A Midrash: When Moses ascended to heaven to receive
Torah the angels complained, “What is
flesh and blood doing here, among us?” they wailed.
HaKadosh Baruch Hu responded,
“He is here to receive the Torah.”
“Nine
hundred seventy- four generations have passed since the inception of the
world. Since that time Your word has
been safe with us. And now you want to
give it to such beings??”
HaKadosh Baruch Hu responded,
“They can do teshuvah.”
Hearing the clamor raging in
heaven, Moses grew afraid. What if the
angels grew spiteful and destroyed him?
HaKadosh Baruch Hu soothed
Moses’ anxiety saying, “Hold My throne and you will be safe.”
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