## The Gate of Unity Chapter 25

###### The Gate of Unity 25:1
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והנה מעתה יש להבין בפרטי ענין עשר ספירות דאצילות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
We must now understand the details of the matter of the ten *Sefirot* of [the world of] *Atzilut* – Emanation.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:2
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דהיינו בירידת האור מחיצוניות נה''י דאריך אנפין באבא ואמא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In other words, [we must understand] the descent of the light from the externality of *NeHi”Y*¹ and *Yesod*. of *Arich Anpin* into *Abba*² – The complete Stature of *Chochmah* or *Binah*, they are referred to as *Abba* and *Imma* – Father and Mother. The reason they are called “Father” and “Mother” is because it is *Chochmah*, the “Father,” which provides the seminal flash of insight, which is subsequently developed in *Binah*, the “Mother.” (This unification gives birth to offspring, i.e., the emotions and actions, as will be explained later.) and *Imma*.³

footnotes:
¹ Netzach, Hod
² As mentioned previously, when referring to the Partzuf
³ Also see Likkutei Biurim (R’ Hillel Paritcher), chapter 25.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:3
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ולפעמים אומר דאבא ואמא מלבישים לזרועות דאריך אנפין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Now,] sometimes it states⁴ (*Shaar Abba V’Imma*) Shaar 14, Chapter 1. See also Imrei Binah (of Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch) Shaar HaTefilin pg.116c. that the “Arms”⁵ and *Gevurah* of the *Arich Anpin*. of *Arich Anpin* vest within *Abba* and *Imma*.

footnotes:
⁴ See Etz Chayim,
⁵ Chessed


###### The Gate of Unity 25:4
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(ומה שכתוב רישא דמלכא בחסד וגבורה אתתקן היינו בחינת רישא דאריך אנפין דאתתקן בחסד וגבורה דעתיק יומין חסד דעתיק יומין בגולגלתא כו' כנזכר לעיל)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(However, the statement⁶) 249. See also, Zohar II (*Idra D’Mishkena*) 122b. that “The head of the King is fixed within *Chessed* and *Gevurah*” refers to the “head” of *Arich Anpin* [within] which *Chessed* and *Gevurah* of *Atik Yomin* are affixed. [That is to say,] *Chessed* of *Atik Yomin* [is vested] within the “*Gulgulta* – Skull,” [i.e., *Keter* of *Arich Anpin*] etc., as previously explained.)

footnotes:
⁶ See Zohar I (Idra Rabba


###### The Gate of Unity 25:5
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ולפעמים אומר דאבא יונק ממזל הח' ונוצר, ואימא ממזל הי''ג ונקה כו':

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[However,] sometimes it states⁷ that *Abba* suckles from the eighth “*Mazal*” [which is] “*Notzer*,” and *Imma* [suckles] from the thirteenth “*Mazal*” [which is] “*VeNakeh*.”⁸-יהו״ה revealed to Moshe. (Exodus 34:6-7) They are:
1. *E-L* - Benevolent God
2. *Rachum* - Compassionate
3. *V'Chanun* - and Gracious
4. *Erech* - Long (slow)
5. *Apayim* - Suffering (to anger)
6. *V'Rav Chesed* - and Abounding in Kindness
7. *V'Emet* - and Truth
8. *Notzer Chesed* - He Preserves Kindness
9. *L'Alaphim* - for two thousand generations
10. *Noseh Avon* - Pardoning Iniquity
11. *VaPeshah* - and Transgression
12. *V'Chata'a* - and Sin
13. *V'Nakeh* - and He Cleanses.
These “thirteen qualities of mercy” are often referred to as “the thirteen fixtures of the beard of *Arich Anpin*.” The eighth and thirteenth qualities, “*Notzer*” and “*V’Nakeh*,” are referred to as “*Mazalot*.” The root of the word “*Mazal-*מזל” is “*Nozel-*נוזל” which means “to flow down.” These two are called “the upper *Mazal* and the lower *Mazal*,” because influence flows down from them to the intellectual *sefirot* of *Chochmah* and *Binah*, as will be explained."

footnotes:
⁷ See Zohar III 289b; See also Etz Chayim, Shaar HaKlallim, Ch. 5.
⁸ "8 There are thirteen qualities of Mercy which HaShem


###### The Gate of Unity 25:6
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אך הנה ידוע בענין כח מה, דהחכמה מאין תמצא, בבחינת אין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, as known regarding the matter of the “*Ko’ach Mah* – the Power of What”⁹) 28a, 34a. (כח מה) that *Chochmah* – Insight (חכמה), is¹⁰ “found from nothing,” and is in an aspect of “Nothing – *Ein*.”

footnotes:
⁹ See Zohar III (Ra’aya Mehemnah
¹⁰ Job 28:12


###### The Gate of Unity 25:7
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ובבינה נקרא יש

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[In contrast,] *Binah* - Comprehension is called “Something – *Yesh*.”


###### The Gate of Unity 25:8
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והאור ושפע דאין דחכמה מאיר ונמשך בבחינת השגה דבינה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The light and influence of the “Nothingness” (*Ein*) of *Chochmah* – Insight, radiates and is drawn into the aspect of the comprehension of *Binah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:9
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שזהו מאין ליש

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
That is, [there is a transition] from the intangible “nothing” (*Ein*) to the tangible “something.”


###### The Gate of Unity 25:10
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ונקרא תרין רעין דלא מתפרשין כו', כחדא שריין כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Moreover, [*Chochmah* and *Binah* – Insight and Comprehension] are called,¹¹ “The two lovers who never separate” [about which it states,¹²) 290b] “They dwell as one.”

footnotes:
¹¹ See Zohar II 56a; Zohar III 4a
¹² See Zohar III (Idra Zuta


###### The Gate of Unity 25:11
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והוא בחינת נקודה דחכמה שמבריק כברק מלמעלה מן השכל (בלשון העולם, הבנה כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the aspect of the “point” of *Chochmah* – Insight, that flashes like a lightning bolt from that which is above the intellect. (In common language [this is called] “understanding.”)


###### The Gate of Unity 25:12
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והיינו מכח המשכיל שנקרא חכמה סתימאה דאריך אנפין, ונקרא חכמה נעלמה, שהוא מקור מוצא כל שכל מאין כו', ונקרא משכיל כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In other words, [it flashes] from the potential power to conceptualize (*Koach HaMaskeel*), which is called “The Hidden Insight” – *Chochmah Steema’a* of *Arich Anpin*. [This potential to conceptualize] is called “the Concealed Insight – *Chochmah HaNe’elama*.” It is the source that brings forth all intellect from “nothingness,” and is called “*Maskeel*,” as known.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:13
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והיינו שאמר דאור אבא יונק ממזל הח', ונוצר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the explanation of the statement that the light of *Abba* suckles from the eighth “*Mazal*” [which is] “*Notzer*.”


###### The Gate of Unity 25:14
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אותיות צנו״ר, כצינור דק

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The letters [of the word “*Notzer*-נוצר” may are the same as the letters of the word] “pipe-*Tzinor*-צנור.” [That is,] it is like a thin pipe.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:15
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כך בחינת שערות דמזל הח' הוא בחינת צומח שבמשכיל הנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Similarly, the aspect of the “*Sa’arot* – Hairs” of the eighth “*Mazal*” is the growth aspect of the aforementioned potential power to conceptualize (*Koach HaMaskeel*).


###### The Gate of Unity 25:16
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להצמיח מאין כל מיני השכלות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
That is, it sprouts forth all kinds of concepts from “nothingness.”


###### The Gate of Unity 25:17
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והיניקה הוא בחינת הגדלת מוחין דאבא והגדלת מוחין דאימא, היינו ממזל הי''ג, ונקה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, the development (suckling) [of this seminal flash], that is, the growth of the brain of *Abba* (Insight) and the growth of the brain of *Imma* (Comprehension), comes from the thirteenth “*Mazal*,” which is “*VeNakeh*.”


###### The Gate of Unity 25:18
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וב' מזלות הללו, מזל העליון ומזל התחתון, הן שרשי המוחין דאבא ואמא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
These two “*Mazalot*,”¹³.” the upper “*Mazal*” and the lower “*Mazal*,” are the roots of the [intellectual] brains of *Abba* and *Imma*.

footnotes:
¹³ This is the plural of the word “Mazal


###### The Gate of Unity 25:19
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והוא בכח המשכיל עצמו, יש שרש הגדלת מוח ההבנה ושרש הגדלת מוח התפיסה וההשגה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is to say that in the potential power to conceptualize itself, there is a root for the development of the brain of understanding (*Chochmah*) and a root for the development of the brain of grasp and comprehension (*Binah*).


###### The Gate of Unity 25:20
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שהן נקראים מוח אבא ומוח אימא כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
These [two, *Chochmah* and *Binah*] are called “the brain of *Abba*” and “the brain of *Imma*,” as known.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:21
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וכמו שבחינת מוח בינה שהוא מוח התפיסא וההשגה, מקבל מבחינת האין דמוח החכמה, כך בשרשם ביחוד ב' מזלות דאריך אנפין ונוצר ונקה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, just as the aspect of the brain of *Binah,* which is the brain of grasp and comprehension, receives from the aspect of the “nothingness” of the brain of *Chochmah,* so too, in their source, there is a unification of the two “*Mazalot*” of “*VeNotzer*” and “*VeNakeh*.”


###### The Gate of Unity 25:22
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וידוע דגם שהמזלות נקרא שערות, שנבקעים ויוצאים רק מבחינת מותרי מוחא סתימאה דאריך אנפין, אבל שרשן מעצמות הגלגלתא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is known that although the “*Mazalot*” are called “*Sa’arot* – Hairs,” that only break forth and come out from the aspect of the excess of the “Hidden Brain” of *Arich Anpin*, nonetheless, their [true] source is from the essence of the “*Gulgulta* – Skull.”


###### The Gate of Unity 25:23
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שלמעלה מגוף פנימיות המוחא סתימאה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is to say that their source] is higher than the innerness of the “Hidden Brain” itself.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:24
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שלכך נבקעו ויצאו בבחינת מותרות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is for this reason that they burst forth in an aspect of excess.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:25
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כמשל בקיעת הנוד סתום ביותר כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is analogous to the bursting forth of steam from the [pressure] of a tightly sealed [pot].


###### The Gate of Unity 25:26
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כמו החכמה כשגובר עליו כח בשכל ביותר, נופל ממנו נובלות, ששרש הנובלות יותר גבוה מגוף אור השכל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example, when the potential power for intellect greatly overwhelms the [power of] *Chochmah,* there is a fallout of excess [insight] from *Chochmah* [into *Binah*, that is, from insight into comprehension]. The source of this excess is higher than the actual light of the intellect itself.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:27
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ולכך אמר דנובלות חכמה של מעלה תורה, לשבח דוקא, כמו שכתוב במקום אחר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is for this reason that it states, “The excess of the Upper *Chochmah* is Torah,” specifically in praise [of the Torah], as explained elsewhere.¹⁴ page 57a and elsewhere.

footnotes:
¹⁴ See Imrei Binah (of Rabbi Dov Ber of Lubavitch), Shaar HaKri’at Shma,


###### The Gate of Unity 25:28
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וכך הוא טעם מעלות ענין שרש י''ג מדות הרחמים שנקרא בשם י''ג תיקוני דיקנא כו', שיוצאים ממותרי מוחא סתימאה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, this is the reason for the greatness of the thirteen qualities of mercy, which are called “the thirteen fixtures of the beard [of *Arich Anpin*]” that come out of the excess of the “Hidden Brain-*Mocha Steema’a*.”


###### The Gate of Unity 25:29
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וכמו שכתוב ויעבור יהו״ה על פניו ויקרא יהו״ה יהו״ה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated,¹⁵ “And *HaShem-*יהו״ה passed before him and proclaimed, ‘*HaShem-*יהו״ה *HaShem-*יהו״ה.’”

footnotes:
¹⁵ Exodus 34:6


###### The Gate of Unity 25:30
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שהוא מלמעלה ממוחא סתימאה שנקרא טעם וחכמה כמוסה לרצון הנעלם, ונקרא גם כן שכל הנעלם מכל רעיון או פלאות חכמה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is higher than the “Hidden Brain-*Mocha Steema’a*,” which is called the “hidden reasoning and wisdom for the concealed desire” and is also called “The intellect that is hidden from all contemplation” or “the wonders of *Chochmah*.”


###### The Gate of Unity 25:31
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ולפי זה כשאמר דאור אבא יונק ממזל כו', הרי זה למעלה מחכמה סתימאה עצמה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
According to this, when it states that the light of *Abba* suckles from the [eighth] “*Mazal*,” this is actually [from] higher than the “Hidden *Chochmah*” itself.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:32
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ולזה אמר הכל תלוי במזל, אפילו ספר תורה בהיכל, שהוא בחינת יחוד אבא ואמא למטה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is for this reason that it states,¹⁶) 134a “Everything is dependent upon *Mazal*, even the *Sefer Torah* (Torah Scroll) in the *Heichal-*sanctuary,” which refers to the unification of *Abba* and *Imma* below.

footnotes:
¹⁶ See Zohar III (Idra Rabba


###### The Gate of Unity 25:33
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נקודה דחכמה בהיכלא דבינה, מאין ליש כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is] the [flash of the] “point” of *Chochmah* in the chamber of *Binah*, from “nothing to something,” as mentioned above.¹⁷

footnotes:
¹⁷ See Introduction to Zohar 6a. Also see Zohar II 180a


###### The Gate of Unity 25:34
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שזהו ספר וספור שנקרא ספר תורה בהיכל כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The [flash of insight from *Chochmah* to *Binah*] is what is meant by,¹⁸ “Book-*Sefer*-ספר” and “Story-*Seepoor*-ספור,” which is called “the *Sefer Torah* (Torah Scroll) in the *Heichal*-sanctuary,” as known.

footnotes:
¹⁸ See Sefer Yetzirah, 1:1


###### The Gate of Unity 25:35
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וזהו למעלה הרבה ממה שכתוב שאבא ואימא מלבישין לזרועות דאריך אנפין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, this is much higher than the statement that *Abba* and *Imma* enclothe the “Arms” of *Arich Anpin*.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:36
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ומכל שכן מבחינת נה''י דאריך אנפין שמלובשין באבא ואמא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Moreover, this is certainly [higher] than the aspect of *NeHi”Y* of *Arich Anpin* as they are vested within *Abba* and *Imma*.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:37
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להיות ידוע שבחינת ז׳ תחתונים דאריך אנפין היינו רק בחינת המדות חג''ת כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is so] because, as known, the aspect of the seven lower [*sefirot*] of *Arich Anpin,* are only the aspects of the emotional [*Sefirot* of] *ChaGa”T*¹⁹ and *Tiferet*. etc.

footnotes:
¹⁹ Chessed, Gevurah


###### The Gate of Unity 25:38
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שנקרא יד הגדולה ויד החזקה כו', ונקרא גם כן בזהר בשם טורי חשוכא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
These are called,²⁰ – The Great Hand” is *Chessed* and “*HaYad HaChazakah* – The Mighty Hand” is *Gevurah*.) “the Great Hand and the Mighty Hand,” and in the Zohar they also are called by the term,²¹ Mountains of Darkness” and “*Toorey D’Nehorah* – Mountains of Light.” “The Mountains of Darkness.”

footnotes:
²⁰ Exodus 14:31, 13:9. (“HaYad HaGedolah
²¹ See Zohar III 249b – “Toorey D’Chashoocha –


###### The Gate of Unity 25:39
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(כידוע במאמר דהאי איילתא אזלת לטורא חשוכא ומשם ארחת מזונא שזהו בחינת עליית המלכות בחג"ת דאריך אנפין כו' וכמו שכתוב ותרם התיבה כו' בחדש הז' שהוא ראש השנה שעולה המלכות בהרי אררט טורי קרדניתא כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is in accordance with what is known, regarding the teaching, “This gazelle goes to the mountains of darkness and gathers her food from there.” This refers to how *Malchut* goes up to *ChaGa”T* of *Arich Anpin*, as it states, “The ark was uplifted… in the seventh month” which refers to *Rosh HaShanah*, during which *Malchut* goes up to “*Harei Ararat*” which is [translated by the Targum as] ‘the mountains of darkness.’”)


###### The Gate of Unity 25:40
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כמו הרים הגבוהים שאין אור השמש מאיר עליהם כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
These are like mountains that are [so] high that the light of the sun does not shine upon them.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:41
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והיינו בחינת המדות שברצון, שלמעלה מן השכל וטעם גלוי

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In other words, this is the aspect of the emotions of the desire, which are higher than revealed intellect and reasoning.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:42
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מה שאין כן המדות שמצד שכל וטעם נקרא טורי דנהורא, דחכמה נקרא אור כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In contrast, the emotions that are according to intellect and reasoning are called, “the Mountains of Light,” since *Chochmah* is called “Light.”


###### The Gate of Unity 25:43
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אבל המדות שברצון נקרא טורי חשוכא, מדות שבהעלם הרצון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, the emotions of the desire are called “the Mountains of Darkness,” [for they are] emotions that are hidden in the desire.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:44
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ושרשם מבחינת חכמה סתימאה הנזכר לעיל, שהוא הנקרא תעלומות חכמה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Now,] their source is from the aforementioned aspect of the “Hidden Wisdom – *Chochmah Stima’ah*,” which is called “The Concealed Insight*-Ta’aloomot Chochmah*.”


###### The Gate of Unity 25:45
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ענין טעם כמוס לרצון שנחלק ממנו ב' קוין חסד וגבורה שברצון כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the matter of the “Hidden Reasoning for the Desire,” from which the two lines of *Chessed* and *Gevurah* (Kindness and Judgment) of the desire divide.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:46
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ולזה אמר דאבא ואמא מלבישין לזרועות חסד וגבורה דאריך אנפין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then is [the meaning of] the statement that the “Arms” of *Arich Anpin* vest within *Abba* and *Imma*.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:47
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כמו שאנו רואים שמחמת מדת החסד ואהבה רבה שברצון, נמצא שרש לשכל וטעם לזכות ולחסד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as we clearly observe that the root for intellectual reasoning [leaning] towards kindness and merit, exists because of the quality of *Chessed* (Kindness) and the great love within one’s desire.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:48
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כמו השוחד יעור כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is similar to “a bribe, which blinds [the eyes of the wise] etc.”²²

footnotes:
²² Deuteronomy 16:19, also see Exodus 23:8


###### The Gate of Unity 25:49
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שמחמת השוחד שיש לו אהבה ברצון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Because of the bribe, he has a love in [his] desire [towards this person].


###### The Gate of Unity 25:50
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ממציא טענה ומטעה כח שכלו מחוב לזכות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
He will therefore find justification, and his intellectual powers will be caused to lean from [a judgment of] guilt to merit.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:51
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וכמו ר׳ ישמעאל שלקח כלכלה דפירי, אמר אי בעי טעין הכי כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is similar to [the Talmudic²³ account of] Rabbi Yishmael, who “took a basket of fruits… and said [to himself], ‘If he wishes he could justify [himself] like this etc.’”

footnotes:
²³ See Talmud Bavli Ketubot 105b


###### The Gate of Unity 25:52
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נמצא המדות חסד וגבורה מלובשים בפנימית דאבא ואמא, ובחינת אבא ואמא מלבישים אותן מבחוץ

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[From the above] we find that the emotions [of *Arich Anpin*] vest within the innerness of *Abba* and *Imma*, and that *Abba* and *Imma* are “worn” on the outside [like a garment].


###### The Gate of Unity 25:53
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וכמו שכתוב אני בינה לי גבורה דאריך אנפין כו', כמו שכתוב בעץ חיים ודי למבין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated,²⁴ “I am *Binah*, *Gevurah*” of *Arich Anpin*, “is mine,” as explained in *Etz Chayim*.²⁵) Shaar 14, Ch. 2. This will suffice for those of understanding.

footnotes:
²⁴ Proverbs 8:14.
²⁵ See Etz Chayim, (Shaar Abba V’Imma


###### The Gate of Unity 25:54
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ובירידת המדרגה עוד, אין מוחין דחכמה ובינה דאצילות מקבלים רק מבחינת נצח והוד דאריך אנפין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, as the levels descend further, the intellectual [*Sefirot*] of *Chochmah* and *Binah* of *Atzilut*, only receive from the aspects of *Netzach* and *Hod* of *Arich Anpin*.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:55
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שהוא הבאת השפע דחסד וגבורה למטה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
That is, [these *Sefirot*] bring the influence of *Chessed* and *Gevurah* down.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:56
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כמו נצח והוד שנקרא מאזני צדק בכמה מקומות, גם למטה במדות שמצד אור השכל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Similarly, in various places [the *Sefirot* of] *Netzach* and *Hod* are called²⁶ “the Righteous Scales,” even in reference to the lower emotions that go according to the light of the intellect.

footnotes:
²⁶ See Introduction of Tikkunei Zohar 17a; Also see Shaarei Orah of Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, translated as Gates of Light, Shaar 3  4.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:57
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רק במדות שברצון שנקרא אריכות דאנפין, הן בלתי מוגבלים, כמו הרצון עצמו שהוא בלתי מוגבל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, the emotions of the desire, which is called “*Arich Anpin* – the **Long** Countenance,” are unlimited, like the desire itself, which is unlimited.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:58
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על כן גם בחינת נצח והוד הן בבחינת בלתי מוגבל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Therefore, even the aspects of *Netzach* and *Hod* are in an unlimited aspect.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:59
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וכידוע דפירוש זכר רב טובך, הוא בחינת יסוד דאריך אנפין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as known regarding the explanation of the verse,²⁷ “The remembrance of Your abounding goodness,” that it refers to the aspect of *Yesod* of *Arich Anpin*.

footnotes:
²⁷ Psalms 145:7


###### The Gate of Unity 25:60
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וכן ובטובך הגדול וכהאי גוונא, וכן אם יגאלך טוב, ורב טוב לבית ישראל וכהאי גוונא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is likewise the case in the verses, “In Your great goodness”²⁸ and “If he will redeem you, good”²⁹ and “Great goodness for the house of Israel,”³⁰ and the like.

footnotes:
²⁸ See the liturgy of the Morning prayers.
²⁹ Ruth 3:13
³⁰ Isaiah 63:16


###### The Gate of Unity 25:61
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מה שאין כן בחינת יסוד זעיר אנפין, שהוא בחינת מדות שנולדים מבינה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In contrast, the aspect of *Yesod* of “*Zeir Anpin* – the Small Countenance” is the aspect of the emotions that are born of *Binah* – Comprehension.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:62
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הוא בבחינת הקטנות ביותר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
They are in an aspect of great immaturity.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:63
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וכמו שכתוב במקום אחר בענין צדיק כתמר, שזהו בחינת יסוד זעיר אנפין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is in accordance with what is explained elsewhere regarding the matter of,³¹ “The righteous [shall flourish] like the palm tree,” [that this] refers to the aspect of *Yesod* of *Zeir Anpin*.

footnotes:
³¹ Psalms 92:13


###### The Gate of Unity 25:64
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כארז בלבנון ישגה, בבחינת אין סוף, שהוא ביסוד עתיק יומין ואריך אנפין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[In contrast, the continuation of the verse is,] “He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon,” which refers to the aspect of *Yesod* of *Atik Yomin* and *Arich Anpin*, [which is in an infinite aspect.]


###### The Gate of Unity 25:65
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וכן מה שכתוב בשלמה, וידבר מן הארז אשר בלבנון עד האזוב, בחינת קטנות יסוד זעיר אנפין במלכות, שנקרא קיר כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Similarly, it states regarding King Solomon,³² “He spoke [of trees,] from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop [that springs out of the wall].” [The hyssop] refers to the aspect of the smallness of *Yesod* of *Zeir Anpin*, as it is in *Malchut*, which is called³³ “a wall.”

footnotes:
³² Kings I 5:13
³³ See Zohar I 228b and Zohar II 133a.


###### The Gate of Unity 25:66
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(וכידוע בכוונות דאמן יהא שמיא רבא מברך דשמו גי' רצון ושמו הגדול בבחינת יסוד ומלכות דאריך שיהיה מבורך באבא ואמא וזעיר אנפין ונוקבא כו' לאגברא ימינא על שמאלא וכמו ובטובך הגדול ישוב כו' ודי למבין)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(As is known in the [Kabbalistic] intentions of [the prayer], “Amen, May His Great Name be blessed,” that “His Name” (*Shmo-*שמו-346) has the same numerical value as “Desire” (*Ratzon*-רצון-346). [Moreover,] “His Great Name” refers to the aspect of *Yesod* and *Malchut* of *Arich Anpin*, in that they should be “drawn down” into *Abba, Imma*, *Zeir Anpin,* and *Nukvah,* so that the “right” overpowers the “left.” This is like [the statement,] “In Your great goodness, let your fierce anger turn away from Your people etc.” This will suffice for those of understanding.)