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Musar su Salmi 104:4

עֹשֶׂ֣ה מַלְאָכָ֣יו רוּח֑וֹת מְ֝שָׁרְתָ֗יו אֵ֣שׁ לֹהֵֽט׃

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Shenei Luchot HaBerit

Another reason G–d desires a Residence amongst man on earth is that אדם, man, combines within him the attributes of the creatures in the physical world with the attributes of the creatures in the spiritual world. The fact that man was created in the image of G–d means that he combines within him all the developments, השתלשלות, from the highest emanation downwards that form the whole process of Creation and which we have explained in the introduction to our treatise תולדות אדם. This concept is evident in man when we look at his parts, i.e. the body which corresponds to our lower world. Then there is the life-force called נפש, which corresponds to the world of the incessantly moving planets, and the רוח החיוני, the spiritual element in man which corresponds to the world of G–d's angels, of whom it is said in Psalms 104,4: עושה מלאכיו רוחות, "He makes the winds His messengers." Finally, man possesses a נשמה, which corresponds to the region in which the Ineffable Name is at home. In view of all this, it is easy to understand that man - when at his best - is a home fit for the Presence of the Divine. When man is on that level he cleaves to the mystical dimension of אדם העליון, which is above the throne, the mystique of דמות וצלם.
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Shenei Luchot HaBerit

The other five miracles mentioned in our Mishnah, are the ones we have termed "positive" miracles. We again find reminders of three kinds of awareness respectively as in the Mishnah of Rabbi Akavyah, and two illustrations of תקונים, measures designed to repair damage caused by previously committed sins. Between them they represent the יד ימין, right hand. The wind never prevailed over the column of smoke that rose from the altar." The column of smoke alludes to the reminder of "where you came from" in Rabbi Akavyah's statement. The souls within the body are reminded of their original holy origin. Their root is with the One of whom it is said: עושה מלאכיו רוחות, "He makes the winds His messengers" (Psalms 104,4). The smoke which connects the meat of the offerings to the Higher Regions is viewed as a ladder of souls. All the souls stood at the foot of Mount Sinai at the time G–d gave the Torah and the Ten Commandments to spiritualized man and when the Mountain was enveloped in smoke. This was the moment, when, according to our tradition, the angels, i.e. the רוחות, protested that G–d would hand over His glory to Moses, to mortal man who had risen to take the Torah from Heaven. G–d then instructed Moses to engage in debate with the angels. At the end of the debate the angels said to G–d: "Give Your glory upon him" (Shabbat 88). This is the meaning of the statement in the Mishnah that the רוח, "wind," (messenger sent by G–d) did not prevail over the column of smoke.
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