Poor Satan, so misunderstood.

Yes, this is one criticism that Judaism has with Christianity. Jews allege that Satan is in fact the Tempter, but that his function has a benevolence about it, because although he tries to trip you up, it is ultimately for your gain-- school of hard knocks kind of thing.Conversely, Christians model after what Jesus spoke of Satan, the Aversary, who goes to and fro the earth like a prowling lion. There is another aspect that differs considerably. According to the Christian paradigm, Satan and the Fallen Angels fell after being given the choice to either stand with God or try to become as God themselves. 2/3 of the angelic hosts decided to rebel.Now they are angry because they have no saving grace. They see humans and how God deals with them, always forgiving them. And so the demons make it their life's work to interfere in someone's life so that they can be condemned as they are out of their jealousy.The question is, angelic beings like seraphim, which Satan would have been based off of the description, were never creatures of freewill. If they never had a freewill to question God in the first place, then how were they even given the option of a freewill by God? Its not so much that they hate Satan as it is that he hates them. He has devoted his temporal time to seeing all people be accursed by God. So they try to avoid him like the plague. Most Christians will say that you should not pray for Satan because he has his lot in life, and nothing will change it. He is supposed to be destined for perdition, whereas all of mankind can be saved, even those who persecute you.

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“This life’s dim windows of the soul, distorts the heavens from pole to pole, and goads you to believe a lie, when you see with and not through the eye.” -William Blake