The Holy Scripture
Chapter XXIII
There are numerous winds blowing under the wings of the Kerubim. | There blows “‘the Brooding Wind", as it is written (Gen. 1. 2): “and the wind of God was brooding upon the face of the waters ".
There blows “the Strong Wind'”, as it is said (Ex. xiv. 21): “and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night”.
There blows “the East Wind!” as it is written (Ex. x. 13): “the east wind brought the locusts ”
There blows ''the Wind of Quails?" as it is written (Num. xi. 31): " And there went forth a wind from the Lord and brought quails”
There blows “the Wind of Jealousy” as it is written (Num. v. 14): “And the wind of jealousy came upon him”’
There blows the “ Wind of Earthquake " as it is written (1 Kings. xix. 11): ‘‘and after that the wind of the earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake "
‘There blows the “Wind of FH" ?as it is written (Ex. xxxvii. 1): “and he carried me out by the wind of H and set me down ” |
There blows the *' Evil Wind "? as it is written (1 Sam. xvi. 23): “and the evil wind departed from him.
There blow the “Wind of Wisdom” °and the “Wind of Understanding” and the “ Wind of Knowledge” and the “Wind of the Fear of H'"* as it is written (Is. xi. 2): '' And ®the wind of® H’ shall rest upon him; "the wind of wisdom and understanding, the wind of counsel aad might, the wind of knowledge and of the fear of H'".
!T'here blows the “Wind of Wrath”, as it is written (Job i. 19): “and behold there came a great wind from the wilderness and smote the four corners of the house and it fell.
There blows the Storm-Wind ”, as it is written (Ps. cxlviii. 8): “Storm-wind, fulfilling his word ".
And Satan is standing among these winds, for ‘‘storm-wind ” is nothing else but ‘‘ Satan ”®, and all these winds do not blow but . under the wings of the Kerubim, as it is written (Ps. xviii. 11): “‘and he rode upon a cherub and did fly, yea, and he flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind”.
And whither go all these winds #? The Scripture teaches us, that they go out from under the wings of the Kerubim and descend on the globe of the sun, as it is written (Eccl. i. 6): ‘The wind goeth toward the south and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course and the wind returneth again to its circuits ” And from the globe of the sun they return and descend upon [!sthe rivers and 5 the seas, upon] the mountains and upon the hills, as it is written (Am. iv. 13): ‘For lo, he that formeth the mountains and createth the wind ".
And from the mountains and the hills they return and descend to the seas and the rivers; and from the seas and the rivers they return and descend upon 1” 1 (the) cities and provinces; and from the cities and provinces they return and descend into the Garden, and from the Garden they return and descend to Eden, as it is written (Gen. iii. 8): “walking in the Garden in the wind of day". And in the midst of the Garden they join together and blow from one side to