angels are beings whose primary domain lies in what Jewish mysticism calls the world of formation (Yetzirah), a world where pure energies reign. These energies are analogous to the currents of energy that we associate with feelings and emotions.

When we focus on doing a good deed or performing one of the Torah’s commandments, for example, our very intent creates an angel.

Moreover, the Evening Prayer joined the morning and afternoon prayers (inaugurated by Abraham and Isaac) to create three “legs” for the Divine Throne.

Jacob originated the Evening Prayer by praying at night before lying down, he restored the light of the moon—that is, the light of the Jewish people:

Spiritual obstacles arise in our daily life when we have difficulty making the right ethical or spiritual decisions.

We carry a reminder in our bodies of the light of the moon,

God created sleep so that we could attain insights that were unattainable in our waking state.

While awake, we can give solidity to our ideas; while asleep, we can create anew.

The Jewish sages said that the soul of the Jewish people can best be understood in terms of the moon, rather than the sun.