## The Gate of Unity Chapter 26

###### The Gate of Unity 26:1
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ומעתה יש להבין בירידת האור עוד בעשר ספירות דאבא ואמא עצמן

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
We must now understand the further descent of the light [as it is] within the ten *sefirot* of *Abba* and *Imma* (Insight and Comprehension) themselves.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:2
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מבחינת פנימית המוחין דאבא ואמא כשהן מקבלים מחסד וגבורה דאריך אנפין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[That is, we must understand] how the inner aspect of the brains of *Abba* and *Imma* (Insight and Comprehension) receive [influence] from *Chessed* and *Gevurah* of *Arich Anpin* (Kindness and Sternness of Desire).


###### The Gate of Unity 26:3
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ומכל שכן כשעולין לקבל ממזלות דאריך אנפין כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Moreover, [we must] certainly [understand] as they ascend to receive from the *Mazalot* of *Arich Anpin*, as mentioned previously.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:4
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לבחינת חיצונית נה''י דאבא ואמא שמלובשין במוחין דזעיר אנפין, וכמו שכתוב בעץ חיים.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Finally, we must understand] the external aspect of *NeHi”Y*¹ and *Yesod*. of *Abba* and *Imma* (the gut emotions of Insight and Comprehension) which vest within the “brains” of *Zeir Anpin* (Intellect of the Emotions), as stated in *Etz Chayim*.²) Shaar 8 Ch. 2; Shaar 16 (*Holadat Av”A V’Zu”N*) Ch. 7.

footnotes:
¹ Netzach, Hod
² See Etz Chayim (Shaar Drushei HaNekudot


###### The Gate of Unity 26:5
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והענין ידוע כמו שבת ויום טוב, הן בבחינת פנימית המוחין דאבא ואמא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, the [explanation of this] matter is known, that the inner aspects of the brains of *Abba* and *Imma* are likened to *Shabbat* and *Yom Tov*.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:6
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כי השבת נקרא קודש בעונג, דחכמה מלה בגרמיה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because *Shabbat,* which is referred to as,³) Shaar 20, Ch. 1. “*Kodesh* – Holy,” is [observed] through the pleasure of “*Chochmah* which is a thing unto itself.”

footnotes:
³ See Exodus 31:14, 15. See Zohar III 95a; Also see Pri Etz Chayim (Shaar Mikra Kodesh


###### The Gate of Unity 26:7
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והוא בחינת פנימית אור אבא (שהוא פנימית עתיק יומין, וזה שנאמר וקראת לשבת עונג, וכמו שכתוב במקום אחר בענין ג' סעודות דשבת באריכות)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the aspect of the inner light of *Abba-*Insight (which is the innerness of *Atik Yomin* (Pleasure). This is the reason for the statement,⁴ “And you shall **call** the *Shabbat* pleasure,” as explained elsewhere⁵ Seder Seudah Shelishit, pg. 204c. at length, regarding the matter of the three meals of *Shabbat*.)

footnotes:
⁴ Isaiah 58:13
⁵ See Siddur Im Divrei Elokim Chayim,


###### The Gate of Unity 26:8
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ויום טוב נקרא מקרא קדש, בחינת שמחה, כמו שכתוב אם הבנים שמחה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
*Yom Tov,* however, is refered to as,⁶ “*Mikra Kodesh* – It is called Holy,” [which is] an aspect of joy, as stated,⁷ “The mother of the children rejoices.”

footnotes:
⁶ Exodus 12:16; Leviticus 23:4
⁷ Psalms 113:9


###### The Gate of Unity 26:9
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שהוא בחינת מוחין דאימא שמקבל מאבא, כי השביתה דשבת הוא בחכמה גם כן

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[The “mother”] refers to the aspect of the brains of *Imma* [Comprehension] which receives from *Abba* [Insight], because the cessation [from work] of *Shabbat* is also within *Chochmah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:10
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דהיינו בפנימית אבא, בחינת כח מה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
That is to say, it is the inner aspect of *Abba*, which is the aspect of the “*Koach Mah –* The Potential Power of What (כח מה).”


###### The Gate of Unity 26:11
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אין דחכמה קודם שמתפשט ליש בהשגה דבינה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is] the “[intangible] nothingness” of *Chochmah*, before it spreads forth to become a “[tangible] something” within the comprehension of *Binah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:12
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וכן בינה בבחינת פנימית, הוא עומק נקודת המושג כו', כידוע שיש אין חכמה בבינה ובינה בחכמה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Similarly, *Binah,* in its inner aspect, is the depth of the comprehension (*Omek HaMoosag*), for, as known, there is the “nothingness” (*Ayin*) of *Chochmah* in *Binah*, and there is [the somethingness (*Yesh*) of] *Binah* in *Chochmah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:13
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והיינו הבן בחכמה וחכם בבינה, שזהו בחינת יחוד פנימית דאבא ואמא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the meaning of [the statement],⁸ “Be understanding in wisdom and wise in understanding,” which [refers to] the aspect of the inner unification of *Abba* and *Imma*.

footnotes:
⁸ Sefer Yetzirah 1:4


###### The Gate of Unity 26:14
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מה שאין כן בחיצונית השפע דחכמה ובינה בחג''ת נה''י כו', כמו מדות שבחכמה שנקרא בחינת ו׳ קצוות דאבא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is not the case, however, with the external flow of the influence of *Chochmah* and *Binah*, that is, their *ChaGa”T* and *NeHi”Y* etc., such as the emotional [*sefirot*] of *Chochmah*, which are called the aspect of the six directions of *Abba*.⁹) refer to the three emotions, *Chesed, Gevurah* and *Tiferet* and the three gut emotions, *Netzach*, *Hod* and *Yesod*, of Insight*-Chochmah.*

footnotes:
⁹ The six directions of Abba (Vav Kitzvin D’Abba


###### The Gate of Unity 26:15
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כמו חסד שבחכמה, דהיינו כח שכל המטה כלפי חסד או כח שכל אחר שמטה כלפי דין כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example [this is] the [quality of] *Chessed* of *Chochmah* (Kindness of Insight)*,* which is the intellectual power that leans towards kindness, or the different intellectual power [of *Gevurah* of *Chochmah*] that leans towards judgment.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:16
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ומאירים בחסד וגבורה דבינה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
These [in turn] radiate within *Chessed* and *Gevurah* of *Binah* (Kindness and Sternness of Comprehension).


###### The Gate of Unity 26:17
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דהוא בא בהשגה בטוב טעם בהסבר לזכות ולחוב

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
That is, it comes into comprehension, with sound reasoning and explanation, either for merit or liability.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:18
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ונקרא מדות שבשכל המושג, קודם שנולדו במהות בפני עצמן (כמו שיתבאר)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
These are called the emotions of the comprehended intellect, before they are born as actual [heartfelt emotions] in and of themselves (as will be explained).


###### The Gate of Unity 26:19
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וכאשר אינו מוצא טעם בהסבר השגה, ומכל מקום לא יוכל לומר בהיפוך כי שכלו מטה כך, היינו בבחינת חסד וגבורה דאבא קודם שמאיר מאין ליש בבינה (כמו ענין שתיק רב כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, when a person cannot find a reason in a [way of] comprehendible explanation [for his position], but is, nonetheless, incapable of conceding to the opposite [position] because of his intellectual leanings, this is an aspect of *Chessed* and *Gevurah* of *Abba* (Kindness and Sternness of Insight), [as it is] before it radiates from the “nothingness” [of *Chochmah-*Insight] into the “somethingness” of *Binah*–Comprehension. (An example of this is the matter of [the Talmudic¹⁰ incident in which] “Rav kept silent etc.”)

footnotes:
¹⁰ Talmud Bavli, Beitza 6a


###### The Gate of Unity 26:20
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(והשתיקה סייג לחכמה, משתוקא בתרין, מפני שעולה ביטול כח מ''ה דחכמה זה למקור המוציא כל השכלות, שנקרא חכמה סתימאה כנזכר לעיל, ומוציא משם השכלה חדשה כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
([However, the statements,¹¹] “Silence is a protective fence for wisdom” or¹² “[If speech is worth one *Selah*¹³ was an ancient monetary currency used during Talmudic times., then] silence is worth two,” refer to the sublimation of the “*Koach Mah* – The Potential Power of What” of *Chochmah*, which ascends to the source from which all wisdom comes, and brings out new insights from there. This [source] is called “*Chochmah Stima’ah* – The Hidden Wisdom,” as previously explained.)

footnotes:
¹¹ Mishnah Avot 3:13
¹² Talmud Bavli, Megillah 18a
¹³ A Selah


###### The Gate of Unity 26:21
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ובחינת נה''י דאבא, היינו בחינת מאזני השכל והחכמה, איך שיבא הדבר חכמה לידי השפעה בבחינת כליות יועצות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, the aspect of *NeHi”Y* of *Chochmah* (The gut emotions of Insight) is the aspect of the “scales” of intellect and insight, as to how this intellectual matter should come to be expressed. This is the aspect of “the kidneys that give counsel.”


###### The Gate of Unity 26:22
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(והיינו ענין התוקף שיש במוח, שנקרא תקיף בדעתו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is the matter of the strength of the intellect, which is called, “Strong Mindedness.”


###### The Gate of Unity 26:23
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כמו הרגלים שיש בהן כח להקים כל הגוף, כך בחינת נצח והוד דאבא מקימין לגוף המוחין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Just as the legs have the strength to uphold the entire body, so too, the aspects of *Netzach* and *Hod* of *Abba* uphold the “body” of the mind.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:24
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ולהיפוך כשאינו תקיף בדעתו, בקל יפול מסברתו מחוב לזכות ומטמא לטהור כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The reverse is true if he is not strong minded. He will easily fall [and retreat] from his logical reasoning, [and change his stance] from [judging something as being] liable to [being] meritorious, or from being impure to being pure etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:25
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וכן בנצח והוד דאמא)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The same principle applies to *Netzach* and *Hod* of *Imma*.)


###### The Gate of Unity 26:26
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ודרך כלל, הרי רק מבחינת נה''י דאבא שמלובשים בנה''י דאימא, משם נמצא מקור המוחין לזעיר אנפין, שהן בחינת המדות שלמטה מן השכל (כמו שיתבאר)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In general, the brains of *Zeir Anpin,* which are [heartfelt] emotions that are below intellect (as will be explained), come about from the enclothement of the aspect of the *NeHi”Y* of *Abba* into the *NeHi”Y* of *Imma*.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:27
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וידוע פרטי עניני יחודים דאבא ואמא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, the particular matters of the unifications of *Abba* and *Imma* are well known.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:28
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בין כשהוא בבחינת הפנימית לצורך עצמן, שהוא בבחינת ג׳ ראשין שבהן קודם שמתפשטים במדות עדיין כו', ובין כשמתייחדים לצורך מוחין חדשים לזעיר אנפין ונוקבה, שהוא בבחינת נה''י לבד כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This refers to] whether [their unification] is in their inner aspect, for their own purpose, which is the [unification] of their first three [*Sefirot*] before they spread forth into the emotional [*Sefirot*], or whether they unify to bring about new “brains” for *Zeir Anpin* and *Nukvah*, which is only [the external unification of] *NeHi”Y*.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:29
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וזהו ההפרש בין שבת לחול כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The [difference between these two unifications] is the [same as the] difference between *Shabbat* and the weekdays.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:30
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(ובקריאת שמע הכוונה ביהו״ה אלהינ״ו, היינו בפנימית דאבא ואמא, שמשם יהו״ה אחד, יחוד דזעיר אנפין ונוקבא כשבא להם בחינת תוספת מוחין חדשים כדי שיוכלו להוליד כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(In the *Shema* recital, the [inner] intention of [the words] “*HaShem* our God-*Hashem Elohei”nu-*יהו״ה אלהינ״ו” is the inner [unification] of *Abba* and *Imma* (Insight and Comprehension), from which [it follows that] “*Hashem* is One-*HaShem Echad*-יהו״ה אחד,” [which refers to] the unification of *Zeir Anpin* and *Nukvah* (Emotions and Speech [or actions]) as they receive an aspect of additional influence of new intellect, so that they may be able to give birth etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:31
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והיינו במסירת נפש דקריאת שמע, מה שאין כן בתורה ומצות בלא מסירת נפש אין היחוד רק בחיצוניות דאבא ואמא בזעיר אנפין ונוקבה, כמו שכתוב במקום אחר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is [brought about] by giving ourselves over to *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, with complete self-sacrifice during the *Shema* recital. In contrast, when [one studies] Torah and [performs] the commandments without self-sacrifice, then *Zeir Anpin* and *Nukvah* (Emotions and Speech [or Action]) only [receive] from an external unification of *Abba* and *Imma* (Insight and Comprehension), as explained elsewhere.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:32
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וכמו בענין עשרה הרוגי מלוכה שהעלו מיין נוקבין לאבא ואמא בבחינת הפנימית על ידי מסירת נפש דוקא)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
An example [of the inner unification] is the matter of the ten martyrs who brought about an ascent of the “Feminine Waters-*Mayim Nukvin*” to the inner aspect of *Abba* and *Imma,* specifically through giving their [actual] lives over to *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, with complete self-sacrifice.)


###### The Gate of Unity 26:33
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(וזהו ענין יחוד אבא ואמא עילאין ויחוד אבא ואמא תתאין, שהוא ישראל סבא ותבונה, כמו שכתוב למעלה בענין בינה ותבונה באריכות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This [also] is the matter of the unification of the “upper *Abba* and *Imma*,” and the unification of the “lower *Abba* and *Imma*,” which are *Yisroel Saba* and *Tvunah*, as was explained at length in regard to the matter of *Binah* and *Tvunah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:34
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ובחינת ישראל סבא הוא ו׳ קצוות דאבא ותבונה ו׳ קצוות דאימא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The aspect of *Yisroel Saba* is the six directions of *Abba*,¹⁴) and the three gut emotions (*Netzach, Hod, Yesod*) of the insight-*Chochmah.* and *Tvunah* is the six directions of *Imma*.¹⁵) and the three gut emotions (*Netzach, Hod, Yesod*) of the comprehension-*Binah.*

footnotes:
¹⁴ This refers to the three emotions (Chessed, Gevurah, Tiferet
¹⁵ This refers to the three emotions (Chessed, Gevurah, Tiferet


###### The Gate of Unity 26:35
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שנקרא אבא ואמא תתאין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
These [two] are called “The lower *Abba* and *Imma*.”


###### The Gate of Unity 26:36
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ויש עוד ישראל סבא למעלה גם מאבא ואמא עילאין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[However], there is another *Yisroel Saba* that is even higher than the “upper *Abba* and *Imma*.”


###### The Gate of Unity 26:37
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שהוא ו׳ קצוות דחכמה סתימאה דאריך אנפין ותבונה ו׳ קצוות דבינה דאריך אנפין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the six directions of the “Hidden *Chochmah*” of *Arich Anpin* and [the higher] *Tvunah* is the six directions of *Binah* of *Arich Anpin*.¹⁶) Shaar 1, Anaf 5.

footnotes:
¹⁶ See HaGahot Tzemach to Etz Chayim, (Drush Igullim V’Yosher


###### The Gate of Unity 26:38
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שמשם נמשך שורש יחוד אבא ואמא עלאין בבחינת ג׳ ראשין שבהן כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The source for the inner unification of the “upper *Abba* and *Imma*,” involving their first three [*Sefirot,* as explained above], is drawn from the [unification of the higher *Yisroel Saba* and *Tvunah* of *Arich Anpin*].)


###### The Gate of Unity 26:39
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והנה כאשר נמשך מאבא ואמא מוחין לזעיר אנפין ונוקבה בשביל תולדות הנשמות, צריך להיות היחוד באבא ואמא בפנימית המוחין, בשרשם בב' מזלות דאריך אנפין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, when intellect is drawn down from *Abba* and *Imma* to *Zeir Anpin* and *Nukvah* in order to give birth to souls, it then is necessary for the unification of *Abba* and *Imma* to be in the inner intellect, in their root within the two *Mazalot* of *Arich Anpin*.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:40
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(והיינו בני כו' במזלא תליה כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This then, is the meaning of [the statement],¹⁷ “Children, [health, and livelihood] are dependent upon *Mazal*”).

footnotes:
¹⁷ Talmud Bavli, Mo’ed Katan 28a


###### The Gate of Unity 26:41
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כמו שכתוב במקום אחר שזהו ענין אל עליון, עליית אור פנימית אבא כשמקבל ממזל ונוצר כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as explained elsewhere, that this is the [inner] meaning of [the prayer,¹⁸ prayer. Also see Pri Etz Chayim (*Shaar Ha’Amidah*), Shaar 9, Ch. 3. “The Supernal God, who bestows good kindnesses, the Possessor of all, who remembers the kindnesses of the forefathers and brings a redeemer to their children’s children etc.”] The “Supernal God-*El Elyon*-א״ל עליון” refers to the ascent of the inner light of *Abba* (Insight) as it receives from the *Mazal* of “*Notzer*.”¹⁹’s-יהו״ה title God-*E”l-*א״ל is a title that relates to *Chochmah.* Therefore “The Supernal God-*E”l Elyon-*א״ל עליון” refers to the inner light of *Chochmah*-Insight as it ascends to receive from the *Mazal* of *Notzer* of *Arich*-Desire.

footnotes:
¹⁸ See beginning of Amidah
¹⁹ HaShem


###### The Gate of Unity 26:42
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אז גומל חסדים טובים, בבחינת יסוד שנקרא קונה הכל, להוליד תולדות בזעיר אנפין ונוקבה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Then, [the result of this is that] “He bestows good kindnesses” through the aspect of *Yesod*, which is called “The Possessor of all,”²⁰ is also called “*Kol*-All-כל,” since everything (i.e. all the preceding lights) gather in *Yesod* in order to spread forth as influence to the recipient. to give birth to offspring through [the resulting unification of] *Zeir Anpin* and *Nukvah*.

footnotes:
²⁰ As will be explained later (in chapter thirty-six), Yesod


###### The Gate of Unity 26:43
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וזהו וזוכר חסדי אבות ומביא גואל לבני בניהם כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the meaning of [the continuation of the words of the prayer], “He remembers the kindnesses of the forefathers and brings a redeemer to their children’s children.”


###### The Gate of Unity 26:44
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והמשל בזה ידוע, כמו איש שהוא חכם מופלג ביותר, כאשר יודע לעומק השכל ממקור חוצבו דוקא, אז יכול להיות משפיע לנמוך ביותר, גם לתינוק קטן

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The analogy for this is well known. It is similar a person who is particularly outstanding in his [deep] insight [and wisdom]. Since he knows the concept to its depth, specifically to the very source of its inception, he is therefore capable of [bringing out] influence from it to someone who is of a much lesser [intellectual capacity than himself], even to a small child.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:45
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לעשות צירופים חדשים באופן השכלת השכל ההוא, לא כהוויתו דוקא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is to say that] he can make new combinations [to explain] how to conceptualize this concept, specifically not merely [explaining it] as it [already] is [in his own mind].


###### The Gate of Unity 26:46
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וכן ביכולתו לחדש שכל אחר, להוליד מחדש מחמת זה השכל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Furthermore, he is capable of formulating and giving rise to entirely new and different concepts, through this concept.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:47
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מה שאין כן מי שאינו חכם מופלג ואינו תופס רק החכמה והשכל דברים כהוויתן לבד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, such is not the case in regard to a person who is not so exceptionally wise and who grasps the concept and wisdom merely as it is.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:48
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די להפקיע להשיגו לעצמו בלבד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is [difficult] enough for him to make the “breakthrough” and grasp it himself.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:49
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אבל לא יוכל להוליד חדשות ממנו כלל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, he will be incapable of “giving birth” to new insights from it altogether.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:50
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וכל שכן שלא יוכל להוליד ולהשפיל הסבר השכל להבינו לתינוק כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Certainly, he will be incapable of lowering it and “bringing down” the explanation of the concept, so that [even] a child could understand it.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:51
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ונמצא שבחינת נה''י דחכמה, שהוא בחינת יסוד, הכח המשפיע למקבל, תלוי בכח המשכיל, מקור חוצב השכל מאין ליש דוקא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[From all the above] we find that the aspect of *NeHi”Y* of *Chochmah* (the gut emotions of Insight), which is the aspect of *Yesod*, that is, the power to influence a recipient, is specifically dependent on the potential power to conceptualize (*Ko’ach HaMaskeel*), which is the source from which all concepts are “hewn” from “nothing” to “something.”


###### The Gate of Unity 26:52
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וכך הוא בענין תולדות הנשמות מבחינת נה''י

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is likewise so in regard to the birth of souls from the aspect of *NeHi”Y*.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:53
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שאינו מוליד כי אם בתוספת כח במקור המוחין שלו מלמעלה מעלה מן השכל כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[The aspect of *NeHi”Y*] cannot give birth [to new souls] unless there is additional [influence of] strength in the source of its intellect, from a much higher level than intellect.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:54
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והוא הטעם שבשביל תולדות נשמות על ידי יחוד אבא ואמא, צריך להיות מלמעלה ממקור המוחין דאבא ואמא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the reason that for there to be a birth of souls through the unification of *Abba* and *Imma*, there must be [influence] from higher than the source of the intellect of *Abba* and *Imma*.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:55
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שזהו מבחינת מזלות דחכמה סתימאה שהוא למעלה גם מחכמה ובינה דאריך אנפין עצמו כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the aspect of the *Mazalot* of the “Hidden Wisdom” (*Chochmah Steema’a*) which is even higher than *Chochmah* and *Binah* of *Arich Anpin* itself, as previously explained.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:56
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והיינו טעם ליחוד פנימית דאבא ואמא בליל שבת קודש

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is also the reason for the inner unification of *Abba* and *Imma* during the night of the “Holy *Shabbat* (*Shabbat Kodesh*).”


###### The Gate of Unity 26:57
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מפני שהוא בשביל להוליד נשמות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because [this unification] is to give birth to souls.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:58
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שלכך אז דוקא זמן זיווגא דחכימין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is, therefore, specifically the time for the “marital relations of the Sages.”²¹

footnotes:
²¹ See Introduction to Zohar 14a; Also see Zohar II 136a  204b, and elsewhere.


###### The Gate of Unity 26:59
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שהן תלמידי חכמים שנקרא קודש, ושבת שרשו בקודש העליון, בחינת פנימית אור אבא כנזכר לעיל ודי למבין:

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because they are Torah Scholars who are called “*Kodesh* – Holy” and the source of *Shabbat* is in the “upper *Kodesh* –Holiness,” which is the inner aspect of the light of *Abba*, as previously explained. This will suffice for those of understanding.