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מה אלו | “Who are these?” — the Origin of the Angels of Healing: Sanoi, Sansanoi, and Semanglof, as told in the Alphabet of ben Sira (ca. late first millennium)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)

Categories:

Midrash Aggadah, Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth

Tags:

infants, Angelic Protection, entering magical territory, prayers for pregnant women, epical narrative as ward, historiola, Angels, geonic period, prophylactic, origin stories, קמעות ḳame'ot, Angels of Healing

The origin story of Lilith as told in the Alphabet of ben Sira. . . .