Zohar on Tehillim 103 — Jews and Angels
Zohar on Tehillim 103 — Jews and Angels
Tehillim 103:20
- "Barechu Ad-nai kol tzva'av" - (Bless the L-rd, His angels).
The Most High summoned the higher angels to bless Him, as it is written: "Bless the Most High, His angels."
Before the Jews came, the higher angels performed and perfected the Work. When the Jewish people came, the Jews said (when they stood at Mount Sinai) נעשה ונשמה — "we will do and we will hear." Thus they received the level of Action from the ministering angels and included themselves in His Word. Since then, the level of Action in the Land of Israel has been separated from the holy angels, and the Jews complete and perfect the world of Action. Therefore, the angels were considered mighty in strength, doing His Word (fulfilling His commandments)—so as to hear the Voice of His Word (obey Him)—only until the Jews came.
When the Jewish people began their work, the angels' purpose was only to hear the Voice of His Word (obey Him), since the Jews had assumed the level of those who do His Word (fulfill His commandments). Praiseworthy is the Jewish people, for they took the level of Action from the angels and carried it out.
(Zohar, Sulam, translated by Rabbi Tzvi Nisanzon)
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