Erelim

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{{Short description|Angel class in Judaism}}

Erelim ({{Langx|he|אֶרְאֶלִּים}}, ʾErʾellīm; sing. אֶרְאֵל, ʾErʾēl; "valiant ones"), is a class of angel whose existence is derived from a verse in the book of Isaiah{{Cite web|title=Chabad|url=https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15964/showrashi/true/jewish/Chapter-33.htm|website=Chabad}}{{Cite book|last=Scherman|first=Rabbi Nosson|title=Stone Edition Tanach|publisher=ArtScroll Mesorah Publications|year=1996|isbn=978-0827608047|pages=1008}}{{Cite book|last=Dennis|first=Geoffrey W.|title=The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism: Second Edition|publisher=Llewellyn|year=2016|isbn=978-0738745916|pages=128}}{{Cite book|last=Davidson|first=Gustav|title=Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels|publisher=Free Press|year=1994|isbn=978-0029070529|pages=107}} regarding the impending invasion of Jerusalem by Sennacherib during the reign of King Hezekiah.

While the erelim are ascribed numerous functions in Jewish and Kabbalistic texts and literature, they most often appear to be associated with moments of death and national tragedy. They appear in multiple angelic hierarchies, ranking first among the ten orders of angels in the Berit Menuchah,{{Cite book|last=Davidson|first=Gustav|title=Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels|publisher=Free Press|year=1994|isbn=978-0029070529|pages=337}} second in the Zohar, third by Maimonides,{{Cite web|last=Maimon|first=Salomon|title=Mishneh Torah|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Mishneh_Torah%2C_Foundations_of_the_Torah.2.7?ven=The_Mishneh_Torah_by_Maimonides._trans._by_Moses_Hyamson,_1937-1949&lang=bi|website=Sefaria}}{{Cite book|last=Davidson|first=Gustav|title=Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels|publisher=Free Press|year=1994|isbn=978-0029070529|pages=336}}{{Cite web|last=Maimon|first=Salomon|title=Yesodei haTorah|url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/904962/jewish/Yesodei-haTorah-Chapter-Two.htm|website=Chabad}} and tenth in the Maseket Azilut.