Likutay Moharan - Torah-teaching 212

212 - This is aspects of clapping hand to hand

[In the language of our Rebbe, his memory for blessing] This is aspects of clapping hand to hand, because by this they gaze in the image of G-d, because the image of G-d is the images that we imagine Him merciful and gracious and other designations and images that we call Him, all these images the prophets revealed, and prophets this is aspects of speech of the prayer, as "expression of lips" and when we speak with our lips the images and the imaginings and clap with hands then is fulfilled "By the hand of the prophets I am imaged" [Hosea 12] because the prophets are the speeches and the hands are the hand of the prophets, and then the imagination is revealed, aspects of: "And by the hand of the prophets I am imaged" and is fulfilled "And the image of G-d he shall gaze" [Numbers 12] also clapping hand this is aspects of "And hands of man from under their wings" [Ezekiel 10] because the wings are the speeches, aspects of "And the owner of wings will tell a matter" [Ecclesiastes 10] also the prayer is included in Torah shebiksav (Written Torah) and Torah shebe'al peh (Oral Torah) that they are two hands, hand that writes and hand that seals. The speech comes by connection to tzadikim as brought mouth is called from the side of tzadik [see regarding all the above in Tikkun 18] [from sign 209 until here, in the language of our Rebbe his memory for blessing].