The Zohar in Parashat Shemot talks about the verse:
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ אִ֖ישׁ מִבֵּ֣ית לֵוִ֑
A certain man of the house of Levi. (Exodus 2:1)
The simple understanding is that the pasuk is talking about Amram, Moshe Rabenu’s father. The Zohar hints that the verse also refers to Gabriel. The Holy Zohar explains that whenever the Torah says the word אִ֖ישׁ (man), it hints to Gabriel. The verse in Daniel proofs that Gabriel is referred as אִ֖ישׁ:
וְהָאִ֣ישׁ גַּבְרִיאֵ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ רָאִ֨יתִי בֶחָז֤וֹן
The man Gabriel, whom I had previously seen in the vision (Daniel 9:21)
When it says מִבֵּ֣ית לֵוִ֑ the Zohar explains, that it refers to the Shechina (Divine Presence). The tribe of Levi is related with the esoteric aspect of the left pilar that represents judgement. The Cohen is related with the aspect of Chesed, Levi with Gevurah and Israel in the middle.
The verse(Exodus 2:1) continues:
וַיִּקַּ֖ח אֶת־בַּת־לֵוִֽי
… and married a Levite woman.
The meaning of a Levite woman, the Zohar explains, is the neshama(soul). To sum up, Gabriel, with the quality of the Shechina, comes and takes the Neshama. The Zohar says that Hashem calls Gabriel when He need the soul of a righteous person. The Angel Gabriel takes the Neshama from Gan Eden and places into a body. The neshama of all of the Tzadikim (righteous people) went through this process done by the Angel Gabriel.
There is a contradiction since it says elsewhere, in the Zohar, that a different angel, called Lailah...
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