## The Gate of Unity Chapter 15

###### The Gate of Unity 15:1
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והנמשל מכל הנזכר לעיל יובן בבחינת רושם שנשאר בחלל ומקום פנוי הנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, the analogue of all of the above may be understood regarding the aspect of the impression-*Reshimu* which remained in the aforementioned “void” and “empty space.”


###### The Gate of Unity 15:2
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(שהוא יו"ד דס"ג שבטהירו עילאה כמו שכתוב בספר עמק המלך)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is the *Yod-*י of *Sa”G-*ס״ג (יו״ד ה״י וא״ו ה״י) of the Upper Purity, as stated in the book *Emek HaMelech*.)¹ – Shaar “*Yod* of the name of *Sa”G-*ס״ג.”

footnotes:
¹ See Emek HaMelech


###### The Gate of Unity 15:3
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שהוא בחינת היולי כולל כל מה שיסתעף ממנו על ידי הקו וחוט כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the aspect of the *Heyulie*, which includes everything that will [afterwards] branch out from it [into revelation] by means of the *Kav V’Chut* – Line and Thread.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:4
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וגם שנתעלם כללות האור העצמות עד שלא נשאר רק בחינת רשימו, עם כל זה ודאי הכל נכלל בו בקיצור על ידי זה הצמצום דווקא כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, although all the Light of the Essential Self of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, was concealed until only the aspect of an impression remained, nonetheless, as mentioned above, specifically through this *Tzimtzum*, everything is certainly included in it in short form.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:5
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וגם מה שהוא מורה העדר ההתפשטות למטה, אינו בחינת צמצום גמור

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Furthermore, although [the point of the *Reshimu*] indicates the absence of spreading down, [nonetheless] this is not an aspect of total *Tzimtzum.*


###### The Gate of Unity 15:6
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רק מצד שהוא בחינת כח ההיולי כו' כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is only because it is an [essential] *Heyulie* power [that it does not spread down], as explained above.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:7
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רק להיותו כח מגביל לכללות האור הראשון, על כן בלתי מתפשט רק דרך קו, לפי אופן ההשפעה כנזכר לעיל.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Rather, since it is a power that restrains the entire original light, therefore it does not spread forth except by way of a line, according to the manner [necessary] for influence, as mention before.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:8
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אמנם יובן מהנזכר לעיל דקו זה יש בו מכח האור הראשון שלפני הצמצום

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Nevertheless, from the above it is understood that this line-*Kav* possesses the power of the original [Limitless] Light that preceded the *Tzimtzum.*


###### The Gate of Unity 15:9
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בבחינת אין סוף ממש, רק שבא דרך קו, לפי אופן המקבלים כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Furthermore, this light] is [still] literally in an aspect of Limitlessness, except that it comes by way of a line, according to the manner [in which] the recipients [are capable of receiving].


###### The Gate of Unity 15:10
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ובזה יובן מה שכתוב באורך נראה אור

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Through this we may understand the verse,² “In Your light is light seen.”

footnotes:
² Psalms 186:2, “With You is the source of life, in Your light is seen light.”


###### The Gate of Unity 15:11
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בחינת הארה דהארה הנקרא אור של תולדה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is a secondary light,] a radiance of a radiance, which is called an “offspring light.”


###### The Gate of Unity 15:12
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שאחר הצמצום בוקע האור דרך קו בעלמא כו', אבל הוא בא מאורך העצמי להיות שברשימו הרי נכלל הכל וממנו נמשך הקו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For, [although] after the *Tzimtzum* the light breaks through by way of a mere line, it nevertheless comes from “Your” essential light, since everything is included within the *Reshimu*, and it is from [the *Reshimu*] that the *Kav*-Line is drawn.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:13
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בבחינת היולי לכללות השפע להיות בבחינת מעלה ומטה על כל פנים, כמו שכתוב בעץ חיים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[The *Kav-*line] is an aspect of a *Heyulie* for all the influence [of the chaining down of the worlds], and [it] brings about the dimensions of “up” and “down,” as stated in *Etz Chayim.*³

footnotes:
³ Etz Chayim, Drush Igullim V’Yosher, Shaar 1, Anaf 2.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:14
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ומזה הטעם יובן תירוץ על ב' ענינים הפכים שנמצא בקו זה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For this reason, we may [now] understand the answer to two [seemingly paradoxical] opposites that are found in this *Kav-*Line.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:15
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הא' אשר בכחו דוקא לאכללא שמאלא בימינא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The first [aspect of the *Kav-*line] is that it has the power to “include the left in the right etc.”⁴ beginning of Parshat Korach.

footnotes:
⁴ See Zohar,


###### The Gate of Unity 15:16
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שהוא בחינת ההתכללות והיחודים של כל האורות המסתעפים מכתר דאדם קדמון עד מלכות דאצילות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the aspect of the inter-inclusions and unifications of all the lights which branch out, from *Keter* of *Adam Kadmon* until *Malchut* of *Atzilut.*


###### The Gate of Unity 15:17
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עד שעל ידו דוקא יוחלף האור בכלי שאינו שלו, כמו אור החסד בכלי הגבורה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is specifically through [the *Kav-*line] that [it is possible for] a light to be exchanged into a vessel which is not its own, such as the light of *Chessed*-Kindness [being invested in] the vessel of *Gevurah*-Sternness.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:18
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כמו שכתוב במקום אחר באריכות בענין וא''ו דוהנורא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is in accordance to what is explained elsewhere at length in regard to the matter of the letter *Vav* (ו) of the word “The Awesome One-*VeHanora*-**ו**הנורא.”


###### The Gate of Unity 15:19
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והב' מה שנקרא בשם קו המדה דוקא, למדוד כל אורות וכלים כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The second [aspect of the *Kav*] is that it is specifically called the “Measuring Line,” in that it gives measure to all lights and vessels.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:20
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וכנזכר לעיל בענין הקו שנקרא אמת הבנין כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as we previously explained regarding the matter of the *Kav-*line, that it is called the “Builders Rod.”


###### The Gate of Unity 15:21
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שזהו היפוך ההתכללות לכאורה.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Now], at first glance, this seems to be the opposite of inter-inclusion [and unification] etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:22
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אך הענין הוא דשניהם אמת

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, [the explanation of] the matter is that both [these aspects of the *Kav-*line] are true.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:23
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ואדרבה הא בהא תליא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Quite the contrary, the [two] are interdependent.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:24
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משום דשרש זה הקו מכח הראשון דעצמיות אור אין סוף שלפני הצמצום הוא בא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because the **root** of this *Kav* comes from the original power of the Essential Self of the Limitless Light of the Unlimited One, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, which preceded the *Tzimzum*.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:25
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כנזכר לעיל בענין באורך דוקא נראה אור דקו זה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as explained above regarding the matter that “In Your light,” specifically, “light is seen,” [referring to the light] of this *Kav-*line.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:26
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ובכח האור העצמות דאין סוף ודאי יש לעשות בחינת התכללות ויחודים של כל ההפכים בכל ההשתלשלות מראש דאדם קדמון כו' עד מלכות דאצילות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Certainly, **it is within the power** of the essential light of the Unlimited One, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, to make inter-inclusions and unifications of all opposites throughout the entire chaining down [of the worlds], from the “top” of *Adam Kadmon,* until *Malchut* of *Atzilut*.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:27
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וכמאמר אנת הוא דמייחד לון ומקשר לון כו', אנת הוא מלגאו ומלבר כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is in accordance with the statement,⁵ “You are He who unifies them and binds them… You are He, inside and out.”

footnotes:
⁵ Introduction to Tikkunei Zohar, 17a.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:28
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וכן ענין שם מ''ה מלגאו דאיהו אורח כל האצילות כו' וכהאי גוונא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is also the [explanation of the] matter of “the name of *Ma”H-*מ״ה-45 (יו״ד ה״א וא״ו ה״א) within, which is the path of the entire Emanation-*Atzilut*,” and there are other such statements.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:29
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הכל הוא מצד הארת אור העצמות דאין סוף שבקו זה, שהולך ונמשך עד למטה במלכות, סוף כל דרגין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
All this [inter-inclusion and unification] is [possible] because of the radiance of the limitless light of The Unlimited One, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, which is within this *Kav* and goes and extends down until *Malchut,* the end of all the levels [of the world of *Atzilut*].


###### The Gate of Unity 15:30
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והיא הנותנת דוקא שיש בכחו למדוד מדה וגבול לכל אורות וכלים ולכל יחוד משפיע ומקבל, כמה יהיה מ''ד ומ''ן כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is for this very same reason that it is within the power [of the *Kav*] to measure every measurement and limitation. [That is, it measures] all lights and vessels, and all unifications of “influencer and recipient,” [determining exactly] how much the “masculine waters” and “feminine waters” will be.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:31
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מצד בחינת הרשימו המגביל לכל אור העצמות באופנים שונים כמו ששיער בעצמות אור אין סוף לפני הצמצום כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This [aspect of measurement comes] from the aspect of the *Reshimu-*impression, which limits all the light of the Essential Self in various manners, according to His estimation within the Essential Self of the limitless light of the Unlimited One, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, before the *Tzimtzum*.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:32
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ונמצא מצד עצמות האור שבקו נקרא בחינת היולי ליכלל ולחבר את הכל כו', ומצד כח הרשימו המגביל שבו מגביל שיעור ומדה לכל, על דרך אותו בחינת השיעור הראשון שנכלל ברשימו זו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
We find that from the angle of the Light of the Essential Self in the *Kav*-Line, it is considered to be an aspect of a *Heyulie* [the function of which is] to inter-include and unify everything, [whereas] from the angle of the limiting power of the *Reshimu* in it, it limits and gives measure to everything, according to the aspect of the first assessment [and estimation] which was included in this *Reshimu*.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:33
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על דרך משל אומן העושה רושם, שמגביל האופן של המעשה, שיהיה הכל מדוקדק כמו שהוחלט השיעור בעצמו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
By way of analogy, this is similar to an architect who drafts a blueprint, which defines the manner in which the [building will be] built, so that everything should be precisely according to how he decided within himself of how the measurements [should be].


###### The Gate of Unity 15:34
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שלא ינטה ימין ושמאל כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is done] so that he should neither stray to the left nor to the right [from his original plan].


###### The Gate of Unity 15:35
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ואף על פי שאם לפעמים יהיה תוספת אור בנאצלים, יתר מכפי מאמר קו המדה כו', היינו מכח האור העצמות דוקא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, although at times it is possible for there to be additional radiance in the emanated [*sefirot*], more so than the dictates of the “measuring line” (*Kav HaMidah*), this specifically comes about from the power of the Light of the Essential Self of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:36
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שלפעמים יאיר כך ולפעמים יאיר כך

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
At times it will radiate in one way, and at times it will radiate in another way.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:37
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ולזה הטעם כל בחינת התחדשות אור באבי''ע, הכל מעצמות אור אין סוף שלפני הצמצום דוקא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For this reason, any aspect of **new** light [found] within *ABY”A*⁶ and *Asiyah*. comes specifically from the Essential Self of the limitless light of the Unlimited One, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, which precedes the *Tzimtzum*.

footnotes:
⁶ Atzilut, Briyah, Yetzirah


###### The Gate of Unity 15:38
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דהיינו מפני שבאורו העצמי נראה אור בקו זה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because it is from His essential light, that light is seen within this *Kav-*line.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:39
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לפעמים בתוספת ולפעמים בגרעון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
At times there is additional [radiance] and at times there is diminished [radiance].


###### The Gate of Unity 15:40
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וכן בשינויי היחודים שבכל הפרצופים מאדם קדמון עד עקב דאדם קדמון בסוף העשיה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This also [accounts] for the changes [that take place] in the unifications of all the *Partzufim* (Statures), from [the top of] *Adam Kadmon* to the “heel” of *Adam Kadmon*, at the end of [the world of] *Asiyah.*


###### The Gate of Unity 15:41
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כמו השינוי מזמן בית המקדש לזמן הגלות וכהאי גוונא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
An example is the change between the time of the Holy Temple to the time of the exile, and the like.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:42
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ודרך כלל הרי אנו אומרים יהי רצון מלפניך

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Moreover, we generally [pray and] say, “May it be desirable before You.”


###### The Gate of Unity 15:43
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מלפני עצמותך ממש, שלמעלה מי׳ ספירות העצמיים גם כן

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This to say,] literally before Your Essential Self, which is even higher than the ten essential *sefirot*.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:44
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לשנות הרצון הפשוט שכבר נמשך בעצמות האור דאין סוף

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[We request that *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He] should change “The simple essential desire” that has already been drawn forth within the Essential Self of the limitless light of the Unlimited One.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:45
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לבא בשיעור ששיער בעצמו עד סיום הקו, באופן אחר, כמו מדין לחסד וכהאי גוונא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[That is, we request that it should be drawn forth] and come into the estimation which He estimated within Himself [for the entire chaining down of the worlds] until the end of the *Kav-*line, in an entirely different way, such as from Judgment (*Din*) to Kindness (*Chessed*), and the like.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:46
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וכנזכר לעיל (בסוף אות הט') בענין אני יהו״ה לא שניתי

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as previously explained (at the end of chapter nine) regarding the matter of “I *HaShem-*יהו״ה have not changed.”


###### The Gate of Unity 15:47
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בין רצון של חסד לדין באור הראשון שלפני הצמצום

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[That is,] in the original light that precedes the *Tzimtzum* there is no change between a desire for kindness or [a desire for] judgment.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:48
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מטעם הנזכר לעיל (באות יו''ד) בענין חפץ חסד שבעצמות ההיולי שנכלל בעצמות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is] because of the reason mentioned above (in chapter ten), regarding the matter of the essential *Heyulie* desire for kindness, which is completely included in the Essential Self of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:49
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שיש בו ג' מדריגות עד שבא בדבר פרט כו' (כמבואר באריכות באות י''א)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[It was previously explained] that there are three levels until it comes to a particular matter, (as explained at length in chapter eleven).


###### The Gate of Unity 15:50
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וכשאמרו אליו ולא למדותיו, מדבר גם במדותיו העצמיים שבאור העצמות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
When the Sages stated, “[Pray] to Him and not to His qualities” this even refers to His **essential** qualities, which are [one] with the light of His Essential Self.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:51
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מפני שהעצמות דאור אין סוף, לאו מכל אלין מדות כלל כו' ודי למבין.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because the Essential Self of the light of the Unlimited One, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, “is not of any of these qualities altogether.” This will suffice for those of understanding.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:52
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וזהו אנת הוא דמיחד לון כו', אנת דוקא, שזהו אנת הוא חד ולא בחושבן י׳ ספירות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the meaning of, “You are He who unifies them etc.” It specifically states, “You [are He],” referring to “He” who “is One, but not in [a way of] enumeration”⁷ of ten *sefirot.*

footnotes:
⁷ Introduction to Tikkunei Zohar 17a.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:53
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וכן מעצמות אור אין סוף דוקא בא כח הגבול והמדה אשר בבחינת רשימו שבקו שמחמת זה נקרא קו המדה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Similarly, the power of the *Reshimu* and the *Kav* to limit and measure, (which is why it is called “The Measuring Line” (*Kav HaMidah*)), comes specifically from the Essential Self of the Limitless Light of the Unlimited One, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:54
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והא בהא תליה דוקא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Moreover, [these two powers] are interdependent.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:55
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(וכמו שכתוב במקום אחר בענין כללות חסד וגבורה שבעצמות אור אין סוף

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is in accordance with what is stated elsewhere⁸ regarding the general matter of *Chessed* (Kindness) and *Gevurah* (Might) within the Essential Self of the limitless light of the Unlimited One, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He.

footnotes:
⁸ See Shaarei Teshuva 87a.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:56
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שהוא בחינת כח הגבול להגביל ולהעלים בעצמותו בעילוי אחר עילוי עד אין קץ ושיעור

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[It explains there] that [the *Gevurah* of His Essential Self] is the power of limitation, to limit and conceal, [thus withdrawing into] Himself [in a way of] elevation after elevation, endlessly and without measurement.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:57
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והיינו אור אין סוף למעלה עד אין קץ כו', ובחינת התפשטות האור למטה מטה עד אין תכלית שעל ידי הקו שנמשך מן הרשימו כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the meaning of the statement,⁹ “The light of the Unlimited One is above without end.” [In contrast, *Chessed* of His Essential Self] is the aspect of the spreading down of the light, “down below without conclusion,” by means of the *Kav* which extends from the *Reshimu*.

footnotes:
⁹ See Zohar Chadash, Yitro 34c. See also Tikkunei Zohar, 40b. See also Torat Chayim, Noach 69b, and footnote 11 there. The entire statement is, “The light of the Unlimited One is above without end, and below without conclusion.”


###### The Gate of Unity 15:58
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וב' קוין שקולין המה בבחינת אין סוף

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
These are two equally balanced lines, and [are both] completely in a state of being unlimited.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:59
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על כן גם בירידת האור דאין סוף בקו זה, שקולין ב' כחות הללו לצמצם ולהגביל או לחבר ולייחד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Therefore, even in the lowering of the Light of the Unlimited One within this line-*Kav*, these two powers, these being the power to restrain and limit and the power to bind and unify, are equal.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:60
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וכן ענין שינויי האור וההמשכה, אם בתוספת או בגרעון, כמו מזמן לזמן, כמו מחול לשבת ויום טוב, וכן מזמן בית המקדש לזמן הגלות, הכל בכח א' שקול, שנחלק לב' קוין חסד וגבורה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, regarding the matter of changes in the light and its expression, whether [it will be] with additional or diminished [revelation], such as [the difference] between the weekdays and Shabbat and Holidays, or the [difference between the] time of the Holy Temple and the time of exile, it all comes from one power. [This one power] divides into the two lines of *Chessed* and *Gevurah*, which are equally balanced.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:61
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הבא מכח ואור הראשון דעצמות אין סוף כמו שהוא בעצמו בבחינת חסד וגבורה כו' ודי למבין)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This comes from the power of the original light, that is, the Light of the Essential Self of the Unlimited One, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, from the aspects of *Chessed* and *Gevurah,* as He is, in and of Himself. This will suffice for those of understanding.)


###### The Gate of Unity 15:62
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והיינו כמבואר למעלה (באות הי''ד) דקו לגבי שטח הוא היולי

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is in accordance with what was explained above (in chapter fourteen), that a line is a *Heyulie* relative to a plane.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:63
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כולל על דרך אותו האור וכח העצמי שבעצמות של המשפיע, רק שבעצמות הוא בהרחבת הערך ביותר, ובקו זה בא כח זה עצמו בבחינת הצמצום שפע והמשכה למקבלים כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is to say,] it includes the essential power and light of the Essence of the Influencer, except that in the Essential Self it is [revealed] with great expanse, whereas in this line, the very same power comes [revealed] in an aspect of restricted influence and expression [according to the capacities] of the recipients.


###### The Gate of Unity 15:64
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ואם כן גם בבחינת צמצום והתפשטות שבו, משם הוא בא דווקא ודי למבין:

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This being the case, even the aspect of the restraint and expression of [the *Kav-*line], comes specifically from the Essential Self of the limitless light of the Unlimited One, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He. This will suffice for those of understanding.