## The Gate of Unity Chapter 16

###### The Gate of Unity 16:1
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והנה מעתה יש להבין בפרטי ענין הקו וחוט זה, איך שיש בו בחינת מקיפים ופנימיים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
We now must understand the specifics of the matter of this Line and Thread (*Kav V’Chut*), [and] how it has [both] the aspects of encompassing [lights] and inner [lights].¹, and inner lights are called *Pnimim*.

footnotes:
¹ Encompassing lights are called Makifim


###### The Gate of Unity 16:2
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כמו שכתוב בעץ חיים מתעגל וחוזר ומתעגל כו' (כמו שכתוב במקום אחר באריכות)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated in *Etz Chayim*,² “It circles and returns and re-encircles,” (as explained elsewhere at length).

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


###### The Gate of Unity 16:3
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ובחינת מקיף ועיגול הראשון הוא הנקרא טהירו תתאה כו', והוא בחינת המקיף הכללי שמקיף לד' עולמות דאבי''ע בשווה כמו שכתוב בעץ חיים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[It is] this aspect of the first encompassing circle that is called “the Lower Purity.”³ The Lower Purity This is the aspect of the general encompassing [light], which encompasses the four worlds of *ABY”A*⁴ and *Asiyah*. equally, as stated in [the beginning of] *Etz Chayim*.

footnotes:
³ Tihiroo Tata’a –
⁴ Atzilut, Briyah, Yetzirah


###### The Gate of Unity 16:4
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ותחלה יש להקדים כללות ענין הקו הזה, איך שהוא בחינת היולי כללי לכל הסתעפות המשכות פרטיים הרבה שמסתעפים ממנו עד סוף העשיה כו' כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, let us first preface with [an explanation] of the general matter of the Line (*Kav*), [to understand] how it is the aspect of a general *Heyulie* for all the many particular influences that “branch out” from it, until the end of the [world of] *Asiyah*, as mentioned previously.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:5
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ויובן זה על דרך משל הידוע בענין מחשבה כללית

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This may be understood by way of the well-known analogy regarding the matter of a general thought.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:6
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שבמחשבה זו הכללית צופה ומביט עד סוף כל הדורות בסקירה א' (ובלשון הרמב''ם היינו מה שבידיעת עצמו יודע את כל הנבראים כמו שכתוב במקום אחר)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
With this general thought, “He gazes and sees to the end of all generations…with one glance.”⁵ (As Maimonides⁶ expresses it, this is the [meaning of his] statement, “With the knowledge of Himself, He knows all creatures,” as explained elsewhere at length.)

footnotes:
⁵ Talmud Bavli, Rosh HaShanah 18a
⁶ Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Yesodot HaTorah 8:9-10; Also see Tanya, Ch. 42 and 48.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:7
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וביאור הדברים ידוע שיש ב' מיני רצון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
As known, the explanation of these things is that there are two types of desire.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:8
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א' רצון הפשוט שבעצמות שנכלל בעצמותו ממש, שלא נקרא עדיין בשם בחינת מחשבה ורצון כללי כי מתאחד עדיין בעצמותו ממש

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The first is the simple [essential] desire of the Essential Self of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, which is literally included in His Essential Being. This cannot yet be called a “general thought or desire,” since it still is totally one with His Essential Self, literally.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:9
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כמו גם שהוחלט רצון זה כבר בעצמו איך לעשות דבר חסד פלוני או איך לדבר ולחשוב אותו או להשכיל שכל פרטי או להיות לו רצון ותענוג בדבר כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example, even if this desire has already been determined within Himself, [that is,] how to do a particular act of kindness, or how to speak or think it, or how to conceptualize a particular concept, or how to have desire or pleasure in a particular thing.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:10
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הגם שמתחבר רצון המוחלט הזה אל התפשטות הרצון בדבר הפרטי אבל נשאר כלול בהעלם עצמותו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Nonetheless even though this [essential] determined desire is connected to the extension of the desire for a particular matter, however, it [itself] remains included in His hidden essence.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:11
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ועל כן אין בו עדיין בחינת כלל ופרט כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It, therefore, does not yet have aspects of “general” and “particular.”


###### The Gate of Unity 16:12
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רק כאשר לאחר זה עולה רצון זה שהוחלט אצלו לבוא לידי מעשה בפועל ממש הרי יוצא מהעלמו לגלוי

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is only afterwards, when the desire which He determined [within Himself] arises to come [out] into actuality, that it becomes revealed out of its hiddenness.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:13
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אז יבוא הרצון בבחינת כלל ופרט, דהיינו מחשבה כללית שכוללת כל ענין המעשה מראש לסוף בסקירה א'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Only] then does this desire come to an aspect of “general” and “particular.” In other words, [now it may be defined as a] general thought that includes the entire [concept of] the act, from beginning to end, in one glance.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:14
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ואחר כך מתחלק בו רצונות פרטיים ולכל רצון שכל ומדות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Afterwards, it divides into particular desires, each of which possess intellect and emotions etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:15
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ובאין זה אחר זה בהשתלשלות זה עליון מקיף לתחתון, כאשר יהיה האופן בתוך האופן כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Each of these desires] come in succession to one another in a chaining down, in which the upper [desire] encompasses the lower [desire], “like a circle within a circle.”


###### The Gate of Unity 16:16
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והוא הנקרא רצון המורכב שיש בו כלל ופרט

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This [type of desire] is called a “composite” desire, for it [is made up of] a general [desire] and particular [desires].


###### The Gate of Unity 16:17
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ויובן זה על דרך משל הידוע, אדם שרוצה לבנות בנין גדול כפי הרצון שהוחלת מכבר אצלו להיות בו אופנים מיוחדים דוקא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This may be understood through the well-known analogy of a person who wants to build a large building, according to his predetermined desire that it should specifically be [built] in a special manner.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:18
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שאותו הרצון שהוחלט אצלו מכבר, הגם שהוא בא במדה ותענוג מיוחד באופן כך וכך, וממילא בשכל ומדות בא בשיעור ומדה כו', אך כל זה הוא השיעור וההחלט שבעצמותו עדיין, ונכלל בעצמו והיה כלא היה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, even though this predetermined desire comes in a way of a measured, specific pleasure, that it should [specifically] be thus, and it obviously [follows that] the intellect and emotions [of this desire] come with [certain defined] proportions and measurements, nevertheless, all this is the estimation and predetermination as it still [exists] within himself. [As of yet] it is [totally] included within himself and is as if it is nonexistent.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:19
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רק כאשר לאחר זמן באה מחשבה זו לבא למעשה, ניכר בו התחלקות אותן אופנים שונים ממש שכבר הוחלט אצלו בכל פרטיהם

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Only with the passage of time, when this thought comes to be acted upon, do the actual divisions of all these predetermined particulars and various specifications become recognized.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:20
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רק שמתחלה בא הרצון הזה בדרך כלל שיהיה לו בנין בציור כך וכך

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, at first, this desire comes in a general manner, that is, that he should have a building with a particular form.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:21
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ואחר כך מתחלק בו רצון פרטי לכל ענין פרטי

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Afterwards, it divides into particular desires for each particular detail.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:22
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ויורד ובא בסדר והדרגה מכלל הראשון שכולל הכל בסקירה א' לפרט רצון שהוא נקרא כלל לגבי רצונות המסתעפים ממנו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It [thus] descends with order and levels, [beginning with the first general [desire] that includes everything in one glance, to a particular of this desire. [Now, the particular desire] is [also] called a general [desire] relative to the [particular] desires that branch out from it.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:23
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עד שבא אל רצון ושכל פרטי היותר אחרון שבסוף מעשה בכלות הכל כו' ודי למבין.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This process continues] until the very final desire and concept, which is the final action, at the conclusion of everything. This will suffice for those of understanding.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:24
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והנמשל מכל זה יובן למעלה בהפרש שבין בחינת טהירו עילאה ובין בחינת טהירו תתאה שלאחר הצמצום

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The analogue of all this, may be understood [in regard to how it is] above in *HaShem*’s-יהו״ה Godliness, in regard to the difference between the aspects of the Upper Purity and the Lower Purity that follows the *Tzimtzum*.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:25
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דמה ששיער בעצמו בכח בטהירו עילאה כו' הוא כמו ההחלט ברצון הפשוט שבעצמות הנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
That which He estimated within Himself in potential within the Upper Purity, is similar to the aforementioned determination as it is within the simple desire of the self.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:26
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שעדיין לא בא כלל לבחינת התפשטות חוץ מן העצמות עדיין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
As of yet, it has not come to an aspect of spreading forth from the Self altogether.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:27
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וגם שיתחבר מרצון המוחלט הזה אל התפשטות הרצון שאחר כך, מכל מקום נשאר כלול בהעלם עצמות דאור אין סוף

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Moreover, even though this essential determined desire connects to the extended desire that follows it, nonetheless, it remains included in a hidden manner in the Essential Self of the Limitless Light of the Unlimited One, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:28
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ועל כן למעלה הוא מבחינת כלל להיות נקרא צופה ומביט בסקירה א' כו'.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is therefore above [and beyond] the aspect of a general [desire], to be considered as “[a general desire] that foresees and gazes [at everything] in a single glance.”


###### The Gate of Unity 16:29
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אך הרצון הב' הוא אחר הצמצום הנזכר לעיל שעולה רצון הפשוט המוחלט שבעצמות לבא לידי בחינת התפשטות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, the second desire that follows the aforementioned *Tzimtzum*, is when the simple determined desire of His Essential Self comes to the aspect of spreading forth.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:30
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הוא בחינת הקו וחוט ההיולי שכולל כל המשכות פרטיות שבו מראשו לסופו כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the aspect of the *Heyulie* Line and Thread (*Kav V’Chut*), which includes every particular issuance from the beginning [of the chaining down] to its end, as previously mentioned.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:31
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ובחינת מקיף הראשון שבו הוא הנקרא טהירו תתאה, שזהו כמשל רצון הכללי לבנין גדול כולל כל מה שבפרטיו מראשו לסופו בבת א'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The first encompassing [light of this *Kav*-line] is called “the Lower Purity.” This is analogous to the general desire for a large building. [This general desire] includes all its particulars from beginning to end, at once.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:32
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ואחר כך מתחלק בו בסדר והדרגה מכלל לפרט על דרך משל הנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Afterwards it divides with order and levels [descending] from the general to the particular, as in the aforementioned analogy.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:33
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והיינו כמו כשעלה ברצונו הפשוט ההיולי לבא לגלוי דוקא, היה כולל כל פרטי הרצונות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In other words, as it arose in His simple *Heyulie* desire, to specifically come out into revelation, it included all the particular desires.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:34
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והוא הרצון הכולל כולם, ונקרא רצון קדום לכל מה שבא אחריו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the desire that includes [and encompasses] them all, and is called, “The Primal Desire” (*Ratzon HaKadoom*) [relative] to everything that follows it.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:35
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ואחר כך בא רצון זה דרך פרט, כמו הרצון להאציל ובו כלול עשר ספירות בכל פרטיהם

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Afterwards, this desire comes by way of particulars, such as the desire to emanate (*Atzilut*), within which is included [the desire for the] ten *sefirot* [of the world of *Atzilut*] in all their particulars.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:36
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ועדיין הכל בהעלם עד שבא לידי גלוי שהוא כשנאצל האור בבחינת האצילות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, all this is still concealed, until it comes into an aspect of revelation, when the light is emanated in an aspect of [actual] emanation (*Atzilut*).


###### The Gate of Unity 16:37
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ואחר כך הרצון לברוא יש מאין כו' ובו שכל ומדות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Following this is the desire to create (*Briyah*) something from nothing etc. This [desire] includes [the ten *sefirot* of] intellect and emotions etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:38
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עד הרצון היותר אחרון שהוא כל אשר חפץ עשה כו', סוף הכל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This descent of desires continues] until the final desire, which is, “Everything that *HaShem*-יהו״ה desired, He did” [and brought out into actuality]. [This is] the final conclusion of everything.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:39
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וכל פרטים הללו נכללו ברצון הקדום שבא בבחינת השפעה על כל פנים אחר הצמצום

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, all these particulars were included in the Primal Desire (*Ratzon HaKadoom*), which comes in an aspect of influence **after** the [original] *Tzimtzum*.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:40
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והוא בחינת ראשית הקו כו', והיינו עיגול הראשון שאחר המשכת ראשית הקו ההיולי הנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the aspect of the beginning of the Line (*Kav*). That is, it is the first “circle” that follows the drawing down of the beginning of the aforementioned *Heyulie* Line (*The Kav HaMidah*).


###### The Gate of Unity 16:41
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שנקרא מקיף כללי לכללות כל הד' עולמות דאבי''ע, שמקיף אותם בשוה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This first “circle”] is called the general encompassing [light] of the four worlds of *ABY”A,*⁷ and *Asiyah*. and encompasses them [all] equally.

footnotes:
⁷ Atzilut, Briyah, Yetzirah


###### The Gate of Unity 16:42
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שנקרא מחשבה כללית שצופה ומביט בסקירה א' מראש לסוף הכל כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is [also] called the “general thought” that foresees and “gazes” upon [all of Creation], from beginning to end, in a single glance.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:43
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וזהו ביאור ענין כללי לכללות ענין הקו הזה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the explanation of the general matter of the whole of this Line-*Kav*.


###### The Gate of Unity 16:44
[The Gate of Unity 16:44](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/16:44)

ופרטי אופניו במה שמתעגל וחוזר ומתעגל כו' יובן לפי אופן משל הנזכר לעיל וכמו שיתבאר בסמוך בעזרת ה׳ ודי למבין:

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
All the particular ways that it, “circles and returns and re-encircles…” may be understood according to the aforementioned analogy, as will be explained in the following chapter, with the help of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He. This will suffice for those of understanding.