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Wings of Desire: what is a 'cherub'?

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I dug into the sources and commentaries, trying to find out what a 'cherub' looks like. Bull? Bird? Baby? Two lovers? Symbols of symbols of symbols... * You can see the texts I used here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/380622?lang=bi * You can see more Torah-related work of mine on 58thcentury.world Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebjosh)

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