What are the wings of the sun?
We normally think of wings as the limbs with which birds, angels and the like propel themselves through the air. However, the Hebrew word כנף (KaNaF), although usually translated as “wing,” also has the connotation of a “cover” (see Isaiah 6:2). While a cover may hide that which lies behind it, it can also serve to reveal something important about it at the same time (cf. Likutey Moharan I, 63). Thus our clothes serve to cover over our nakedness, but they also reveal important information about our personalities, social status, aspirations and so on. The “wings” of the sun clothe God’s glory in order that it can be revealed to His creatures. The wings (כנפים , kenafayim) are the “garments” through which Godliness is revealed, as it is written (Ecclesiastes 10:20), “That which has wings will tell the matter, DaVaR” – the DeVaR HaShem, the Word of God through which the Heavens were formed (cf. Likutey Moharan I, 60 end). The wings of the sun are the perfected “vessels” of Godly revelatio
