Bereshit B: Chapter 15

Third compartment: Netzach

Synopsis

The energy and intelligence of Judgment dwell in the third compartment. Negative angels of destruction who reside here are the conduits by which judgments befall us.

Angels Destruction Dwellings Earth Fire Gehenom (Hell) Head Hell (Gehenom) River of Fire (Dinur) Rivers Seven Smoke Soul, The Streams Wicked Wickedness

44. The third compartment OF THE SEVEN IN THE UPPER EARTH is a place of tongues of fire and rising smoke. There, the streams of the River of Fire (Nahar Dinur) gush forth, BECAUSE THIS IS THE SOURCE OF THE RIVER OF FIRE. It is a crematorium the souls of the evil, the place where fire comes down upon the heads of the wicked - THOSE WHO DWELL UNDERNEATH, IN GEHENOM. And there reside also the angels of destruction, whose task it is to crush the souls that dwell IN GEHENOM.

44. מָדוֹרָא תְּלִיתָאָה: הוּא אֲתַר דִּשְׁבִיבִין וְקִטּוֹרִין, וְתַמָּן נְגִידוּ דִּנְהַר דִּינוּר, דְּנָגִיד וְנָפֵיק, וְאִיהוּ בֵּי מוֹקְדָא דְּנַפְשַׁיְיהוּ דְּרַשִּׁיעַיָּיא, דְּמִתַּמָּן נָחֵית אֶשָׁא עַל רֵישַׁיְיהוּ דְּרַשִּׁיעַיּיָא, וְתַמָּן מַלְאֲכֵי חַבָּלָה דְּטָרְדֵי לְהוֹ.

Abyss Angels Darkness Dwellings Evil Face Samael

45. There can be found sometimes slanderers, who speak evil of Yisrael and who lead them away FROM THE PATH OF GOOD, BUT THEY CAN DO YISRAEL NO HARM if Yisrael take precautions to keep them away. They are governed by one minister from the left side. All THE ANGELS THERE are from the side of darkness, as it says, "and darkness on the face of the deep." And the evil angel Samael resides in this compartment.

45. וְתַמָּן אִשְׁתַּכַּח דָּלֵטוֹרְיָיא עֲלַיְיהוּ דְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְזִמְנִין, וּלְאַסְטָאָה לוֹן. בַּר בְּזִמְנָא דְּנָסְבֵי אַסְוָותָא לְדַחְיָיא לֵיהּ, וְחַד מְמַנָּא עֲלַיְיהוּ מִסִּטְרָא דִשְׂמָאלָא. כָּלְהוֹ מִסִּטְרָא דְּחֹשֶׁךְ, כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמֵר וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל פְּנֵי תְהוֹם, וּסָמָאֵ"ל חַיָּיבָא אִשְׁתְּכַח תַּמָּן.

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