Likutei Moharan 212:1/ליקוטי מוהר"ן רי״ב:א׳

1This is the aspect of clapping, by means of which we are able to peer at God’s portrait.

2God’s portrait consists of the representations by which we depict Him: merciful, compassionate, and the other sobriquets and representations with which we address Him. All these representations were revealed by the neviim (prophets). NeVIim is the aspect of the spoken word of prayer, as in (Isaiah 57:19), “a NIV (expression) of the lips.” Thus, when we express the portrayals and representations with our lips and we clap hands, we fulfill “by the hands of the prophets I am depicted” (Hosea 12:11). For the prophets are the words, and the hand-clapping is “the hands of the prophets.” Then the DiMyon (representation) is revealed, in the aspect of “by the hands of the prophets aDaMeh (I am depicted).” And with this, [the verse,] “he peers at God’s portrait,” is fulfilled (Numbers 12:8).