistant. In fact, the
resemblance between God and Metatron is so close,
that Rabbi Avuyya exclaimed, There are two
authorities in Heaven. There is God Himself, and
His Word the Prince of the Countenance, His
express image, and the bearer of Gods
message. In this light, maybe we can personalize
such passages as, That night the Word of the
LORD came to Nathan 3 And After these
things the Word of the Lord came to Abram in a
vision, saying, Fear not, Abram I am your
shield, and your reward will be great. 4
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References

• 1 Zohar Glossary
• 2 Soncino Zohar, Bereshith, Section 1, Page 27a
• 3 2 Samuel 74
• 4 Genesis 151

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Signification of the Name, Metatron

• I read in Exodus 241, "And He said unto Moses,
  Come up unto the Lord," c. R. Bechai taught me,
  p. 114, col. 1, Amsterdam Edition
• "Elohim said to Moses, Come up unto the Lord
  this is Metatron. He is called by this name
  Metatron, because in this name are implied two
  significations, which indicate His character, He
  is Lord and Messenger. There is also a third idea
  implied in the name Metatron it signifies a
  KEEPER for in the Chaldee language, a keeper (or
  watchman) is called "Matherath" and because He
  is the KEEPER (preserver) of the world, He is
  called (Psa 1214) "The KEEPER of Israel." From
  the signification of His name, we learn that He
  is the Lord over all which is below because all
  the hosts of heaven, and all things upon the
  earth, are put under His power and might."

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The MEMRA of the Lord is not only called the
ANGEL of the Covenant, but also the Metatron.

• Rabbi Simeon ben Jochai taught me (Zohar, vol.
  iii., p. 227, Amsterdam Edition)
• "The Middle Pillar (in the Godhead) is the
  Metatron, who has accomplished peace above,
  according to the glorious state there."

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No one, not even Moses, has ever seen Elohim, but
he saw the Metatron, who appeared unto him

• R. Menachem, of Recanati, on this passages
  (Exo 241), "And he said unto Moses, Come up unto
  the Lord," and found his explanation
• "The great and exalted Elohim is speaking to
  Moses He saith unto him, that he should come up
  to YHVH, which is Metatron, who is oftentimes
  called with the name of Elohim, alluding to the
  Shechinah, the glory of the Lord, which is thus
  called. And the reason why he saith Come up, is
  as if he had said Ascend to the place of glory,
  where there is the Angel, the Redeemer because
  no one can come to the great Elohim for (it is
  written in Exo 3320) 'There shall no men see Me
  and live.'"

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Titles of Metatron (keeper)

• Otiot deRabbi Akiba gives us some of Metatron's
  titles, which reveal His nature
• Metatron is
• the Angel, the Prince of Elohim's countenance
  the Angel, the Prince of the Law the Angel,
  the Prince of might the Angel, the Prince of
  glory the Angel, the Prince of the temple the
  Angel, the Prince of kings the Angel, the
  Prince of lords the Angel, the Prince of the
  high, exalted, mighty Princes in the heavens and
  on the earth.

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Metatron is the only mediator between Elohim and
man

• Exodus 2019,
• it is written "And they said unto Moses,
  Speak thou with us and we will hear but let not
  Elohim speak with us, lest we die."
• Reading this passage and knowing that my
  nation, the children of Israel, never approached
  Elohim without the mediation of a priest, or of
  the High Priest

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R. Simeon ben Jochai, to inquire whether any
mortal and sinful man dare approach Elohim
without a mediator, and I received the following
instruction (Zohar, vol. ii., Exodus, p. 51,
Amsterdam Edition) 1. (Gen 324), "To keep the
way of the tree of life." 2. Who is the way to
the tree of life? It is the great Metatron, for
He is the way to that great Tree, to that mighty
Tree of life. In the Hebrew, and its cognate
dialects, the feminine form expresses tender
love. R. Simeon ben Jochai speaks here, and in
other places in his works, of Metatron in the
feminine form, in order to express the great love
our heavenly Father has to Metatron. 3. Thus it
is written, Exodus 1419 "The Angel of Elohim,
which went before the camp of Israel, removed and
went behind them." 4. And Metatron is called
the Angel of Elohim.
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5. Come and see, thus says R. Simeon. The holy
One, blessed be He, has prepared for Himself a
holy temple above in the heavens, a holy city, a
city in the heavens, and called it Jerusalem, the
holy city. All the ancients believed in such
a heavenly and spiritual Jerusalem thus the
Chaldee paraphrase, Psalm 1223, "Jerusalem is
builded in the firmament (in heaven), as a city
that is compact together, as the one on the
earth." 6. Every petition sent to the king, must
be through Metatron. 7. Every message and
petition from here below, must first go to
Metatron, and from thence to the king. 8.
Metatron is the Mediator of all that cometh from
heaven down to the earth, or from the earth up to
heaven. 9. And because he is the Mediator of
all, it is written, Exodus 1419 "And the Angel
of Elohim, which went before the camp of Israel,
removed that is, before Israel which is above."
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• 10. This Angel of Elohim is the same of whom it
  is written, Exodus 1321 "And YHVH went before
  them," c., to go by day and by night, as the
  ancients have expounded it.
• 11. Whoever will speak to me (says Elohim) shall
  not be able to do so, till he has made it known
  to Metatron.
• 12. Thus the holy One, blessed be He, on account
  of the great love to, and mercy which He has
  over, the congregation of Israel, commits her
  (the congregation) to Metatron's care.

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• Ephesians 122, 23, "And hath put all things
  under his feet, and gave him to be the head over
  all things to the church, Which is his body, the
  fulness of him that filleth all in all"
• Colossians 210, "And ye are complete in him,
  which is the head of all principality and power."

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• 13. What shall I do for Him (Metatron)? I will
  commit my whole house into His hand,
  Hence-forward be thou a KEEPER, as it is written,
  Psalm 1214 "The KEEPER of Israel

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• Matthew 1127, "All things are delivered
  unto me of my Father and no man knoweth the Son,
  but the Father neither knoweth any man the
  Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the
  Son will reveal him"
• Matthew 2818, "And Yahshua came and spake
  unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in
  heaven and in earth"
• Ephesians 120-23, "Which he wrought in
  Messiah, when he raised him from the dead, and
  set him at his own right hand in the heavenly
  places, Far above all principality, and power,
  and might, and dominion, and every name that is
  named, not only in this world, but also in that
  which is to come And hath put all things under
  his feet, and gave him to be the head over all
  things to the church, Which is his body, the
  fulness of him that filleth all in all"
• Philippians 28-11, "And being found in
  fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became
  obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
  Wherefore Elohim also hath highly exalted him,
  and given him a name which is above every name
  That at the name of Yahshua every knee should
  bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth,
  and things under the earth And that every tongue
  should confess that Yahshua Messiah is Lord, to
  the glory of Elohim the Father,"

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The Almighty (???) has revealed Himself in no
other than in the Metatron, the KEEPER of Israel

• It follows that if God has revealed Himself in
  the uncreated, self-existing WORD (Memra), which
  is also called the ANGEL of the Covenant, who is
  the Metatron, that the Almighty has revealed
  Himself in the KEEPER of Israel. This was also
  the faith of our ancestors
• Zohar, vol. iii. p. 231, the following passage
• The garment of the Almighty is the Metatron.

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2 Corinthians 519, "To wit, that God was in
Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not
imputing their trespasses unto them and hath
committed unto us the word of reconciliation" 1
Timothy 316, "And without controversy great is
the mystery of godliness God was manifest in the
flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels,
preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the
world, received up into glory.
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Metatron is called the Son of God

• R. Moses Butarili on the Book of Creation, I
  read these words
• "The Cabbalists call the second Sephira
  Metatron, the KEEPER, which is an inferior name
  to his name the Son of God." When Joshua said,
  (513-15) "Art thou for us, or for our
  adversaries? He said, Nay, as a prince of the
  host of the Lord, I am come," c. Metatron
  appeared unto Joshua