Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Yoma 153:6

אמר כתיבו לי לישראל באכרגא כתבו ליה כתיבו לי רבנן באכרגא כתבו ליה בעידנא דבעו למיחתם עמד גבריאל מאחורי הפרגוד ואמר (תהלים קכז, ב) שוא לכם משכימי קום מאחרי שבת אוכלי לחם העצבים כן יתן לידידו שנא מאי כן יתן לידידו שנא א"ר יצחק אלו נשותיהן של תלמידי חכמים שמנדדות שינה בעולם הזה וזוכות לעולם הבא ולא השגיחו עליו

This is what is written: But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days; but lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I was left over there beside the kings of Persia.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Dan. X, 13. This verse is ingeniously used to build up the present Aggadah.');"><sup>16</sup></span> Twenty-one provinces and the port of Mashmahig<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A place on an island of the Persian Gulf, famous for pearl fisheries. V. R. H., Sonc. ed., p. 99, n. 5. V. D. S. as to the MSS. which omit this whole passage.');"><sup>17</sup></span> were given to him. Thereupon he said: Put down for me Israel for the polltax! They did so.

Mesilat Yesharim

Our sages of blessed memory already expounded on the verse: "I have come because of your words" (Daniel 10:12) - "that Gavriel was not allowed to re-enter behind the heavenly curtain until he had pleaded in defense of Israel" (Yoma 77a). And on Gideon it was said "go in with your might" (Shoftim 6:14) - "because he pleaded in defense of Israel" (Yalkut Shimoni 247:62).
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