Zadkiel ( , 'God is my Righteousness'), also known as Hasdiel, is an

archangel Archangels () are the second lowest rank of angel in the Catholic hierarchy of angels, based on and put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 5th or 6th century in his book ''De Coelesti Hierarchia'' (''On the Celestial Hierarchy'') ...

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and

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As an angel of mercy, some texts claim that Zadkiel is the unnamed biblical Angel of the Lord who holds back

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to prevent the patriarch from sacrificing his son,

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. Because of this, he is usually shown holding a dagger. Other texts cite

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or ''Tadhiel'' or some other angel as the angel intended, while others interpret the Angel of the Lord as a

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and

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, Zadkiel is associated with the

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. The angel's position in the

sephirot Sefirot (; , plural of ), meaning '' emanations'', are the 10 attributes/emanations in Kabbalah, through which Ein Sof ("infinite space") reveals itself and continuously creates both the physical realm and the seder hishtalshelut (the chained ...

is fourth, which corresponds to

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"Kindness".

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