Musar for Berakhot 5:6

לעולם קסבר שלש משמרות הוי הלילה והא קא משמע לן דאיכא משמרות ברקיע ואיכא משמרות בארעא דתניא רבי אליעזר אומר שלש משמרות הוי הלילה ועל כל משמר ומשמר יושב הקדוש ברוך הוא ושואג כארי שנאמר ה' ממרום ישאג וממעון קדשו יתן קולו שאוג ישאג על נוהו

His opinion is certainly that there are three watches in the night ; but his intention is to inform us that there are watches in heaven as on earth. For there is a teaching : R. Eliezer says : There are three watches in the night, and at each watch, the Holy One, blessed be He, sits enthroned and roars like a lion ; as it is said, "The Lord doth roar from on high, and utter His voice from His holy habitation ; He doth mightily roar because of His fold " (Jer. xxv. 30). A sign for the matter [of the three earthly night-watches] is :

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