In Parasha Vayishlach After struggling with Esau's guardian angel, Jacob asks him : what is your name? What prompted him to ask this question at that time and not a question like: why did you fight with me?
Answer:
An Angel is an emissary of G-D sent on a mission and his "name" is a reflection of his mission. By asking the angel his name, Jacob was wanting to find out the nature of the angel's mission.
Angels do not have fixed names. They take the name based on the mission they are sent for. When an Angel is sent to bring healing, it is called Rifa-EL, which means "G-D Heals". Many names of angels has EL as suffix. The word "EL" is a name of G-D. Some names of Angels are Rifael, Mikhael, Gavriel, Uriel.
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