119:18
200
119:60
274
119:73
23
119:89
105
119:26
285
120:4
237
132:14
52, 419
137:1
46
139:5
128, 129, 134, 138
139:16
127, 128
146:10
262
147:4
187
147:19
367
Proverbs
3:18
331, 403, 514
3:19
45, 134
4:9
259
7:4
49
8:22
46, 74, 248
8:22-31
45
8:27-29
45
9:1
45
10:6
197
15:3
21
16:14
376
17:11
243
20:27
44
30:23
59
Job
10:3
128
10:22
234
12:12
17
26:11
90, 91
28:3
137
29:3
199
34:21
291
37:3
83
37:5
32
37:6
94, 95
37:2
194
37:12
150
37:21
lxxiii
38:1
91
38:4-7
91
38:13
424
38:15
84
38:7
115
40:25
145
40:31
510
41:7
510
41:10
145
41:23
145
The Song of Songs
2:12
361
3:6
60
3:8
237
4:8
60
5:2
49, 504
5:10
34
5:10-12
5
5:13
24
5:15
17
8:6
54
8:12
72
Lamentations
2:1
368, 369
2:2
206
2:3
369
3:6
407
3:23
159
3:38
199
Ecclesiastes
1:7
103
1:19
102
3:21
236
6:10
163
12:7
18, 19
Esther
9:27
264
Daniel
2:22
21, 74
4:14
161, 208
7:9
192, 290
7:10
158, 289
10:14
365
Nehemiah
9:4
470
9:7-8
409
1 Chronicles
4:23
160
28:9
21
2 Chronicles
3:14
186
7:3
28, 298
29:11
121
33:6
209
GENERAL INDEX
Aaron: creation stories, 80–81
as first High Priest, 101, 362
golden calf, 467–69
Israel in exile, 61
in Jacob’s dream, 356
Miriam’s Well, 387
Moses’ vision of, 412, 413
at Mount Sinai, 33–34
as one of the Ushpizin (Seven Shepherds), 210
scapegoats for Azazel, 295–96
sons, 469–70
as sukkah guest, 299
Abba, Shmuel, 509
Abba Jose, 451
Abel: Adam’s death, 445
Adam’s grief over, 215
Adam’s likeness, 448
burial of, 445, 451
Cain and, lix, 206, 328, 350, 446, 449–50, 451
conception, 136, 447
first Eve as source of conflict, 141
offerings of, 415
in Sheol, 231
souls from, 163
wife of, 449–50
Abelson, J., 62
Abigail, 191
Abihu (Aaron’s son), 33–34, 469–70
Abiti, 225. See also Lilith
Abizu, 225. See also Lilith
Abraham: Akedah (binding of Isaac), lii, lxvii, 19, 44, 150, 171–72, 297, 329, 337–42, 343, 384–85, 429
alphabet and, 428–29
alter of, 415
Angel of Death and, 346–47
ascent of, 347
as astrologer, 332, 333
as author of Sefer Yetzirah, the Book of Creation, 363
bargaining with God, 334–35, 522
birth in cave, 85–86
burial site, 344, 504, 505
childhood of, 328–29
comforting Jerusalem, 420
coming of the Messiah and, 516–17
communication with God, 32
conception of Isaac, 336–37
created for Jacob’s sake, 367
daughter of, 344–45
death of, 342, 345–46, 350
defense of Israel, 428–29, 515
descendants, lxviii, 171, 329–30, 333, 334, 337–38, 506
divine tests, 44
dying vision, 347–48
in Egypt, 332–33
evolution of myths, lxxv;
in exile, lix;
as first Jew, 328
Foundation Stone cavern, 98
garments of Adam and Eve, 438
God’s anticipation of, 327
God’s appearance before, 330, 331
God’s covenant with, xlvi, 329–30
God’s teaching of Torah, 271
at Golden Gate of Jerusalem, 511
Hagar and, 60
Holy Spirit and, 18, 19
hospitality, 330, 466, 467
in House of Study, 504
immortality, lviii, 348–49, 370
intercession of, 391
Israel in exile, 61
Job compared to, 111
Land of Israel settled by, 409
at left hand of God, 487
Maharal’s summoning of, 371–72
Muslim patriarch, lxvii
mystery of the Redeemer, 378, 379
name of, 329, 333
Og and, 462
as one of the Ushpizin (Seven Shepherds), 210
prayers, 356
as prophet, 331
ram of, 77, 150
revealed to Torah, 256
reverence for, lvii
Shabbat (spice from Garden of Eden), 316–17;
Shekhinah and, 48–49, 52, 53
smoke kindled by, 60
on Sodom’s fate, 290
as source of souls, 327
sparks of soul, 163
as sukkah guest, 299
Tabernacle construction, 51
Temple’s destruction, 427
Torah on, xliv; Torah study, 190, 194
tour of Heaven, 131
tree of, 404–5
Tzadkiel and, 204
Tzohar possession, 86, 87, 332, 333
well dug by, 387
willingness to be created, 160
Yahweh linked to, 26
Abraham Gershon of Kittov, 210
Abram, 329, 333. See also Abraham
absence of God, 13
absorption of myths, 26
Abyss, 234
Academy, Celestial, 193–94
Accuser, lxx, 294, 296, 297. See also Satan
Action (Asiyah), 15, 16
Adam: absolution from God, 291
alternate Creation story, lii, 24
as angel, 126–27
ascent of, 309
body of light, 130–31
Book of Raziel, 253, 290
breath of, 135–36
burial site, 344, 501, 504, 505
children of, 136, 215, 447, 449–50
choice of, 135
coming of the Messiah and, 516–17
counseling God, 160
creation of, 23, 24, 76, 119, 127, 128, 129–30, 131–32, 132–33, 134–35, 135–36, 138–39, 140, 161, 225, 506
darkness held back for, 314
death of, 442–43, 444–45
demiurgic Adam, 110, 129, 130, 137
demons and, 215
descendants, 136, 170, 171, 215, 438–39, 440, 443–44, 444–45, 447, 449–50
diamond of, 436–37
divine tests, 44, 338
divorce from God, 435–36
eating son of Samael, 355, 454
in End of Days, 501
enthronement myths, l, 4, 131, 157–58
Eve’s separation from, 140
Eve’s temptation of, 435
Eve wedded to, 143–44
in exile, li, lviii, lix, 232, 401, 439
fingernails, 137
fire from Heaven, 137
as first and last creation, 129–30
as First Created Being, 327
first Eve and, 140–42
as first High Priest, 101, 443
first sunrise and sunset, 101
garments of, 101, 130, 437–38
as giant, 128
gifts from God, 130
in Gnostic texts, lxxxi (n.50); as Golem, 127–28
heavenly journey, 170–71
heavenly man myth, 124–26, 129, 137
as hermaphrodite, 138–39, 226
Holy Spirit and, 18
in the image of God, 135
immortality/mortality of, lxxxv (n. 166), 125, 130, 135, 165, 405
as inhabitant of heaven, 137
kingship, 125, 126, 129
light from Heaven, 137
light of Creation, 83
Lilith’s abandonment of, lxxvi, 216, 218, 225
on Mount Moriah, 415
mourning rituals, 350
Muslim patriarch, lxvii; nakedness of, 130, 433, 439
offerings of, 415
as one of the Ushpizin (Seven Shepherds), 210
origin of fire, 101–2
Promethean parallels, lxvi;
regret, 440
repentance, 209, 440
sacred light, lxxii, lxxiii
Satan’s temptation of, 109–10
Shekhinah and, 50, 57
sin of, 52, 53, 84, 122, 137, 206, 226, 232, 253, 328, 405, 440–41
song for Sabbath, 318
soul of, 129–30, 162–63, 485, 486
souls attempting to inhabit, 140, 227
as source of souls, 327
as sukkah guest, 299
Temple’s destruction and, 425
Torah given to, 291
Tzohar possession, 85, 87, 332
wedding, 143–44, 226
worship of, 442
Adama (ground), 440
Adamas (Egyptian Heavenly Man), 125
Adam Kadmon, 15–16, 118, 125, 128, 195, 327
Adam (Rabbi), 27, 475
adat el. See Council of Souls
Ada (wife of Lamech), 451, 452
Adir ba-Marom (human body), 164
Adne Sadeh, 144–45
Adoil, 88–89
Adonai, lxxix (n. 19), 62. See also God
Adonai-yireh, 337
adultery, 219, 449
“the Adversary.” See Satan
Af (Angel of Anger; Angel of Destruction), 236, 237, 376
Afghanistan, lxii, 45, 437
Aggadah (non-legal teachings), 271, 452, 518
Agnon, S. Y., 180
Agrat (Lilith’s daughter), 222–23
Ahab, 161
Aha ben Jacob, 185
Aher (Elisha ben Abuyah; the Other), 117, 129, 173–75, 207, 213, 285, 291, 369
Ahijah, 209
Ahitophel (counselor to David), 96, 97
air: angels clothed in, 116
golem creation, 282
used in Creation, 96
Akatriel Yah (Lord of Hosts; Yahweh Tzevaot), 27–28, 36, 262
Akdamut (Akdamut Millin) (Meir ben Yitzhak Nehorai), 1, 475, 527
Akedah (binding of Isaac), lii, lxvii, 19, 44, 150, 171–72, 297, 329, 337–42, 343, 384–85, 429
Akiba: accounts of, lxxix (n. 11);
Ari as reincarnation of, 164
ascent to Paradise, 173–74, 183, 207, 285
Ben Azzai’s hearing of God’s voice, 32
on David’s throne, 395
on Gehenna, lxxxv (n. 147); on God’s garment, 29
heavenly classroom of, 262, 271
Lumiel’s seal, 178
on manna of angels, 480
martyrdom of ten sages, 176–77
Moses’ desire to see, 521
on Song of Songs, 6, 34, 277–78
sparks of soul, 163
writings of, 526
Albuv, Yehoshua, 204, 205
Alefpeneash (demon prince), 139
Aleinu prayer, 118
aleph (letter), 8, 251
Alexander (Rabbi), 237
Alexander the Great, 404, 406, 475
Alkabetz, Shlomo, lvi, 310
allegorical interpretations of myths:
Adam and Eve, 434
Adam as hermaphrodite, 139
Adam Kadmon, 15
body of God, 24, 25
cosmic tree, 121
field of souls, 168–69
garment for moon, 114
God as pillar of world, 96
God as potter, 150–51
God’s escort of Israel from Egypt, 41
Isaac’s conception, 336
Jerusalem as guiding light, 418
Kafka’s parable of the Law, 179–80
Land of Eretz, 440
of Lilith’s children, 223
Lucifer’s fall, 108
map of time and space, 186–87
quarrel of the sun and moon, 112–13
Rabbah bar Bar Hannah’s tales, 147
Sabbath as bride of Israel, 312–13
sefirot, xlv; two Temples, 417
Wisdom’s relationship to God, 46
alphabet, Hebrew: Abraham and, 428–29;
aleph, 8, 251
bet, 72, 251
in burning bush, 257–58
creation by, 251
creation of prior worlds, 72
crowns on letters of Torah, 271, 413
flying letters motif, 273–74
foundation of existence, 8
garments of, 437
on God’s crown, 5–6
he, 92, 247, 251
hei, 333
from the Holy Spirit, 18, 19
letters in thirty-two paths of wisdom, 6–7
letters of the Torah, 249, 265, 272–73, 307, 480, 509, 522–23
mem, 8
necklace of letters, 259
new letter, 522, 523
power of, 279–80
shin, 8
souls of Jews represented by, 163
of the tablets, 266, 267
on tallit of light, 82
tav, 250–51
under Throne of Glory, 333
Tzaddik’s pleasure in, 251
used in Creation, 96, 247–48, 250–51
yod, 2
47, 251
Alshekh, Moshe, 79, 83, 167, 402, 526
alter, 415, 419, 483
Alter of Ger, Yehudah Leib (Sefat Emet), 32
Altmann, Alexander, xxxiv
Alt-Neu (Old-New) synagogue in Prague, 281, 282–83
Amalek, 448
American Indians, lx, 81, 474
Amorites, 113
Amram, Rabbi, 471
Amram (father of Moses), 51, 372
Amrusu, 225. See also Lilith
amulet against Lilith, 216, 217, 220, 224, 225
Anafiel (Anafiel YHVH) (angel), 117–18, 156, 175
Anat (Ugaritic traditions), 353
Ancient of Days (Atik Yomaya), 3–4, 192. See also God
Angel of Anger, 376
Angel of Cold, 462
Angel of Conception, liii, 140, 165, 199–200
Angel of Death: Abraham’s resistance to, 346–47
accompanying the dead, 231
Adam and Eve’s sin, 434–35
appearance of, 346
Cain as, lxxvii, 451, 452
City of Luz, 476, 477, 478
cottage of candles, 44
creation of, 206
homunculus creation, 284
Joshua ben Levi and, 206–7
Maharal and, 207–8
messianic spring, 514
Moses’ resistance to, 346, 347, 413
Moses swallowed by serpent, 376
Nachmani and, 193
Phoenix and, 148–49
sent for Nachmani, 194
shattering of the first tablets, 266
souls returned to Treasury, 166
as Yetzer ha-Ra, 454
Angel of Destruction, 236, 237
Angel of Friendship, 201–2
Angel of Fury, 376
Angel of Heat, 462
Angel of Losses, 203–4
Angel of Rain, liii, 205
Angel of Secrets (Raziel), lxvi, 85, 253–55, 269, 290, 437
Angel of the Covenant, 201
Angel of the Lord, lii
angels(malakh). See also specific angels such as Metatron:
Abraham’s daughter as, 345
accompanying God, 192
accompanying the dead, 168, 231
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