Jewish angelic hierarchy

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Angels in Judaism (angel: Hebrew: !"# $% & mal!", plural mal!"#m) appear
throughout the Hebrew Bible, Talmud, Rabbinic literature, and traditional
Jewish liturgy. They are categorized in different hierarchies.
Contents
1 Maimonides
2 Kabbalah
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Maimonides
Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah or Yad ha-Chazakah: Yesodei
ha-Torah, counts ten ranks of angels in the Jewish angelic hierarchy,
beginning from the highest:
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The Sephirot in Jewish Kabbalah
Category:Sephirot
Rank Angelic Class Notes
1
Chayot
HaKodesh
See Ezekiel chs. 1 and 10
2 Ophanim See Ezekiel chs. 1 and 10
3 Erelim See Isaiah 33:7
4 Hashmallim See Ezekiel 1:4
5 Seraphim See Isaiah 6
6 Malakim Messengers, angels
7 Elohim "Godly beings"
8 Bene Elohim "Sons of Godly beings"
9 Cherubim See Talmud Hagigah 13b
10 Ishim
"manlike beings", see Genesis 18:2, Daniel
10:5
Kabbalah
According to the Golden Dawn's
interpretation of the Kabbalah, there are
ten archangels, each commanding one
of the choirs of angels and
corresponding to one of the Sephirot. It
is similar to the Jewish angelic hierarchy.
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Rank
Choir of
Angels
Translation Archangel Sephirah
1
Hayot Ha
Kodesh
Holy Living Ones Metatron Keter
2 Ophanim Wheels Raziel Chokmah
3 Erelim
Brave ones
[1]
Tzaphkiel Binah
4 Hashmallim
Glowing ones, Amber
ones
[2]
Tzadkiel Chesed
5 Seraphim Burning Ones Khamael Gevurah
6 Malakim Messengers, angels Raphael Tipheret
7 Elohim Godly Beings Uriel Netzach
8 Bene Elohim Sons of Elohim Michael Hod
9 Cherubim
[3]
Gabriel Yesod
10 Ishim
Men (man-like beings,
phonetically similar to
"res")
Sandalphon Malkuth
See also
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
References
^ "Strong's Hebrew: 691. $' ( # )* ( (erel) - perhaps a hero" (http://biblesuite.com
/hebrew/691.htm). Biblesuite.com. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
1.
^ "Strong's Hebrew: 2830. $% &# +% , (chashmal) - perhaps amber"
(http://biblesuite.com/hebrew/2830.htm). Biblesuite.com. Retrieved
2014-02-13.
2.
^ "Strong's Hebrew: 3742. -.)# / (kerub) - probably an order of angelic beings"
(http://biblesuite.com/hebrew/3742.htm). Biblesuite.com. Retrieved
2014-02-13.
3.
External links
Jewish Encyclopedia, "Angelology"
(http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1521&letter=A)
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Jewish POV: Angels and Demons (http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=rc8c-3gaGbY) (YouTube)
Israel Regardie, The Golden Dawn, Llewellyn Publications, 1992,
ISBN 0-87542-663-8
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