## The Gate of Unity Chapter 35

###### The Gate of Unity 35:1
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וזהו בחינת ישראל, שר אל, דהיינו על ידי הארת הכתר בחכמה שנקרא אל נהירו דחכמתא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the aspect of *Yisroel* (ישראל), that is, “The Ruler of *E-l – Sar E-l* – שר א״ל.¹) Shaar 8, Ch. 9; Also see Ma’amarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Hanachot 5577, pg. 271. In other words, [he is thus called] because of the radiance of *Keter* within *Chochmah*, which is called “*E-l*-א״ל*,* the light of *Chochmah*.”² א״ל עליון.”

footnotes:
¹ See Pri Etz Chayim (Shaar HaKriyat Shma
² See Zohar I 94a; Zohar III 30b, 31a, 65a; Also see chapter twenty-six above, regarding the words “The Supernal God – E”l Elyon –


###### The Gate of Unity 35:2
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שהכתר הוא המשתרר כו' כמו שכתוב במקום אחר בענין כי שרית וכו':

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For, *Keter* is what overrules, as explained elsewhere regarding the meaning of [the verse,] “Because you have ruled etc.”


###### The Gate of Unity 35:3
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והנה מעתה יש להבין ענין יחוד ישראל ולאה, שהוא יחוד המדות במחשבה שנקרא לאה, ויחוד יעקב ורחל, שהוא יחוד המדות בדבור

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
We must now understand the matter of the unification of *Yisroel* and *Leah*, which is the unification of the emotions with thought, which is called *Leah*. In addition, [we must also understand] the unification of *Yaakov* and *Rachel* which is the unification of the emotions with speech.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:4
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ותחלה יש להבין בהפרש שבין ישראל ליעקב

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[However,] we must first understand the difference between *Yisroel* and *Yaakov*.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:5
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דהנה בחינת יעקב הוא בחינת תפארת דזעיר אנפין דאצילות וכו', שהוא מדת הרחמים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because the aspect of *Yaakov* is the aspect of *Tiferet* of *Zeir Anpin* of *Atzilut*, which is the quality of Mercy.³) Shaar 23, Section on “*Rachamim*” and “*Tiferet*.”

footnotes:
³ See Zohar I 87b, 157b; Zohar III 302a; Also see Pardes Rimonim (Shaar Erchei HaKinuyim


###### The Gate of Unity 35:6
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כידוע שהאבות הן המרכבה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
As known, the forefathers are “the chariot” [of the supernal qualities].


###### The Gate of Unity 35:7
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אברהם בבחינת חסד דזעיר אנפין, יצחק בבחינת גבורה ויעקב בחינת תפארת

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
*Avraham* is in the aspect of *Chessed* – Kindness⁴ of *Zeir Anpin*, *Yitzchak* is in the aspect of *Gevurah* - Judgment,⁵) Shaar 24, Ch. 3 (Section on *Gevurah*). and *Yaakov* is the aspect of *Tiferet* – Mercy.

footnotes:
⁴ Zohar I 47b; Also see Ma’amarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Kuntreisim, pg. 4.
⁵ See Pardes Rimonim (Shaar Erchei HaKinuyim


###### The Gate of Unity 35:8
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וכתיב תתן אמת ליעקב, חסד לאברהם כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Likewise,] it is written,⁶ “Give truth to *Yaakov*; Kindness to *Avraham* etc.”

footnotes:
⁶ Micah 7:20


###### The Gate of Unity 35:9
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ואיתא בזהר על פסוק ונתתם לי אות אמת, דא אות וי״ו, בחינת יעקב שהוא קו האמצעי, בריח התיכון כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Moreover,] regarding the verse,⁷ “And you shall give me a sign (*Ot-*אות) of truth,” it states in the *Zohar*,⁸ “This is the letter (*Ot-*אות) *Vav*-ו.” This is the aspect of *Yaakov* who is the middle line, “The middle beam… [that passes through from one end to the other”].⁹ was a pure man (*Ish Tam*), dwelling in tents.” It is explained (Zohar I 146a) that the word “tents - *Ohalim*” is plural and teaches us that the aspect of *Yaakov* (*Tiferet*) dwells between the tent of *Avraham* (*Chessed*) and the tent of *Yitzchak* (*Gevurah*).

footnotes:
⁷ Joshua 2:12
⁸ Zohar III 2a; Also see Sefer HaMaamarim 5565, Vol. 1, pg. 368.
⁹ Exodus 26:28; Also see Zohar II 175b. Similarly, it states (Genesis 25:27), “And the boys grew: and Esav was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; while Yaakov


###### The Gate of Unity 35:10
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והענין ידוע דקו הימין חח''ן, הרי קו השמאל בג''ה סותרו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
As known, [the explanation of] the matter is that the right line [which consists] of *Chochmah, Chessed* and *Netzach,* is negated by the left line [which consists] of *Binah, Gevurah* and *Hod*.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:11
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כמו שמדת הדין סותר למדת החסד ומגביל אורו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example, this is similar to how the quality of judgment negates the quality of kindness and limits its light.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:12
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ולהיפך החסד מגביל אור הדין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
]Likewise,[ the opposite [is true], that kindness limits the light of judgment.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:13
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ונמצא שניהם נפסקים, שאין זה נקרא אמת, כי עיקר האמת הוא מה שיש לו קיום, כמו שפת אמת תכון כו' ועד ארגיעה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
We therefore find that both may cease. This cannot be called “Truth-*Emet-*אמת,” since the principal [definition] of Truth-*Emet*-אמת is that it endures [forever], as stated,¹⁰ “The lip of truth will be established forever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.”

footnotes:
¹⁰ Proverbs 12:19


###### The Gate of Unity 35:14
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שהשקר הוא הכזב, מלשון יכזבו מימיו, שהנהר נפסק כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[In contrast,] falsehood is deceit (*Kazav* – כזב), as in the terminology,¹¹ “[A spring of water] whose waters fail” (*Yekazvoo Meimav* –י**כזב**ו מימיו). As known, [under such conditions] the river [which is drawn from the waters of the spring] will cease.

footnotes:
¹¹ Using the terminology of Isaiah 58:11


###### The Gate of Unity 35:15
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ואמנם מדת האמת הוא המתקיים, להיותו כלול מב' הפכים דחסד וגבורה באין מונע ומנגדו כלל, על כן לא יכזבו מימיו כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, the quality of Truth-*Emet*-אמת, is that it endures [forever]. This is because it includes the two opposites of *Chessed* and *Gevurah* [within itself]*.* [Therefore,] nothing at all obstructs it or opposes it. Because of this, “its waters do not fail.”


###### The Gate of Unity 35:16
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וזהו אות אמת, דא וי''ו, קו האמצעי שכלול מחסד וגבורה, והוא דת''י (כמו שכתוב למעלה באות הכ''א)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is [the meaning of the statement in the *Zohar* that] “the letter of Truth is the letter *Vav*-ו,” which is the middle line that includes both *Chessed*-Kindness and *Gevurah*-Judgment. This [middle line] is *Da’at, Tiferet* and *Yesod* (as stated previously in chapter twenty-one).


###### The Gate of Unity 35:17
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ועוד יש מעלה בקו האמצעי דת''י, שאין בו שינוי מראשו לסופו, כי כמו שהוא בראש כך הוא בסוף

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, there is another benefit in the middle line of *DaTi”Y*¹² of the middle line, *Da’at, Tiferet,* and *Yesod*. in that it does not [undergo] change from beginning to end. Just as it is in the beginning, so is it in the end.

footnotes:
¹² This is an acronym for the three sefirot


###### The Gate of Unity 35:18
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ולא ישתנה מצד אריכות המשכתו למטה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It does not undergo change as a result of the length of being drawn down.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:19
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והוא מצד חבור וקשר שיש בכולו, מראשו לסופו יחד כמהות א', כבריח התיכון המבריח מן הקצה העליון לקצה התחתון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because of the connection [and unity] that there is in its entirety, [so that] from beginning to end it is unified as a single entity. [In this way] it is like “the inner beam…that passes through” from the highest end to the lowest end.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:20
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מה שאין כן ב' הקוין ימין ושמאל שאין בכל אחד מהם בחינת החיבור והקשר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is not the case, however, with the other two lines. [That is,] in the right and left [lines] there is no aspect of a connection and bond of each [of the *Sefirot* with the other *Sefirot* of that line].


###### The Gate of Unity 35:21
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על כן לא ימצא בסופו כמו בראשו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
As a result, we do not find that their end is similar to their beginning.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:22
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כמו חח''ן, הרי בנצח יגרע אור השפע, וכן בהוד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
An example of this is [the right line of] *ChaCha”N*.¹³ of the right line, *Chochmah*, *Chessed*, and *Netzach*. We find that in *Netzach* (Conquest) there is a [qualitative] diminishment of the light of the influence [of *Chessed* – Kindness]. This is likewise the case in [regard to the *sefirah* of] *Hod* (Splendor).

footnotes:
¹³ This is an acronym for the three sefirot


###### The Gate of Unity 35:23
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וכידוע בענין נצח והוד שנקרא תרין בדי ערבות שאין בהם טעם וריח

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
As known in [regard to] the [explanation of] the matter of *Netzach* and *Hod.* They are called, “The two branches of the Willow (*Aravot*)*,* which lack flavor and scent.”¹⁴ III 193b; Ma’amarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Bamidbar, Vol. 5, pg. 1,868; See also Shaar HaEmunah 101b.

footnotes:
¹⁴ Midrash Vayikra Rabba 30; See Zohar I 220b, (and the Mikdash Melech there); Zohar


###### The Gate of Unity 35:24
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והוא מפני שנפסק בהן הארת המוחין, כי החסד רק ענף החכמה, שהשכל והטעם שבחסד, כבר חלף ועבר עקרו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because the radiance of the intellect ceases in them, since *Chessed* (Kindness) is merely a branch of *Chochmah* (Wisdom)¹⁵ and the principal intellect and reasoning of the kindness has already withdrawn and passed.

footnotes:
¹⁵ See Chapter 21.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:25
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ולא נשאר בו רק בצמצום והעלם

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[The intellect] only remains in [the kindness] in a way of *Tzimtzum* - lessening and concealment.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:26
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אמנם עדיין יש בו בהעלם, אבל מופסק ממנו, ואין ביניהם חיבור וקשר כל כך

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Although it still possesses [the intellect] within itself in a concealed manner,¹⁶ there is nonetheless a separation from [the intellect], and there is not such a great connection and bond between them.

footnotes:
¹⁶ See Shaarei Teshuvah (of the Mittler Rebbe) 114b and on; Ma’amarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Bamidbar, Vol. 5, pg. 1,867 and on; Na”Ch pg. 179.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:27
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כמו חסד דרועה ימינא, כח היד ימין שנפסק מן המוח כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example, [it states],¹⁷ “*Chessed* is the right arm,” that is, [this refers to] the strength of the right arm which is separate from the brain etc.

footnotes:
¹⁷ Introduction to Tikkunei Zohar 17a


###### The Gate of Unity 35:28
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ובחינת הנצח שהוא ניצוח ההסכם לבד, כבר נפסק מן המוחין דחכמה יותר, כי לא נשאר בו רק רושם בעלמא מן האהבה וחסד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Likewise,] the aspect of *Netzach*, which is merely the victory of the commitment, is already more separate from the brains of *Chochmah,* since all that remains within it, is a faint impression of the love and kindness [of the heartfelt emotions].


###### The Gate of Unity 35:29
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והוא כמו הירך הימין שנפסק מחסד שביד ימין כו', ואין לירך חיבור עם היד כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is similar to the “right thigh,” which is separate from the kindness of the “right arm,” for there is no [direct] bond between the thigh and the hand.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:30
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וכך ביד שמאל וירך שמאל, שהן בבחינת קו השמאל בג''ה, מופסקין זה מזה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The same is true of the “left hand” and the “left thigh” which are the aspects of the left line of *BoGa”H*.¹⁸ of the left line, *Binah, Gevurah* and *Hod*. The [*sefirot* of the left line] are separated one from the other.

footnotes:
¹⁸ This is an acronym for the three sefirot


###### The Gate of Unity 35:31
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על כן בסופו לא ימצא מראשו, מפני הפסק הארת המוחין, עד שיוכל להיות שם גרעון לגמרי, כמו ותקע כף ירך יעקב

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Therefore, we do not find their beginning in their end. This is because of the cessation of the intellectual radiance, so that there can be a complete [qualitative] lessening [and diminishment], as in the verse,¹⁹ “And the hollow of Yaakov’s thigh was strained.”

footnotes:
¹⁹ Genesis 32:26 (and Rashi there)


###### The Gate of Unity 35:32
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שנגע בנצח, בגיד הנשה כו', עד שמקבלים חיצונים משם

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is to say that [the angel] hit him in the aspect of *Netzach*, “in the sinew of the thigh-vein,”²⁰ to the point that the external [forces of impurity] receive [their sustenance] from there.

footnotes:
²⁰ Genesis 32:33


###### The Gate of Unity 35:33
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כמו שכתוב בזהר בענין ירך סוטה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is in accordance with the statement in *Zohar* regarding the thigh of a *Sota*.²¹ (the side of evil) persevered over the thigh, i.e. *Netzach*, of *Yaakov*, and “won” it from him. The Zohar then continues to explain that the aspect of the “thigh” (i.e., *Netzach*) of the aspect of Yaakov was weakened until the Prophet Shmuel came and rectified it. (It explains there that its weakness was that it did not draw down the light of prophecy. As is explained elsewhere, prophecy is primarily revealed through the aspects of *Netzach* and *Hod*.) From the time of Shmuel onward the *Sitra Achara* does not have dominion over the aspect of the thigh of *Yaakov*. Rather, the forces of evil and concealment now receive their sustenance from another “thigh,” the thigh of the adulteress (*Sota*). As scripture states regarding the adulteress - *Sotah* (Numbers 5:22), “These waters that cause curse shall enter your innards to distend the stomach and cause the thigh to fall.” The reason for this is because the *Sitra Achara* itself is compared to an adulteress, as stated (Proverbs 2:17), “Who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.” (See Zohar II 111b; Numbers 5:21, 27.)

footnotes:
²¹ Regarding the verses, (Genesis 32:26) “And Yaakov was left alone, and there wrestled a man with him etc.” and, “He saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh,” the Zohar (Mishpatim 111b) explains that the Sitra Achara


###### The Gate of Unity 35:34
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והיינו הטעם גם כן בחסד וגבורה עצמן, כמו שכתוב אברהם יצא ממנו ישמעאל, שהוא מותרי ופסולת החסדים כו', ויצחק יצא ממנו עשו, מותרי ופסולת הגבורות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This also is the reason why regarding *Chessed* and *Gevurah* themselves it states,²² “*Yishmael* came out of *Avraham*,” for he is the excess and dregs of the Kindnesses (*Chassadim*). [It likewise states,] “*Esav* came out of *Yitzchak*” [referring to] the excess and dregs of the Judgments (*Gevurot*).²³

footnotes:
²² Talmud Bavli, Pesachim 56a
²³ See Etz Chayim, Shaar 31, Ch. 2


###### The Gate of Unity 35:35
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אבל יעקב שהוא בחינת קו האמצעי דת''י, הרי יש בקו זה חיבור וקשר מראשו לסופו, עד שימצא בסופו כמו בראשו ממש

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, *Yaakov* is the aspect of the middle line of *DaTi”Y,*²⁴ and *Yesod*. In this line there is a connection and bond from its beginning to its end, so much so, that its end is found to be the same as its beginning, literally.

footnotes:
²⁴ The middle line, Da’at, Tiferet,


###### The Gate of Unity 35:36
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(כמו שידוע, דאין קישוי אלא לדעת שבראש, הרי קשור בחינת היסוד בדעת שבמוח הראש, כאילו הן מהות אחת כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(For example, as known, it is impossible for an erection to occur without *Da’at* (concentration and interest) which [takes place] in the head.²⁵ We, therefore, find that the aspect of *Yesod* and the aspect of *Da’at* in the brain of the head, are bound together as if they are one entity.)

footnotes:
²⁵ Talmud Bavli, Yevamot 53b


###### The Gate of Unity 35:37
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שהרי הדעת הוא פנימיות, המאיר ומקושר ברחמים שבלב, והיו לאחדים תמיד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because *Da’at*, [which] is an inner [light], radiates and is bound up to the compassion of the heart. They are one at all times, literally.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:38
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וכמו שאמר בזהר, משה מלגאו יעקב מלבר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is similar to the statement in *Zohar*,²⁶ Tikkun 13 (28a); Etz Chayim, Shaar HaKlallim, Ch. 8 “*Moshe* is inside and *Yaakov* is outside.”

footnotes:
²⁶ Tikkunei Zohar,


###### The Gate of Unity 35:39
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והוא בחינת הדעת, שהוא פנימיות המדות של הרחמים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the aspect of *Da’at,* which is the innerness of the emotions of compassion.²⁷ Ch. 11

footnotes:
²⁷ Etz Chayim, Shaar HaKlallim,


###### The Gate of Unity 35:40
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כי לפי ערך הדעת, ממש כך ערך הרחמים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because the measure of mercy will literally be commensurate to the measure of *Da’at*.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:41
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וכל מי שאין בו דעת הוא אכזרי, כתינוק וכהאי גוונא, ויוסיף דעת יותר ירגיש הרחמנות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Moreover, whoever does not have *Da’at* is cruel, such as children, or the like. [However], the more one increases his *Da’at*,²⁸ the more will he feel merciful.

footnotes:
²⁸ Ecclesiastes 1:18


###### The Gate of Unity 35:42
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כמו שכתוב במקום אחר באריכות שאין בין הדעת והרחמים שום הפסק כלל, כמו בין החכמה וחסד הנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because, as explained elsewhere at length, there is no interruption whatsoever between *Da’at* and *Rachamim* (Mercy), as there is between the aforementioned aspects of *Chochmah* (Wisdom) and *Chessed* (Kindness).


###### The Gate of Unity 35:43
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ומכל שכן החיבור אל השפעת היסוד, שהוא בחינת התקשרות המשפיע אל המקבל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Furthermore,] there most certainly is a bond [of the *Daat*] with the influence of *Yesod*, which is the aspect of the connection of the influencer to the recipient.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:44
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שהוא בא במהירות מן הדעת, כמו והאדם ידע כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This [connection] comes about instantaneously from *Da’at*, as in [the verse],²⁹ “And Adam **knew** Eve [his wife; and she conceived and bore etc.]”

footnotes:
²⁹ Genesis 4:1


###### The Gate of Unity 35:45
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(ויש בחינת נה"י בפנימיות והן כליות יועצות ופנימיות יסוד סיומא דגופא ונו"ה בחיצוניות הן תרין ירכין כו׳)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(There is an internal aspect of *NeHi”Y* which are the “Kidneys that give council,” and the innerness of *Yesod* is the “End of the body; [the sign of the holy covenant].” The externality of *Netzach* and *Hod*, [however,] are “the two thighs.”)³⁰

footnotes:
³⁰ See Talmud Bavli, Brachot 61a; Introduction to Tikkunei Zohar 17a; Tikkunei Zohar, Tikkun 13 (29a).


###### The Gate of Unity 35:46
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וכמו שכתוב בזהר בראשית, בענין יקוו המים כו' אל מקום אחד, שהוא בחינת יסוד שמתקבץ שם כל השפע, ונקרא כנישו דכל נהורין כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is in accordance with the statement in *Zohar Bereishit* regarding [the verse],³¹ “Let the waters [under the heaven] be gathered into one place.” This is the aspect of *Yesod*,³² within which all the influence gathers. It is thus called, “The ingathering of all the lights.”

footnotes:
³¹ Genesis 1:9
³² Zohar I 18a  33a.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:47
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והוא קו האמצעי שמבריח כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the aspect of the middle line, [which is, “The inner beam] that passes through… from one end to the other.”


###### The Gate of Unity 35:48
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ועל כן נקרא אמת, שהן אותיות א' מ' ת' ראש תוך סוף של אותיות, שכתחילתו כן סופו, שזה עיקר האמת

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is for this reason that [the middle line] is called “Truth-*Emet*-אמת,” which is made of the letters *Aleph*-א, *Mem*-מ, and *Tav*-ת. [These letters are] the first, middle, and last letters of the [Hebrew] *Aleph-Bet*,³³ for, as [Truth] is in its beginning, so is it in its end, this being the principal aspect of Truth.

footnotes:
³³ Midrash Bereshit Rabba 81:2 – א'ב'ג'ד'ה'ו'ז'ח'ט'י'כ'ך'ל'מ'ם'נ'ן'ס'ע'פ'ף'צ'ץ'ק'ר'ש'ת'


###### The Gate of Unity 35:49
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ולזה אמרו יעקב לא מת כו', מפני שאין אחיזה למות, שרש הקליפות, בקו האמצעי כלל, מטעם זה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Because of this [the sages] stated,³⁴ “Yaakov did not die,” since, because of this very reason, death (*Mavet*), which is the root of the external shells (*Kelipot*), has no foothold whatsoever in the middle line.

footnotes:
³⁴ Talmud Bavli, Taanit 5b


###### The Gate of Unity 35:50
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ולזה אמר כי שרית עם אלהי״ם, בחינת ב''ן כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is for this reason that it states, “You have ruled over *Elohi”m*-אלהי״ם,” [which is] the aspect of *Ba”N*-ב״ן-52.³⁵

footnotes:
³⁵ יו״ד ה״ה ו״ו ה״ה


###### The Gate of Unity 35:51
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והוא בבחינת הדעת והחכמה בראש דישראל, לי ראש דוקא כנזכר לעיל, ולכך אמר לו ישראל יהיה שמך

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, this specifically [refers to] the aspect of *Da’at* and *Chochmah* which are in the head of *Yisroel*-ישראל [which spells] “a head for me-*Li Rosh*-לי ראש,” as explained previously. Because of this [the angel] told him,³⁶ “*Yisroel-*ישראל shall be your name.”

footnotes:
³⁶ Genesis 35:10


###### The Gate of Unity 35:52
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מה שאין כן יעקב מצד בחינת חיצוניות דנצח והוד, תרין ירכין כו' שבאין מכחו של חסד וגבורה דאברהם ויצחק כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, this is not the case in regard to [the aspect of] *Yaakov*. [This is because] the aspects of *Netzach* and *Hod,* which are the “two thighs,” come from the powers of *Chessed* and *Gevurah* of *Avraham* and *Yitzchak.*


###### The Gate of Unity 35:53
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על כן נגע בכף יריכו, בנצח דקו הימין, מטעם הנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Thus, for the reason stated above, [the angel was able to] hit him in the hollow of his thigh, which is the aspect of *Netzach* of the right line.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:54
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מה שאין כן בישראל נאמר וגם נצח ישראל לא ישקר כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In contrast, regarding *Yisroel-*ישראל it states,³⁷ “And also the *Netzach* of *Yisroel-*ישראל does not lie etc.”

footnotes:
³⁷ Samuel I 15:29


###### The Gate of Unity 35:55
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כי ישראל הוא בבחינת הפנימית של המדות דחסד וגבורה בבחינת קו האמצעי דדעת כו' שנאמר בו כי שרית כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because *Yisroel-*ישראל is the inner aspect of the emotions of *Chessed* and *Gevurah*, which is the aspect of *Da’at* of the middle line, about which it states, “For you have ruled etc.”


###### The Gate of Unity 35:56
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וכן מה שכתוב יעקב לא מת, משום שנאמר ימותו ולא בחכמה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, [the reason for the statement] “*Yaakov* did not die,” is because it states,³⁸ “They die, but not in wisdom.”

footnotes:
³⁸ Job 4:21


###### The Gate of Unity 35:57
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(כן משאמרו רבותינו זכרונם לברכה יעקב משמש במרום, שהוא בחכמה ובינה, כי גדול דעה כו', והוא למעלה מהחזה כו' כמו שכתוב במקום אחר)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(Similarly, the Sages stated,³⁹ “*Yaakov* serves in the heights,” which refers to *Chochmah* and *Binah*, for, “Great is *De’ah* [since it was placed between two Divine Names].”⁴⁰-יהו״ה is a God-*E”l*-א״ל of knowledge*-Ki E-l De’ot HaShem*-כי א״ל דעות יהו״ה,” thus placing the aspect of *Da’at* (*De’ot-*דעות) between the two Holy Names of God-*El*-א״ל and the Name *HaShem*-יהו״ה. The sages thus stated, “Great is *Da’eh* since it was placed between two Divine Names.” The *Maharsha* (to Brachot ibid.) explains this statement of the Talmud to mean that the aspect of *Da’at* exists between the aspects of *Chochmah* and *Binah*. This is higher than the “chest,”⁴¹ of *ChaGa”T*, as previously explained. as explained elsewhere.)

footnotes:
³⁹ Zohar I 133a
⁴⁰ Talmud Bavli, Brachot 33a – The verse (Samuel I 2:3) states, “For HaShem
⁴¹ The “Chest” refers to the emotional sefirot


###### The Gate of Unity 35:58
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היינו מצד שרש יעקב למעלה מעלה בבחינת הקו האמצעי דת''י, מטעם הנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, this is all in regard to the **source** of *Yaakov*, which is much higher, in the aspect of the middle line of *DaTi”Y*, for the above mentioned reason.


###### The Gate of Unity 35:59
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אבל בחיצוניות המדות דיעקב נאמר ויגע בכף יריכו כו' וכמו שכתוב במקום אחר ודי למבין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, in regard to the externality of the emotions of *Yaakov* it states, “He hit him in the hollow of his thigh,” as explained elsewhere. This will suffice those of understanding.