The River Of Fire

It was taught in a baraita: Rabbi says in the name of Abba Yosei ben Dosai: "A thousand thousands ministered to Him" (Daniel 7:10) is the number of a single troop, "and of His troops there is no number" (Job 25:3). And Rabbi Yirmeyah bar Abba said: "A thousand thousands ministered to Him" refers to the river of fire, as it is said: "A river of fire issued and came forth from before Him; a thousand thousands ministered to Him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him" (Daniel 7:10). From where does it issue? From the sweat of the holy creatures. And to where does it pour out? Rav Zutra bar Toviyya said in the name of Rav: Upon the head of the wicked in Gehenna, as it is said: "Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in fury, a whirling storm; it shall whirl upon the head of the wicked" (Jeremiah 23:19). Shmuel said to Chiyya bar Rav: Son of a lion! Come, let me tell you one of those excellent matters that your father used to say: Each and every day ministering angels are created from the river of fire, and they recite song and cease to be, as it is said: "They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness" (Lamentations 3:23). And this disagrees with Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani. For Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said in the name of Rabbi Yonatan: With each and every utterance that goes forth from the mouth of the Holy One, blessed be He, one angel is created from it, as it is said: "By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host" (Psalms 33:6).