וַיִּדַּ֥ר יַעֲקֹ֖ב נֶ֣דֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־יִהְיֶ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים עִמָּדִ֗י וּשְׁמָרַ֙נִי֙ בַּדֶּ֤רֶךְ הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י הוֹלֵ֔ךְ וְנָֽתַן־לִ֥י לֶ֛חֶם לֶאֱכֹ֖ל וּבֶ֥גֶד לִלְבֹּֽשׁ׃
At nanata si Jacob ng isang panata, na sinasabi: “Kung ang Diyos ay sasama sa akin, at iingatan Niya ako sa daang ito na aking nilalakaran, at bibigyan Niya ako ng tinapay na makakain at ng damit na maisusuot,
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.