Part One – Life | 286 And in Genesis Rabbah 8 : 13, ed . Theodor - Albeck pp . 66 - 67 ; on the verse in Genesis 1 : 28, “and God blessed them” ( i . e . Adam and Eve ) : Said R . Abahu, “The Holy One blessed be He took a cup ] of wine [ and blessed them . Said R . Yehudah be - R . Simon, “Michael and Gavriel ( the arch - angels ) were the first Man’s Shoshvinim . ” The parallels in Avot de - R . Natan chapter 7, and Pirkei de R . Eliezer chapter listed in the editor’s note to line 7 ibid . ) expand on this theme, adding that ( 12 God blessed them with the Seven Benedictions, or that God prepared for them ten huppot, and the Angels played on drums, and were like shoshvinim ( Pirkei de - R . Eliezer ) , and that God served, as it were, as Eve’s bridesmaid, bedecking her with ornaments and bringing her to Adam, thus serving as Adam’s shoshvin Avot de - R . Natan ) . ( The Talmud itself ( ibid . ) does not elaborate on the functions of the shoshvin . But Rashi ( ad loc . ) explains that h...
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