Summary: This week I talk to Dr. Miryam Brand about what’s in a name. Check out Dr. Brand’s work at her site UnderstandingSin.com and her own podcast Understanding Sin on iTunes. Midrash Genesis Rabbah 68:9 9. AND HE LIGHTED (WAYYIFGA’) UPON THE PLACE (XXVIII, 11). R. Huna said in R. Ammi’s name: Why do we give a changed name to the Holy One, blessed be He, and call him ‘the Place’?6 Because He is the Place of the world.1 R. Jose b. Halafta said: We do not know whether God is the place of His world or whether His world is His place, but from the verse, Behold, there is a … Continue reading →
