(Beraisa): One who begins [a long Brachah] with Yud Kei (Hash-m's proper name) and concludes with Yud Kei, he is a Chacham.

If he begins with Aleph Lamed (Elokeinu) and concludes with Aleph Lamed, he is a crude person (he did not mention Hash-m's proper name at all). If he begins with Aleph Lamed and concludes with Yud Kei, he is an average person (the ending is primary). If he begins with Yud Kei and concludes with Aleph Lamed, this is a deviation (heresy. He makes Aleph Lamed primary. - MAHARA FULDA.)

Question (heretics, to R. Simlai): How many deities created the world?

R. Simlai: You ask me?! Go ask (learn from the verse about the creation of) Adam ha'Rishon, for it says "Ki She'al Na l'Yamim Rishonim... Asher Bara Elokim Adam Al ha'Aretz." It does not say 'Bar'u Elokim Adam Al ha'Aretz', rather, "l'Min ha'Yom Asher Bara Elokim Adam Al ha'Aretz" (singular).

Heretics: It says "Bereishis Bara (something else created) Elokim"!

R. Simlai: Does it say 'Bar'u'?! It says only "Bara" (singular)!

R. Simlai: Whenever the heretics breached (brought a 'proof' for their heresy), their refutation is right there.

Question (heretics): What is the meaning of "Na'aseh Adam b'Tzalmeinu ki'Dmuseinu"?

Answer (R. Simlai): It does not say 'va'Yivre'u Elokim Es Adam b'Tzalmo', rather "'va'Yivra Elokim Es Adam b'Tzalmo" (singular).

Question: His Talmidim: You rejected them with a flimsy rejection. How do you answer us?

Answer (R. Simlai): In the past, Adam was created from earth, and Chavah was created from Adam. From Adam and onwards, "[Na'aseh Adam] b'Tzalmeinu ki'Dmuseinu" (all are born through a partnership) - it is impossible for a man (to beget a child) without a woman, and impossible for a woman without a man, and impossible for both of them without the Shechinah.

Question (heretics): What is the meaning of "Kel Elokim Hash-m Kel Elokim Hash-m Hu Yode'a""? (The repetition connotes multiple deities!)

Answer (R. Simlai): It does not say 'Hem Yod'im', rather "Hu Yode'a."

His Talmidim: You rejected them with a flimsy rejection. How do you answer us?

Answer (R. Simlai): All three of them are one name, like a person who says 'Basiliyus Kaiser Agostus' (all three refer to a king - CHAREDIM).

Question (heretics): What is the meaning of "Kel Elokim Hash-m Diber va'Yikra Aretz"?

Answer (R. Simlai): Does it say 'Dibru va'Yikra'u'?! Rather, it says "Diber va'Yikra Aretz".

Question: His Talmidim: You rejected them with a flimsy rejection. How do you answer us?

Answer (R. Simlai): All three of them are one name, like a person who says 'Va'amanon Banyan Arichtiknetan' (all three refer to one who knows how to build - CHAREDIM).

Question (heretics): What is the meaning of "Ki Elokim Kedoshim Hu""?

Answer (R. Simlai): It does not say 'Kedoshim Hemah', rather "Hu Kel Kano Hu."

Question: His Talmidim: You rejected them with a flimsy rejection. How do you answer us?

Answer (R. Simlai): He is Kadosh with all kinds of Kedushos;

(R. Yudan citing R. Acha): Ha'Kadosh Baruch Hu's way is with Kedushah, His going is with Kedushah, His sitting is with Kedushah, His speech is with Kedushah, and His stretching His arm is with Kedushah, He is Nora v'Adir bi'Kedushah!

His way is with Kedushah - "Elokim ba'Kodesh Darkecha. His going is with Kedushah - "Halichos Keli Malki va'Kodesh." His sitting is with Kedushah - "Elokim Yashav Al Kisei Kodsho." His speech is with Kedushah - "Elokim Diber b'Kodsho." His stretching His arm is with Kedushah - "Chashaf Hash-m Es Zero'a Kodsho." He is Nora v'Adir bi'Kedushah - "Mi Kamocha Nedar ba'Kodesh."

Question (heretics): What is the meaning of "Mi Goy Gadol Asher Lo Elokim Kerovim Elav"?

Answer (R. Simlai): 'Ka'Shem Elokeinu b'Chol Kar'einu Aleihem' is not written, rather, "b'Chol Kar'einu Elav."

Question: His Talmidim: You rejected them with a flimsy rejection. How do you answer us?

Answer (R. Simlai): He is close [to us] with all kinds of closeness;

(R. Pinchas citing Rav Yehudah bar Simon): Idolatry appears close, but [really] it is far;

What is the source? "Yisa'uhu Al Kasef Yisbeluhu..." - the end of the matter is, it is with [the idolater] in the house, and he screams until he dies, and it does not hear and does not save him from his affliction.

However, ha'Kadosh Baruch Hu appears far, and [really] there is no one closer than Him;

(Levi): From the land to the Raki'a is a 500 year journey, and between one Raki'a and another is a 500 year journey, and the thickness of the Raki'a is a 500 year journey. And so it is for every Raki'a.

(R. BeraChiya and R. Chelbo citing R. Aba Semukah): Even the hooves of the Chayos [under the Kisei ha'Kavod - Yechezkel Perek 1] is a 515 year journey, like the Gematriya of "[Regel] Yesharah."

See how elevated He is above our world, and a person enters a Beis ha'Keneses, stands in back of a pillar and prays in a whisper, and Hash-m hearkens to his prayer!

Source: "V'Chanah Hi Medaberes Al Libah Rak Sefaseha Na'os v'Kolah Lo Yishame'a", and Hash-m hearkened to her prayer!

The same applies to all His creations - "Tefilah l'Ani Ki Ya'atof [v'Lifnei Hash-m Yishpoch Sicho]" - like a person who speaks in his friend's ear, and he hears.

Is there any deity closer than this, that He is close to His creations like from the mouth to the ear [when one speqks in the ear of his friend -MASA D'YERUSHALAYIM]?!