Angelic choir

Chashmalim

Chashmalim (Brilliant Ones)

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The oldest attribution here is Angelic choir of Chesed, first attested 1170 CE.

Angelic choir of

  • Chesed

    Traditional
    Who says so
    No school has been identified
    Earliest verified attestation
    1170 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet checked

    Fourth of Maimonides's ranks. The Chashmalim reveal themselves 'through fiery flashes of light' according to medieval commentary; the name derives from Ezekiel 1:4.

    Evidence

    1. Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon, Rambam), Mishneh Torah, 1170–1180 — Yesodei HaTorah 2:7

      · Original Hebrew, Maimonides c. 1180

      There are ten names given to the angels: Chayot HaKodesh, Ophanim, Erelim, Chashmalim, Seraphim, Malachim, Elohim, B'nei Elohim, Cherubim, and Ishim.

      Maimonides's ten angelic ranks. The pairing of each class with a specific sephirah is a later Kabbalistic development. Available on Sefaria.

    2. Aleister Crowley, 777, 1907–1909 — Table VI, col. IX

      · First edition, 1909 (anonymous)

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