Gabriel

===Mystical Judaism===
In the [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic tradition]], Gabriel is identified with the [[sephirah]] of [[Yesod]]. Gabriel also has a prominent role as one of God's archangels in the Kabbalah literature. There, Gabriel is portrayed as working in concert with Michael as part of God's court. Gabriel is not to be prayed to because only God can answer prayers and sends Gabriel as his agent.<ref name=je/>

According to [[Jewish mythology]], in the [[Garden of Eden]] there is a [[Tree of life (biblical)|tree of life]] or the "tree of souls"<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dRi8v-j7OMC&q=%22Tree+of+Souls%22&pg=PA153 |title=Origins of the Kabbalah |access-date=1 May 2014|isbn=0691020477 |year=1990 |last1=Scholem |first1=Gershom Gerhard |publisher=Princeton University Press }}</ref> that blossoms and produces new [[souls]], which fall into the [[Guf]], the ''Treasury of Souls''. Gabriel reaches into the treasury and takes out the first soul that comes into his hand.