Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 76:20

אי הכי ניפלחו ליה כתיב (שמות כג, כא) אל תמר בו אל תמירני בו אם כן לא ישא לפשעכם למה לי א"ל הימנותא בידן דאפילו בפרוונקא נמי לא קבילניה דכתיב (שמות לג, טו) ויאמר אליו אם אין פניך הולכים וגו'

R. Nahman said: He who is as skilled in refuting the Minim as is R. Idith,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Ms.M.: R. Idi.] ');">⁵²</span> let him do so; but not otherwise. Once a Min said to R. Idith: It is written, And unto Moses He said, Come up to the Lord.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXIV, 1. ');">⁵³</span> But surely it should have stated, Come up unto me! — It was Metatron<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Name of an Angel, probably derived from metator, guide. In Talmud and Midrash he is regarded notably as the defender of the rights of Israel (cf. Hag. 16a). ');">⁵⁴</span>

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