There is a Rashi in this week's parsha which explains that the angels do not have permanent names, because their names change according to their missions. Actually, even we, people, do not have permanent names. While we are alive, we have a name which we can add to or change, but when we leave our bodies (die) the traditional Jewish view is that you do not take your name with you.
This may be the connection between the Hebrew word "Shem" which means "name" and "Sham" which means "there." These two words share the same two Hebrew letters of "Shin" and "Mem." Only the vowel is different,and in the Torah vowels which go under, or over, the letters are not written. The only way to tell these two words of "Name" and "There" apart is through the context and perhaps sometimes the traditional reading.
(Evidence that we do not keep our names when we leave our bodies is that at the conclusion of Shemoneh Esrei, one our main prayers, when we are signing off from being directly in front of G-d, we do not sign off with our names, instead, we say an individualized verse from Tanach (the Bible) to identify our essence, what we stand for, what we are all about.)
May we, while priviledged to be alive, fulfill our missions to ourselves, familes, and the world community at large. May we keep being reincarnated with missions that help us all become tzadikim, completely righteous, and deserving of the best rewards from Hashem.
This may be the connection between the Hebrew word "Shem" which means "name" and "Sham" which means "there." These two words share the same two Hebrew letters of "Shin" and "Mem." Only the vowel is different,and in the Torah vowels which go under, or over, the letters are not written. The only way to tell these two words of "Name" and "There" apart is through the context and perhaps sometimes the traditional reading.
(Evidence that we do not keep our names when we leave our bodies is that at the conclusion of Shemoneh Esrei, one our main prayers, when we are signing off from being directly in front of G-d, we do not sign off with our names, instead, we say an individualized verse from Tanach (the Bible) to identify our essence, what we stand for, what we are all about.)
May we, while priviledged to be alive, fulfill our missions to ourselves, familes, and the world community at large. May we keep being reincarnated with missions that help us all become tzadikim, completely righteous, and deserving of the best rewards from Hashem.
VaYishlach, typo on the title, my apologies.
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