Likutei Moharan, Part II 7:12/ליקוטי מוהר"ן·תנינא ז׳:י״ב

112. This is also the concept of healthy lungs. When the lungs are healthy, they comprise all the aforementioned concepts. This is because the lungs brighten the eyes, as our Sages, of blessed memory, taught (Chullin 49a). This corresponds to the disciple, whose insight is the concept of “I beheld the Lord.”

2The lungs also bring on sleep. The insight of the son—namely, the insight of mah, as in “Mah did you see?…”—is synonymous with sleep, as in “no eye has seen it but You, O Lord” (Isaiah 64:3).

3The ruach- of-life inside the lungs corresponds to the makifim, the concept of “the ruach (wind) goes round and round” (Ecclesiastes 1:6) ; and of “A ruach (spirit) swept over my face” (Job 4:15), which alludes to the Light of the Face.

4Now, when the lung’s “oils” are balanced, the Light of the Face shines, as in “oil brightens the face.” In other words, it is the lung’s “oils” that cause the Light of the Face, the makifim, to shine.

5And the Light of the Face/ makifim, which is the revelation of Desire, is revealed in the aforementioned hands that are in the Sea of Wisdom, as in “You open Your hand…,” as discussed above. This is the concept of ChaTaKh—the last letters of poteiaCh eT yadeKha (“You open Your hand”) and the Holy Name associated with livelihood, as is brought. ChaTaKh is twice the numerical value of RUaCh. In other words, it is in the aforementioned hands that the makifim— the concepts of “the ruach goes round and round” and “A ruach swept over my face”—are revealed.

6And this is the meaning of “Human hands were under their wings” (Ezekiel 1:8). This alludes to the lobes of the lungs, where the ruach circulates, the concept of makifim, from which the light of the hands is drawn, as discussed above.

7This is also the meaning of “Man’s ruach (spirit) sustains him in his illness” (Proverbs 18:14). “Man’s ruach” alludes to the aforementioned ruach -of-life, the concept of “the ruach goes round and round”/ makifim, from which livelihood and sustenance are drawn down, as in “sustains….”