"When HaShem commanded him to go down to Egypt and liberate the Jewish people from bondage, he asked HaShem, "When I come to the children of Israel and I say to them, 'The God of your forefathers sent me to you,' they will ask me, 'What is His name,' What [] should I say to them?" ... Now examine the final letters and discover the singular name HaShem- as follows:}}... It therefore is evident from the simple meaning of the verse itself, as well as from its letters and its numerical value, that Moshe, peace be upon him, was asking the Holy One, blessed is He, about the secret of His singular and preexistent name, Hashem-."
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Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla: Ginat Egoz. As translated in HaShem Is One: A Translation and Adaptation into English of the Wondrous Book Ginat Egoz, vol. 1, "The Name Ehe"yeh- which is drawn from the reality of the Name HaShem-", pp. 158–160. Rabbi Amiram Markel and Yehudah Shimon Markel. The Neirot Foundation (2020). .
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