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Verse 1 in Chapter 19 states: “The two angels arrived in Sodom in the evening.” However, in verses 10 and 12, the angels are called “people.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be clear: Angels don\u2019t have wings!<\/span><\/p>\n

Our forefather Jacob had a dream: “and behold, a stairway was set on the ground and its top reached to the sky, and angels of God were going up and down on it.” (28:12). It is clear that angels do not have wings, for if they had wings, they would not need a ladder.<\/span><\/p>\n

An angel is only a messenger! Not only of God. In the days of the Bible, the verb related to the Hebrew word for angel means “I sent.” Furthermore, the word \u201ccraft\u201d or \u201clabor\/work\u201d (melacha<\/em>) means \u201cthat which my hand sends forth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Our forefather Abraham saw (Chapter 18) the three angels but did not know that they were Divine angels; so, too, with Gideon (Judges 6:11) and Samson’s mother (Judges 13: 3).<\/span><\/p>\n

Who had wings? The cherubim that hovered above the Ark of the Covenant, in which the tablets of the covenant were placed (Exodus 25:20-22).<\/span><\/p>\n

In Tel Aviv you can see a huge statue commemorating this – in the Hatikva neighborhood near Beit Danny. In 1991, one of Saddam Hussein\u2019s Iraqi missiles hit the edge of the neighborhood but missed the homes of the residents that it targeted – just as they were reading the weekly Torah portion about the cherubim shielding the cover of the Ark with their wings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seraphim also have wings, as evidenced in Chapter 6 of Isaiah. But angels do not.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is interesting to note that the Italian artist Michelangelo (hence his name: the angel Michael!) was careful in all his works, since they were inspired by the Bible, not to draw winged angels. 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