Jewish%20thought for Yoma 134:6
תנו רבנן עזאזל שיהא עז וקשה יכול בישוב ת"ל במדבר ומנין שבצוק ת"ל גזירה תניא אידך עזאזל קשה שבהרים וכן הוא אומר (יחזקאל יז, יג) ואת אילי הארץ לקח
- Therefore the text reads: 'Cut off'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Supra p. 315, n. 7.');"><sup>11</sup></span> Another [Baraitha] taught: Azazel, i.e., the hardest of mountains, thus also does it say: And the mighty [ele] of the land he took away.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XVII, 13.');"><sup>12</sup></span> The School of R'Ishmael taught: Azazel - [it was so called] because it obtains atonement for the affair of Uza and<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is a reference to the legend of fallen angels, based partly on Gen. VI, 4 and also on foreign lore. V. Jung, L. 'Fallen Angels in Jewish, Christian and Mohammedan literature'.');"><sup>13</sup></span>
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