וַיִּדַּ֥ר יַעֲקֹ֖ב נֶ֣דֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־יִהְיֶ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים עִמָּדִ֗י וּשְׁמָרַ֙נִי֙ בַּדֶּ֤רֶךְ הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י הוֹלֵ֔ךְ וְנָֽתַן־לִ֥י לֶ֛חֶם לֶאֱכֹ֖ל וּבֶ֥גֶד לִלְבֹּֽשׁ׃
E hizo Jacob voto, diciendo: Si fuere Dios conmigo, y me guardare en este viaje que voy, y me diere pan para comer y vestido para vestir,
Sha'arei Kedusha
In contrast, a person who suffices with what is necessary for him is called a righteous Tzaddik, as scripture states,479Proverbs 13:25 “A righteous person eats to satisfy his soul.” Similarly, King David said,480Psalms 119:71 “It is good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn Your statutes.” We likewise find that our forefather Yaakov only requested the following,481Genesis 28:20 “Give me bread to eat and clothes to wear.” It is likewise written,482Genesis 49:14 “Yissachar is a strong-boned donkey… he bent his shoulder to bear.”
Sha'arei Orah
Now that you know this, know that He is sometimes called the Redeemer-גואל for the following reason. Know that when His quality as the Living God-El Chai-א"ל חי bonds with His quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י, this being the matter of Redemption-Geulah-גאולה and Prayer-Tefillah-תפילה, His quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י becomes filled with the influence of Redemption-Geulah-גאולה and then His quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י brings about Redemption-Geulah-גאולה as the agent of the Living God-El Chai-א"ל חי and rescues the Righteous, redeeming them all from being smitten by any sickness and any kind of destruction and retribution. At such times it is called, The Redeeming Angel-HaMalach HaGoel-המלאך הגואל. Since HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י is called the Indwelling Presence of HaShem-יהו"ה – the Shechinah – it would travel with Yaakov as the agent of HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality as the Living God-El Chai-א"ל חי, as he said,109Genesis 28:20-21 “If God will be with me and will guard me on this way upon which I go, giving me bread to eat and clothing to wear and returning me in peace to my father’s house, then HaShem-יהו"ה will be my God.” Since this quality went with Yaakov to redeem him from every kind of destruction, Yaakov called it,110Genesis 48:16 “the angel who redeems me (HaMalach HaGoel-המלאך הגואל) from all evil.” The reason he called this quality an angel-Malach-מלאך is because it does not bring about redemption-Geulah-גאולה except as the agent of HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality as the Living God-El Chai-א"ל ח"י, being that it itself is also in need of redemption-Geulah-גאולה, as our sages, of blessed memory said,111Midrah Bamidbar Rabbah 7:10 “When they were exiled to Egypt the Indwelling Presence of HaShem-יהו"ה – the Shechinah-שכינה – was with them.” Therefore, when His quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י brings about redemption-Geulah-גאולה, it does so as the agent of His quality as the Living God-El Chai-א"ל חי and is thus called, the Redeeming Angel-HaMalach HaGoel-המלאך הגואל. That is, the agent is called by the name of the one who sent him.