When he passed, the river of fire called Rigyon met him, whose coals burn the angels and burn human beings. The Holy One, blessed be He, took him and brought him across it. Gallizur met him, the one of whom it is written that from the mouth of the Most High goes forth neither the evil nor the good, and he reveals the secrets (or: tastes) of the Rock, and his wings are spread out to receive the breath of the living creatures, for were he not to receive it, the ministering angels would be burned by the breath of the living creatures. And again, one angel, Gallizur, stands and says: This year wheat will prosper and wine will be cheap.
The Angel Gallizur
Pesikta Rabbati 20:4
כִּיוָן שֶׁעָבַר פָּגַע בּוֹ רִיגְיוֹן נָהָר שֶׁל אֵשׁ שֶׁגֶּחָלָיו שׂוֹרְפִים אֶת הַמַּלְאָכִים וְשׂוֹרְפִים בְּנֵי אָדָם. נְטָלוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וְהֶעֱבִירוֹ מִמֶּנּוּ. פָּגַע בּוֹ גַּלִּיצוּר שֶׁכָּתַב בּוֹ מִפִּי עֶלְיוֹן לֹא תֵצֵא הָרָעוֹת וְהַטּוֹב, וְהוּא מְגַלֶּה טַעֲמֵי צוּר, וּכְנָפָיו פּוֹרְשִׂים לְקַבֵּל הֶבֶל הַחַיּוֹת, שֶׁאִלְמָלֵא אֵין מְקַבְּלוֹ נִשְׂרָפִים מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת מֵהֶבֶל הַחַיּוֹת. וְשׁוּב מַלְאָךְ אֶחָד גַּלִּיצוּר עוֹמֵד וְאוֹמֵר שָׁנָה זוֹ חִטִּין יַצְלִיחוּ וְיַיִן יָזוֹל.
Themes
Original Sources
- Pesikta Rabbati 20:4
- Sefer ha-Zikhronot 52:8.