Hasmalim (Chasmalim; Hasmallim)
In Jewish lore, a high-ranking order of angels, along with the Cherubim and Seraphim . The hasmalim are sometimes equated with Dominions . Their name means “brilliant ones” and the “ Chaioth ” or “living creatures,” also a reference to a high class of Merkabah angels (see Seraphim ).
The fiery hasmalim support the throne of God. In his heavenly journey, the prophet Ezekiel sees a sapphire-like throne occupied by a humanlike form, in a reference to the “glory of the Lord” or also one of the Hasmalim: And upward from what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it were gleaming bronze, like the appearance of fire enclosed round about; and downward from what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it was a brightness round about him. (Ezekiel 1:27)
Hasmalim have been given different rankings. The Zohar places them sixth highest; the Maseket Azilut seventh; and the Berith Menucha fourth, by which EL (God) framed the effigies of bodies. Angels named as rulers of the hasmalim are Hasmal, Zadkiel, and Zacharael. In the Kabbalah , the Hasmalim belong to Yetzirah, the World of Formation, ruled by Metatron. Their sweat from carrying the throne of God forms a fiery river, Dinur.