Editing Samael (section)

===Kabbalah===
In [[Kabbalah]], Samael is described as the "severity of God" and is listed as fifth of the [[archangel]]s of the world of [[Beri'ah]]. Among his portions are Esau, the people who inherit the sword and bring war; the goats and [[se'irim]] (demons); and the [[Destroying angel (Bible)|destroyer angels]].<ref name="Yisraeli" />

Although both Samael and [[Lilith]] are major demons in earlier Jewish traditions, they do not appear paired until the second half of the thirteenth century, when they are introduced together.<ref>{{Cite journal |first=Joseph|last=Dan|date=April 1980 |title=Samael, Lilith, and the concept of evil in early Kabbalah |journal=[[AJS Review]] |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|location=Cambridge, England|volume=5 |pages=17–40 |doi=10.1017/S0364009400000052|s2cid=161672440}}</ref> Lilith is a demon created alongside [[Adam]], originally created for the role [[Eve]] would fill, who then becomes Samael's bride. With her, Samael created a host of demon children, including a son, the "Sword of Samael"<ref name="Guiley2009">{{Cite book |author=Rosemary Ellen Guiley |author-link=Rosemary Ellen Guiley |title=The Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHosWhaeWDQC&pg=PA222 |year=2009 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-3191-7 |pages=222ff}}</ref> (or of [[Asmodai]]).<ref>{{Cite web |website=Liber 777 Notes |url=http://test.thelemistas.org/Apps/get777ColumnNotes/col_8,10 |title=Lilith the younger |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025174401/http://test.thelemistas.org/Apps/get777ColumnNotes/col_8,10 |archive-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>

In the Kabbalistic work ''[[Treatise on the Left Emanation]]'', Samael is part of the [[qlippoth]], prince of all demons, and spouse of Lilith.<ref name=Patai/> The two are said to parallel Adam and Eve, being emanated together from the Throne of Glory as a counterpart. [[Asmodeus]] is also mentioned to be subservient to Samael and married to a younger or alternate, lesser Lilith.<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Kristen E. |last1=Kvam |first2=Linda S. |last2=Schearing |first3=Valarie H. |last3=Ziegler |title=Eve and Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender |publisher=[[Indiana University Press]] |location=Bloomington |date=1999 |isbn=978-0253212719 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/eveadamjewishchr00kris/page/221 221–222] |url=https://archive.org/details/eveadamjewishchr00kris/page/221 }}</ref> According to the treatise (secondary source) which is unconfirmed, God castrated Samael in order not to fill the world with their demonic offspring.<ref name=Patai/>

In the [[Zohar]], one of Kabbalah's principal works, Samael is described as a leader of the divine forces of destruction, part of the qlippoth. He is mentioned again as the serpent's rider,<ref name=Or/> and is described as having mated with [[Eisheth|Eisheth Zenunim]], [[Naamah (demon)|Na'amah]], and [[Agrat bat Mahlat]], all being "angels" of [[sacred prostitution]].<ref>{{Cite web |first=Erika D. |last=Johnson |url=http://www.rosetta.bham.ac.uk/issue5/myth-of-sacred-prostitution-in-antiquity/ |access-date=2012-12-13 |df=dmy-all |title=Myth of sacred prostitution in antiquity |website=rosetta.bham.ac.uk}}</ref> Notably, the same work later calls him [[Azazel]],<ref name=Or/> which might be a case of mistaken identity, as Azazel may be himself in Zoharistic lore a combination of the angels [[Ouza]] and [[Azrael]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://files.kabbalahmedia.info/files/eng_t_ml-sefer-zohar.pdf |title=Sefer-Zohar |language=EN |first=Michael Rav |last=Laitman}}</ref>

It is also said that the [[Baal Shem Tov]] summoned Samael to make him do his bidding.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Tales of the Hasidim |first=Martin |last=Buber |author-link=Martin Buber|publisher=[[Schocken Books]]|location=New York City|date=1947|isbn=978-0-307-83407-2|page=77}}</ref>