Faith
Names of the Angels
Question
Is there an angel named ORIEL, not URIEL? There are angels whose names it is forbidden to use. I would be glad to know which names are meant. Are the names I mentioned indeed correct?
Thank you, Amir
Answer
Greetings and blessings
In the sources, the angel Uriel is mentioned, and so he appears in some versions of the recitation of Shema al haMitah:
In the name of Hashem, God of Israel. Michael is at my right, Gabriel at my left, Uriel before me, Raphael behind me, and above my head is the Shechinah of El.
מִימִינִי מִיכָאֵל. וּמִשְּׂמֹאלִי גַּבְרִיאֵל. וּמִלְּפָנַי אוּרִיאֵל. וּמֵאֲחוֹרַי רְפָאֵל. וְעַל רֹאשִׁי שְׁכִינַת אֵל.
With blessings,
Binyamin Shmueli
