Jewish Angelarchy

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Maimonides, in his Yad ha-Chazakah: Yesodei ha-Torah, counts ten ranks of angels in the Jewish Angelarchy, beginning from the highest:

  1. Chayot
  2. Ophanim
  3. Erelim (see Isaiah 33:7)
  4. Hashmallim (see Ezekiel 1:4)
  5. Seraphim
  6. Malakhim ("angels")
  7. Elohim ("godly beings")
  8. Bene Elohim ("sons of Godly beings")
  9. Cherubim, (see Talmud Hagigah 13b)
  10. Ishim ("manlike beings", see Daniel 10:5)

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