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The general halachic opinion is that this only applies to the sacred Hebrew names of God, not to other euphemistic references; there is a dispute as to whether the word "God" in English or other languages may be erased or whether Jewish law and/or Jewish custom forbids doing so, directly or as a precautionary "fence" about the law.
In Judaism, angels (Hebrew: מַלְאָךְ, romanized: mal’āḵ, lit. 'messenger', plural: מַלְאָכִים mal’āḵīm) are supernatural beings [1] that appear throughout The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), rabbinic literature, apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, Jewish philosophy and mysticism, and traditional Jewish liturgy as agents of the God of Israel.
The theme of angels praising God was inserted into the passage by paytanim (Jewish liturgical poets). [4] Ophanim are mentioned in the El Adon prayer, often sung by the congregation, as part of the traditional Shabbat morning service. In the Jewish angelic hierarchy thrones and wheels are different. This is also true in the Kabbalistic angelic ...
Erelim (Hebrew: אֶרְאֶלִּים, ʾErʾellīm; sing.אֶרְאֵל, ʾErʾēl; “valiant ones”), is a class of angel whose existence is derived from a verse ...
Cassiel is sometimes described as the angel of tears and the angel of temperance. [17] [14] As Qafsiel, he is sometimes regarded as the ruler of the moon instead of Saturn. [19] Averroes and Ibn Arabi likewise listed Saturn as the planetary counterpart of the archangel Kafziel. [20]
The word hashmal appears in the Hebrew Bible in Ezekiel 1:4-5: And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire flashing up, so that a brightness was round about it; and out of the midst thereof as the colour of electrum, out of the midst of the fire.
Nuriel (Hebrew: נוּרִיאֵל Nūrīʾēl; meaning: "El/God is my fire" or "El/God is my light") [1] [2] is an angel in Judaism who is responsible for hailstorms. [3] He is the archangel Uriel, whose name changes when inclined towards judgment. [4] In Jewish legend, Moses encountered Nuriel in the 2nd heaven. [5]
Pages in category "Angels in Judaism" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. ... Sons of God; U. Uziel (angel) W. Watcher (angel)