Fourth compartment: Tiferet

Synopsis

The fourth compartment is a place of positive energy and Light. The angels who inhabit this realm are responsible for the acts of mercy that appear in our lives. These angels also bring about the salvation that is merited when people repent and transform.

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46. The fourth compartment, TIFERET, is a place from which light emanates to the supernal angels of the right. They start singing, and then abruptly end their song. However, they are not destroyed for their singing, as are those in the first COMPARTMENT - who start singing and then are scorched by being sucked down into burning fire, only to be restored again in the morning, as before. The ANGELS IN HERE are preserved and are not destroyed - they are the angels of mercy, who never change. BECAUSE THEY ARE OF THE ASPECT OF MERCY, WHICH DRAWS FROM THE SIDE OF CHESED, THEY ARE UNAFFECTED BY THE JUDGMENT DRAWN DOWN BY SINGING - AND THUS THEY CAN FINISH THEIR SONG.

46. מָדוֹרָא רְבִיעָאָה: הוּא אֲתַר דְּנָהֵיר, וְתַמָּן הוּא נְהִירוּ לְמַלְאֲכֵי עִלָּאֵי, דִּי בִסְטַר יָמִינָא. וּפְתָחוּ שִׁירָתָא וְסַיְּימֵי, וְלָא אָזְלִין לְאַעֲבָרָא כַּהֲנֵי קַדְמָאֵי, דְּפָתְחִין שִׁירָתָא וּמִתּוֹקְדָן וּמִתְעַבְרָן בְּנוּר דָּלֵיק, וְתָבִין וּמִתְחַדְּשִׁין כְּמִלְקַדְמִין, וְהָנֵי קָיְימִין בְּדוּכְתַּיְיהוּ וְלָא מִתְעַבְרָן. וְהָנֵי מַלְאֲכֵי דְרַחֲמֵי דְּלָא מְשַׁנְיָין לְעָלְמִין.

Angels Chambers Chassadim Death Death and the Afterlife Deeds Dwellings Female Female Waters (Mayin Nukvin) Gates Key Mayin Nukvin (Female Waters) Meditation Mercy Padael (Angel) Prayer Waters

47. About THOSE ANGELS it is said, "He makes His angels as spirits" (Tehilim 104:4). They perform their mission in the world without being seen by humans, and can only be seen through visions and by other means, such as intense meditations. One angel governs them and his name is Padael. THIS NAME IS A COMBINATION OF THE WORDS PADA EL, MEANING 'EL HAS REDEEMED.' ALL THOSE WHO ELEVATE MAYIN NUKVIN (FEMALE WATERS) TO THIS COMPARTMENT THROUGH THEIR GOOD DEEDS RECEIVE THE ILLUMINATION OF CHASSADIM FROM THIS ANGEL, AND EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH, THEY ARE REDEEMED AND DO NOT DIE. HENCE THE ANGEL IS NAMED PADAEL. In this CHAMBER, the keys to the gates of mercy are accessible to those who have repented to their Master. These keys open the gates through which their prayers enter - AND ARE THUS ANSWERED.

47. וַעֲלַיְיהוּ כְּתִיב עוֹשֶׂה מַלְאָכָיו רוּחוֹת וגו'. וְאִלֵּין עָבְדִין שְׁלִיחוּתַיְיהוּ בְּעָלְמָא, וְלָא אִתְחַזּוּן לִבְנֵי נְשָׁא בַּר בְּחֶזְוָוא, אוֹ בְּסִטְרָא אָחֳרָא בְּסֻכְלְתָנוּ סַגֵּי. וְחַד מַלְאֲכָא מְמַנָּא עֲלַיְיהוּ פָּדָאֵ"ל שְׁמֵיהּ. וּבֵיהּ פְּתִיחִין מַפְתְּחָן דְּרַחֲמֵי, לְאִינוּן דְּתָיְיבִין לְגַבֵּיהּ דְּמָארֵיהוֹן, וּפָתְחִין תַּרְעִין לְאַעֲבָרָא צְלוֹתְהוֹן וּבָעוּתְהוֹן.