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Ha Satan

I find it curious that when examining
the wisdom of the Rabbis that’s  
preserved for us within
the Mishna, Talmud, and
Tosefta, too
I nowhere find the Satan viewed
as one to be despised.
 
He’s never named the Evil One
or Father of all lies
or fatal enemy of “man”
or far beyond “I Am’s” control.
 
In fact he’s there acknowledged as
(see Bava Bathra’s testament in 16b)  
a faithful servant of ha Shem,
hard burdened with a thankless but
a necessary holy task
within the divinized economy.
 
 
Nor is there any story told
within these works
of how he pridefully rebelled
against the Lord
and as a consequence
was then expelled
from any gloried realm
before God voiced his “Let there be!”  
initiating the creation of the earth.
He’s still among
the bene Elohim.  
 
So it seems your claims
about this “soul”
are things set out  within
some poorly written lines
but also the theology  
that is for you a norm
is ill informed.
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A claim of J-Z about the figure called Satan
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