44. The third compartment OF THE SEVEN IN THE UPPER EARTH is a place of tongues of fire and rising smoke. There, the streams of the River of Fire (Nahar Dinur) gush forth, BECAUSE THIS IS THE SOURCE OF THE RIVER OF FIRE. It is a crematorium the souls of the evil, the place where fire comes down upon the heads of the wicked - THOSE WHO DWELL UNDERNEATH, IN GEHENOM. And there reside also the angels of destruction, whose task it is to crush the souls that dwell IN GEHENOM.

45. There can be found sometimes slanderers, who speak evil of Yisrael and who lead them away FROM THE PATH OF GOOD, BUT THEY CAN DO YISRAEL NO HARM if Yisrael take precautions to keep them away. They are governed by one minister from the left side. All THE ANGELS THERE are from the side of darkness, as it says, "and darkness on the face of the deep." And the evil angel Samael resides in this compartment.