Commentary for Berakhot 8:23
א"ר אלעזר בר אבינא גדול מה שנאמר במיכאל יותר ממה שנאמר בגבריאל דאילו במיכאל כתי' (ישעיהו ו, ו) ויעף אלי אחד מן השרפים ואלו גבי גבריאל כתי' (דניאל ט, כא) והאיש גבריאל אשר ראיתי בחזון בתחלה מועף ביעף וגו'
R. Eleazar b. Abina [also] said : What is declared of [the angel] Michael is greater than what is declared of Gabriel ; for of Michael it is written, "Then flew unto me one of the Seraphim" (Is. vi. 6), but of Gabriel it is written, "The man Gabriel whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, approached close to me about the time of the evening offering" (Dan. ix. 21).
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Lit. "being caused to fly in a flight," the word for "flying" occurring twice. This is interpreted that he covered the distance in two flights, resting in between ; whereas the verse in Isaiah speaks only of one flight.
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