אֲבָל֙ אַגִּ֣יד לְךָ֔ אֶת־הָרָשׁ֥וּם בִּכְתָ֖ב אֱמֶ֑ת וְאֵ֨ין אֶחָ֜ד מִתְחַזֵּ֤ק עִמִּי֙ עַל־אֵ֔לֶּה כִּ֥י אִם־מִיכָאֵ֖ל שַׂרְכֶֽם׃ (פ)
Namun, aku akan memberitahukan kepadamu apa yang tercatat dalam tulisan kebenaran. Tidak ada seorang pun yang bertahan teguh bersama aku untuk menolong aku dalam semua perkara ini, kecuali Mikhael, penguasa kalian.”
Sha'arei Orah
Moreover, the angelic ministers of the nations do not at all assist the Jewish people, as stated,357Daniel 10:21 “No one strengthens me against these except your ministering angel Michael.” This is certainly so when Samael, the ministering angel of Edom, stands in constant prosecution of the Jewish people, accusing them and attempting to blot out their merits. When the Jewish people are in the land of the nations, all the angelic ministers of the nations stand against them, and are positioned between the earth and the heavens, like a wall and partition, to separate the Jewish people from their Father in heaven. They therefore are called “a separating cloud-Anan HaMafseek-ענן המפסיק,” about which it states,358Lamentations 3:44 “You wrapped Yourself in a cloud-Anan-ענן that prayer cannot pierce.”