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Obviously, it's not possible to encompass the issue in a few words and yet, we will try to highlight a few points.
The Gemara in Sukkah (5, B) says that the meaning of Chruv is a baby. In contrast, the Gemara in Yoma (54, A) sees the Cherubim as male and female. During the three pilgrim holidays, the Cherubim were exposed so all of the people coming to the temple could see them. The Cherubim were embraced in each other with the meaning "see your affection from G-d, like the affection between man and woman".
A baby symbolizes innocence and purity, and an absolute dependence on its mother. Adults have been affected by life and don't have an innocent look, but on the other hand, the relationship between them is mature and reaches to deeper layers, Adults can mark a target for their relationship, give it meaning and so on. In addition, the relationship is between equals, each partner contributes his share.
God spoke to Moses from between the two cherubim. Speech connects between two people, or in this case, between G-d and man. G-d's words came from between what symbolizes our connection – the Cherubim. On the one hand, we are completely dependent upon God. He is the ruler of the whole world and we are merely mortal. A baby cannot exist without a mother and we can't without G-d. On the other hand, G-d has given us the opportunity to be part of a significant relationship. There is reciprocity!
G-d will continue to exist even if Am Yisrael would violate the Torah, but his presence in the world will decrees. Am Yisrael through the Torah and it's commandment or even by living as the chosen nation, shows the world there is a leader. The part of Am Yisrael in this relation is significant and each side contributes his part.
They are two "faces", or view points to the Cherubim, a baby face who is completely dependent on his mother, and a couple with a great affection between them.
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
