Thursday, May 4, 2017

song poetry - Why "מלאכי השרת" in only the first stanza of "Shalom Alechem"?


The first stanza of the popular Friday-night song "שלום עליכם" calls angels "מלאכי השלום מלאכי השרת מלאכי עליון" (or, in other versions, just "מלאכי השרת מלאכי עליון"). The other stanzas call them merely "מלאכי השלום מלאכי עליון". Why the change? That is, why does the first stanza and no other call the angels "מלאכי השרת"?




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