## The Gate of Unity Chapter 21

###### The Gate of Unity 21:1
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ובזה יובן כללות ענין ההתכללות דג' קוין דנאצלים, חח''ן מימין ובג''ה משמאל ודת''י באמצע כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
With all the above [in mind], the general matter of the inter-inclusions of the three emanated lines may be understood. [The *sefirot* of] *Chochmah, Chessed* and *Netzach* are to the right, *Binah, Gevurah* and *Hod* are to the left, and *Da’at, Tiferet* and *Yesod* are in the middle.¹ and *Netzach* are called *ChaCha”N*. *Binah, Gevurah* and *Hod* are called *BoGa”H*. *Da’at, Tiferet* and *Yesod* are known as *DaTi”Y*. (It is this configuration of the *sefirot* into three lines, right, left and middle, which is usually depicted as “The Tree of Life.” This configuration of the three lines of the *sefirot* as they are inter-included, is generally called the ten *sefirot* of *Yosher*.)

footnotes:
¹ These three lines are known in Kabbalah and Chassidut by their abbreviations. Chochmah, Chessed


###### The Gate of Unity 21:2
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כמו שכתוב בפרדס דפנימית הכתר הנקרא כתר שבכתר, לא נחלק לג' קוין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Now,] it is stated in *Pardes*² that the inner aspect of *Keter*, which is called *Keter* of *Keter*, is not divided into three lines.

footnotes:
² See Pardes Rimonim of Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, Shaar HaTzinorot.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:3
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בחינת חיצוניות שבו, ממנו מתחלק לג' קוין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[It is only from] the external aspect of [*Keter*] that the three lines separate.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:4
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והוא מבחינת חכמה שבכתר כו', וכידוע בכונות דהגדול הגבור והנורא כו'.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[In other words, it is] from the aspect of *Chochmah* of *Keter* [that a distinction of three lines begins], as known regarding the [Kabbalistic] intentions of [the words] “The Great, The Mighty and The Awesome”³ prayer. As mentioned previously, “The Great – *HaGadol*” represents *Chessed* (Kindness) to the right, “The Mighty – *HaGibor*” represents *Gevurah* (Might/Judgment) to the left, and “The Awesome” represents the median conduct, the middle line which synthesizes the right and the left, which is *Tiferet* (Beauty/Mercy). etc.

footnotes:
³ See the beginning of Amidah


###### The Gate of Unity 21:5
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וביאור הדברים, הנה בחינת התכללות הקוין ימין ושמאל הוא על ידי קו האמצעי דוקא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The explanation of these matters is that the aspect of the inter-inclusions of the right and left lines [one with the other] is specifically by means of the middle line.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:6
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והענין הוא דקו הימין חח''ן, הרי החסד ענף החכמה ומובדל הימנה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The [explanation of the] matter is that in the right line of *ChaCha”N,*⁴ and *Netzach* *Chessed* – Kindness is an offshoot of *Chochmah* – Insight, but is [nonetheless] separate from it.

footnotes:
⁴ Chochmah, Chessed


###### The Gate of Unity 21:7
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והוא מה שנסתעף החסד מצד השכל והטעם, שמטה כלפי חסד בדבר מורכב כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This may be [understood by] the fact that *Chessed* – Kindness, branches from [*Chochmah*, which is] the intellect and reasoning that in the composition of something separate, leans toward kindness.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:8
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וכן הנצח ענף החסד, מובדל הימנו. דהיינו מצד החסד יחויב בחינת הניצוח להביא החסד למעשה בפועל ממש כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Similarly, *Netzach* – Conquest is an offshoot of *Chessed*, but is [nonetheless] separate from it. This is to say that the quality of kindness necessitates the aspect of triumph, in order to bring the kindness into actualization etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:9
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וקו השמאל היפוכו, כמו שכל המטה כלפי דין שנסתעף הימנו מידת הדין כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[On the other hand] the left line [of *BoGa”H*⁵ and *Hod*.] is the opposite [of the above]. For example, the [emotional] quality of judgment, branches out from an intellect that leans towards judgment.

footnotes:
⁵ Binah, Gevurah


###### The Gate of Unity 21:10
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כך בינה גבורה כו' כמו שכתוב אני בינה, לי גבורה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In the same manner *Binah* [gives rise to] *Gevurah*, as stated,⁶ “I am *Binah*, *Gevurah* is mine.”

footnotes:
⁶ Proverbs 8:14


###### The Gate of Unity 21:11
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דהחכמה נוטה לחסדים ובינה מינה דינין כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[For, as known,] *Chochmah* leans towards kindness, while judgments are aroused from *Binah*.⁷

footnotes:
⁷ Zohar VaYikra 10b-11a


###### The Gate of Unity 21:12
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(וכמו שכתוב בעץ חיים דאבא מקור החסדים ואימא מקור כל הגבורות כו' וכידוע)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This accords with the statement in *Etz Chayim* that *Abba* (Father-*Chochmah*) is the source of the kindnesses and *Imma* (Mother-*Binah*) is the source of the judgments, as known.)


###### The Gate of Unity 21:13
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ובחינת ההתכללות דב' קוין הללו שיבואו להתחבר במקום א', הוא על ידי קו האמצעי דת''י כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, the aspect of the inter-inclusion of these two [opposite] lines, so that they come to be connected [and synthesized] as one, is by means of the middle line of *DaTi”Y*.⁸ and *Yesod*

footnotes:
⁸ Da’at, Tiferet


###### The Gate of Unity 21:14
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כמו הדעת שהוא בחינת ממוצע להטות משכל של חסד לשכל של דין, ונקרא דעת נוטה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example, *Da’at* is the aspect of the median [conduct] that tips [the mind] from intellectual kindness to intellectual sternness, and is [therefore] called “The Leaning *Da’at*.”


###### The Gate of Unity 21:15
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(וכמו כי יצר לב כו' שנעשה שכל וטעם לזכות, אשר תחלה היה זה השכל עצמו נוטה כלפי חוב, כמו שכתוב וירא כי רבה רעת כו' וכהאי גוונא וכמו שכתוב במקום אחר)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(For example, [the verse,⁹ “I will not continue to curse the earth because of mankind,] because the inclination of man’s heart is evil from his youth, [I will, therefore, not continue to punish any living thing, as I had done etc.”] becomes an intellectual reasoning for merit, though at first, this very same intellectual [reasoning] leaned toward judgment, as stated,¹⁰ “And *HaShem*-יהו״ה saw that the wickedness of man was great [in the earth, and that all the impulse of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And *HaShem*-יהו״ה repented that he had made man on earth] etc.” There are [many] other cases similar to this, as explained elsewhere.)

footnotes:
⁹ Genesis 8:21
¹⁰ Genesis 6:5,6


###### The Gate of Unity 21:16
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ונמצא בדעת יחובר ב' שכליים הפכיים דחסד וגבורה להיות נוטה לחסד באופן זה ולדין באופן זה וכהאי גוונא, גם במקום אחד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
We find that [specifically] in *Da’at*, the two conceptual opposites of *Chessed* (Kindness) and *Gevurah* (Judgment) become connected. That is, it may lean toward kindness in one way and toward judgment in another way, and the like, even in [regard to] the same case.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:17
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וכך מדת התפארת מכריע בין חסד וגבורה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Similarly, the quality of *Tiferet* mediates between [the heartfelt emotion of] *Chessed* and [the heartfelt emotion of] *Gevurah*.¹¹) Shaar 9; Chapter 3.

footnotes:
¹¹ See Pardes Rimonim of Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, (Shaar HaMachri’in


###### The Gate of Unity 21:18
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שהוא כמו הרחמים, שאינו אלא אחר מידת הדין, שעם כל זה רחמנות פוטרו, והיא מדת יעקב כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
An example of this is the [quality of] mercy, which can only take place after the quality of judgment. [This is to say that] although [he is found guilty], mercy releases him. This is the quality of *Yaakov*, as known.¹²

footnotes:
¹² See Zohar I 87b


###### The Gate of Unity 21:19
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וכן בחינת יסוד ממוצע לכלול ב' הפכים דנצח והוד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, the aspect of *Yesod* is the mediator to inter-includes the two opposites [gut emotions] of *Netzach* and *Hod*.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:20
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שהוא ענין כליות יועצות הן ולאו קודם השפעת המשפיע כשצריך להשפיע עצם המדות חסד וגבורה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the matter of, “The kidneys which counsel” [either] yes or no,” before the [actual] influence of the influencer [is expressed]. [This takes place] whenever it is necessary to express the essential [heartfelt emotional] qualities of *Chessed* and *Gevurah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:21
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וכמו כל שיקול הדעת בא בהכרעה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example, in every deliberation of *Da’at*, [the final decision] comes about through the tipping of the [intellectual] balance.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:22
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ואחר הכרעה ישקול במאזני צדק שהן נצח והוד, איך להביא השפע למקבל כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Then, after the verdict [has been reached], it is weighed upon “The Righteous Scales,” which are *Netzach* and *Hod*, [to determine exactly] how to bring the influence out to the recipient.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:23
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והיינו כללות ענין קו האמצעי דת''י, שמחבר לב' קוין דימין ושמאל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the general matter of the middle line of *DaTi”Y,*¹³ which connects the two lines to its right and to its left.

footnotes:
¹³ Da’at, Tiferet, Yesod


###### The Gate of Unity 21:24
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ופרטי התכללותן נקרא י''ב גבולי אלכסון כידוע, וקו האמצעי נקרא בריח התיכון שמבריח מן הקצה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Now,] as known, the particulars of how [the *sefirot*] are inter-included are called,¹⁴ “The Twelve Diagonal Lines – *Yood Beit G’voolei Alachson*,” whereas the middle line is called,¹⁵ “The Inner Beam,” for runs through from end to end.

footnotes:
¹⁴ Sefer Yetzirah 5:1
¹⁵ Exodus 26:28; Zohar II 175b.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:25
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דהיינו שעולה עד בחינת פנימית הכתר, שלמעלה מהתחלקות הקוין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In other words, it reaches up to the inner aspect of *Keter*, which itself is higher than division into lines.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:26
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על כן יש בכחו לחבר ולכלול ב' הקוין כו'.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Because of this [the middle line] has the power to unify and synthesize the two [opposite] lines [to its right and left].


###### The Gate of Unity 21:27
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וביאור ענין פנימית הכתר דנאצלים שנקרא כתר שבכתר (והוא בחינת כתר דעתיק יומין ואריך אנפין כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now [for] the explanation of the matter of the inner *Keter* of the Emanated (*Atzilut*), which is called the *Keter* of *Keter,* (and is the aspect of *Keter* of *Atik Yomin* and *Arich Anpin* etc.).


###### The Gate of Unity 21:28
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היינו בחינת הרצון והתענוג הבא בגלוי, שנקרא אור הכתר, שגם הוא כלול מעשר ספירות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the aspect of the desire and pleasure that comes into revelation, which is called “The Light of *Keter*.” It too includes ten *sefirot* within it.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:29
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ובחינת חכמה שבכתר זהו הטעם לרצון ונקרא טעם כמוס לרצון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[However] the aspect of *Chochmah* of *Keter*, is the reasoning for the desire and is called “The Hidden Reason of the Desire.”¹⁶

footnotes:
¹⁶ Ta’am HaKamoos LaRatzon


###### The Gate of Unity 21:30
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וכן יש בו חסד ונצח

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Similarly, [*Keter*] contains a *Chessed* and a *Netzach* etc, [until the aspect of *Malchut* of *Keter*.]


###### The Gate of Unity 21:31
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והכל בבחינת הרצון שהוא בלתי מוגבל, גם שבא בגלוי מעצם העלם הרצון כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
All this is within the aspect of desire, which [still] is unlimited, even when it comes into revelation from the “Hidden Essential Desire” [of *Adam Kadmon*], as previously explained.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:32
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ועל כן המדות שברצון ותענוג נקרא ימי קדם לגבי מדות שבחכמה ובינה שבאים בהגבלה כפי הגבלת השכל הגלוי בלבד כמו שיתבאר, עד בחינת מלכות שבכתר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is for this reason that the emotional [*sefirot*] of the desire and pleasure (that is *Keter itself*) are called “the preceding days” in comparison to the emotional [*sefirot*] of [the levels of] *Chochmah* and *Binah* (Insight and Comprehension) [themselves], which come about in a limited fashion, [that is], only according to the limitations of revealed intellect, as will be explained.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:33
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ומבחינת חיצוניות דכתר נחלק לג' קוין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is [only] from the external aspect of *Keter* that there comes about a division into three lines.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:34
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מפני שבטעם הכמוס לרצון נקרא התחלקות הרצון לחסד וגבורה וממוצע כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because in the “Hidden Reason for the Desire,” the desire is [already] regarded as being divided into *Chessed*, *Gevurah* and the intermediary [quality of *Tiferet*].


###### The Gate of Unity 21:35
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אבל בכתר שבכתר שלמעלה מטעם כמוס לרצון עדיין, רק רצון פשוט ועצמי בלא טעם כלל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, in *Keter* of *Keter*, which is beyond the “Hidden Reason for the Desire,” it is still only a simple essential desire, altogether beyond reason.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:36
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כי אין טעם לרצון כלל, גם לא טעם כמוס

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because a desire is altogether beyond reason, even a hidden reason.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:37
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כענין שתוק כך עלה במחשבה כו', וכמו שכתוב במקום אחר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is similar to the matter of,¹⁷ “Be silent! It thus arose in thought etc.,” as explained elsewhere.

footnotes:
¹⁷ Talmud Bavli, Menachot 29b


###### The Gate of Unity 21:38
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על כן הוא למעלה מהתחלקות ימין ושמאל כו', הגם שבא בגלוי מבחינת האחרונה שבהעלם הרצון דבחינת אדם קדמון (כנזכר לעיל בסוף אות י''ט)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Therefore, although [the level of *Keter* of *Keter*] comes into revelation from the lowest aspect of the concealed desire of the aspect of *Adam Kadmon*, (as explained at the end of chapter 19), it [nonetheless] is above divisions of right and left.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:39
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ועל זה אמר והבדילה הפרוכת בין הקדש כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
About this it states,¹⁸ “And the curtain shall be for you as a separation between the Holy and the Holy of Holies.”

footnotes:
¹⁸ Exodus 26:33


###### The Gate of Unity 21:40
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בחינת פרסא שבין כתר דכתר לחכמה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This refers to] the aspect of the space (*Parsa*) separating *Keter* of *Keter* from *Chochmah* [of *Keter*].


###### The Gate of Unity 21:41
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והוא בחינת קרומא דאוירא כמו שכתוב במקום אחר באריכות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the aspect of the *Krooma D’Aveera*¹⁹) 128b. (“Airy Membrane”), as explained elsewhere at length.

footnotes:
¹⁹ Zohar III (Idra Rabba


###### The Gate of Unity 21:42
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ועל כן אומר יהי רצון מלפניך, מלפני הפרסא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For this reason, we say [in our prayers],²⁰ “May it be desirable **before** you,” [that is,] before the *Parsa*-Space.

footnotes:
²⁰ See the morning blessings and other places.


###### The Gate of Unity 21:43
[The Gate of Unity 21:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/21:43)

לשנות מרצון של דין לרצון של חסד וכהאי גוונא כו' ודי למבין:

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Since *Keter* of *Keter* is above division, it can therefore] change from a desire of judgment to a desire of kindness, and the like. This will suffice for those of understanding.