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Jacob said to an angel, Tell me your name and did not let the angel go clasping him so the angel, frantic, would be made late for prayers. A name of a man is his soul but the name of an angel is the description of a movement So of course they could only fight. But also they became close and an angel of Heaven named Jacob his second name. Now there was no more Divide and later, in generations to come, Moses would live in Heaven for several weeks. Now there was no more Divide and later the Talmud would say: when you pray pray for the good of everyone 
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