## The Gate of Unity Chapter 44

###### The Gate of Unity 44:1
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ומעתה יובן גם כן שרש ענין ההתחלקות דאותיות המחשבה מבחינת ה׳ גבורות מנצפ"ך כו', ולמעלה מעלה גם במחשבה העצמית ומחשבה הקדומה ומחשבה סתימאה דאדם קדמון ואריך אנפין כו', עד מחשבה דזעיר אנפין, על דרך הנזכר לעיל בפרטיות הענין באדם התחתון, ששרש התחלקות הצירופים באים מלמעלה ממקור ההשגה דבינה עצמה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
We may now also understand the root of the matter of the division of the letters of thought from the aspect of the five severities (*MaNTzePa”Ch)* etc., [as they apply] much higher*,* even in the “Essential Thought” [before *Tzimtzum*] and the “Primordial Thought” [after *Tzimtzum*] (*Machshavah HaKedooma)* and the “Hidden Thought” (*Machshavah Stima’ah)* of *Adam Kadmon* and *Arich Anpin*, until the thought of *Zeir Anpin,* in the way explained before in detail about man below; that the root of the letter-divisions of the combinations come from higher than the source of the comprehension of *Binah* itself etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:2
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וזהו ענין מאמר סתום ומאמר פתוח

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the matter of *Ma'amar Satoom* – “The Closed Saying,” and *Ma'amar Patu'ach* – “The Open Saying.”¹

footnotes:
¹ Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 104a; Also see Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Shemot Vol.1 p. 213; Shaarei Teshuva 91b.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:3
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כמו ויאמר אלהי״ם, אלהי״ם ק"ך צירופים דמחשבה סתימאה שבעצמות ממש, נקרא מאמר סתום בעצמות סתימא דכל סתימין כו' עד רום המעלות, כמו אלהי״ם הבין דרכה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
An example is the verse,² “And God said-*VaYomer Elohi”m*-ויאמר אלהי״ם.” *Elohi”m-*אלהי״ם represents the one hundred and twenty combinations³’s-יהו״ה primary title God-*Elohi”m*-*אלהי״ם.* of the “Hidden Thought” that is literally in the Essential Self. This is called, “The closed saying” that is concealed within the Essential Self of *HaShem-*יהו"ה, He who is called the “Concealed of all concealments etc.,” to the highest heights, as in the verse,⁴ “And *Elohi”m-*אלהי״ם understands the way thereof etc.”

footnotes:
² Genesis 1:3
³ See Etz Chayim, Shaar 15, Ch. 6; Shaar 44, Ch. 5; Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Shemot Vol. 1, p.137 – There are 120 possible permutations of the five letters of HaShem
⁴ Job 28:23


###### The Gate of Unity 44:4
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ובחינת אלהי״ם הזה הוא בחינת הצמצום וההסתלקות, וכמאר רבותינו זכרונם לברכה בתחלה עלה במחשבה לברוא במידת הדין שהוא שם אלהי״ם כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This aspect of *Elohi”m-*אלהי״ם is the aspect of the “constraint and withdrawal” (*Tzimtzum v’Histalkut)*. This is as stated by our sages,⁵ “At first it arose in thought to create through the quality of judgment,” which is the name *Elohim-*אלהי״ם etc.

footnotes:
⁵ See Rashi to Genesis 1:1; Maamarei Admor HaZaken, Parshiyot HaTorah Vol. 1 pg. 337; Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Devarim Vol. 4, p. 1,420.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:5
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והיינו בחינת התחלקות צירופי אותיות שבמחשבה סתימאה גם כן

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
That is, this also refers to the aspect of the letter-divisions of the combinations of the, “Hidden Thought” (*Machshava Stima’ah)*.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:6
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(כמו לפי תרגום אונקלוס בראשית בקדמין, שהוא הרצון הקדום היינו הרצון שבמחשבה הקדומה כו' נקרא בחינת אלהי״ם בבחינת הצמצום וההתחלקות לפי מאמר רבותינו זכרונם לברכה דבראשית נמי מאמר הוא, שהוא בחינת מאמר סתום במחשבה הסתומה, עד גם בבחינת מחשבה הפשוטה והעצמית כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This accords with the translation of Onkelos⁶ on the word “*Bereishit*-in the beginning, as being *B'Kadmin-*בקדמין, which refers to the Primal Desire (*Ratzon HaKadoom-*רצון הקדום), that is, the “Desire of the Primordial Thought” (*Machshavah HaKedooma*-מחשבה הקדומה), which is called the aspect of *Elohi”m-*אלהי״ם in an aspect of constraint and division, according to the statement of our sages that,⁷ “*Bereishit* is also a [creative] utterance (*Maamar)*”; in that it is the aspect of the Hidden Saying (*Ma'amar Satoom*) of the Hidden Thought (*Machshava HaStoomah*), until the aspect of the Simple Essential Thought, as discussed before.

footnotes:
⁶ See Onkelos translation to Genesis 1:1
⁷ Talmud Bavli, Rosh HaShanah 32a


###### The Gate of Unity 44:7
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וכידוע דאלהי״ם אותיות מי אלה, שהוא בחינת התחלקות מי ברא אלה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
As known, *Elohi”m*-אלהים consists of the letters⁸ p. 472 “*Mi Eileh*-מי אלה,” which is the aspect of the division [of letters], as in [the verse,⁹ “lift your gaze heavenwards and see] Who-*Mi-*מי created These-*Eileh*-אלה.”

footnotes:
⁸ See Zohar, Introduction 2a; Also see Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Na”Ch
⁹ Isaiah 40:26


###### The Gate of Unity 44:8
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ואלהי״ם עלאה, בינה ומחשבה סתימאה דאריך אנפין ואדם קדמון כו', ואלהי״ם תתאה בחינת מלכות דתבונה ולאה וכו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, the upper *Elohi”m-*אלהי״ם is the *Binah* and hidden thought of *Arich Anpin* and *Adam Kadmon*, while the lower *Elohi”m-*אלהי״ם is the aspect of *Malchut* of *Tevunah* and *Leah* etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:9
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וכמו שכתוב בזוהר דל"ב ויאמר אלהי״ם הן ל"ב שבילין דמתפתחין בבינה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated in the *Zohar*¹⁰ that the thirty-two [times that is says] “And God said-*VaYomer Elohi”m*-ויאמר אלהי״ם” [in the account of creation,]¹¹ refer to the thirty-two pathways¹²) 128b; 129a; 136a; Also see Ginat Egoz of Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, translated as HaShem Is One, Vol. 1, The Gate of His Title (*Shaar HaKinuy*). that open up in *Binah*.

footnotes:
¹⁰ Tikkunei Zohar 112c; Also see Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Vayikra Vol. 2, p. 625; Devarim Vol. 2, p. 651; Drushei Chatuna Vol. 1, p. 45; Torat Chayim, Noach p. 46c.
¹¹ Genesis 1
¹² See Zohar III (Idra Rabba


###### The Gate of Unity 44:10
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שכולן בחינת מאמר סתום דדיבור שבמחשבה, שמזה נעשה מחשבה שבדיבור דמלכות שנקרא מאמר פתוח, כמו שיתבאר בענין בחינת מ"ם סתומה ומ"ם פתוחה כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
All these are the aspect of the hidden, “Closed Saying” (*Maamar Satoom*) of speech of thought, from which the thought of the speech of *Malchut,* which is called the “Open Saying” is made, as will be explained on the subject of the aspect of the Closed letter *Mem*-ם and the open letter *Mem*-מ etc.)


###### The Gate of Unity 44:11
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ואמנם הנה שרש כח ההתחלקות הזאת, אף על פי שהוא בא בבחינת הצמצום, הנה הוא מלמעלה מכח ומקור עצם ההשגה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, in regard to the root of this power of division; although it comes in an aspect of constraint (*Tzimtzum*), nonetheless, it is from higher than the power and source of the comprehension itself etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:12
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וכמו שכתוב בזוהר על פסוק וקול התור נשמע בארצינו כו', שהוא בחינת קול דבינה שנשמע בבחינת התחלקות צירופים על ידי בחינת ה׳ גבורות מנצפ"ך כו', שהוא בבוא האור בבחינת הדבור, עלמא דאתגליא שנקרא ארצנו כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated in the Zohar regarding the verse,¹³ “And the voice of the turtledove (*Tor*-תור) is heard in our land etc.” That is, this refers to the aspect of the voice of *Binah* that is heard in an aspect of divisions of combinations by means of the five severities *MaNTzePa”Ch* (מנצפ״ך) etc., which is when the illumination comes into an aspect of speech, this being the revealed world that is called, “our land-*Artzeinu*-ארצנו” etc.

footnotes:
¹³ Song of Songs 2:12; Zohar I 97b; Also see Sefer HaMaamarim 5568 Vol.1, p. 488.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:13
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וכנזכר לעיל באריכות ממשל התנוק שאין לו מחשבה בהתחלקות אותיות כי אם כשידבר כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as explained above at length from the analogy of an infant, that he does not have thought in divisions of letters until he speaks etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:14
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דבזמן שיש מצרף לדבור מחכמה מבחינת פנימיות חכמה אז יש מצרף לאותיות דמחשבה מפנימיות ומקור דבינה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For as soon as there is the power to combine in speech from *Chochmah*, that is, from the inner aspect of *Chochmah*; then there is a power to combine the letters of thought from the innerness and source of *Binah* etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:15
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ודוקא כח העושה הצירוף הוא מבחינת מקור דבינה, אבל גוף הצירופים בפרטי אופניהם, הרי הוא דווקא מכוון על פי הכוונה שבהשגה בפרט, על פי צמצום דמחשבת שכל העיונית שמסדר אופן הצירופים כו' כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, the power that makes the combinations is specifically from the aspect of the source of *Binah*, but the combinations themselves in their particular forms, specifically follow the intent of the specific comprehension, according to the constraint of the thought of the “Analytical Intellect” (*Sechel HaIyunit)* that gives order to the manner of the combinations etc., as discussed before.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:16
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ובאמת זהו בחינת מ"ם פתוחה. כי הנה בבינה עצמה יש מ"ם סתומה ומ"ם פתוחה, שנקרא מאמר סתום ומאמר פתוח

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In truth, this is an aspect of the Open *Mem*-מ. This is because in *Binah* itself there is a closed *Mem*-ם and an open *Mem*-מ,¹⁴ which are called *Maamar Satoom* (a Closed [hidden] Saying), and *Maamar Patuach* (an Open [revealed] Saying).

footnotes:
¹⁴ See Pardes Rimonim, Shaar 27, Ch. 16.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:17
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כי כל מאמר הוא במחשבה דבינה עצמה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For, every *Maamar* (Saying) is within the thought of *Binah* itself.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:18
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והוא ענין ההפרש בין בחינת מקיפים דאימא, שהוא עדיין בבחינת מ"ם סתומה שמקיף מכל צד, והוא בריבוע דוקא, כמו שכתוב בזוהר על מ"ם דלםרבה המשרה כו' ומבואר במקום אחר, ובין בחינת הארת המקיף הזה לעשות התחלקות הצירופים על ידי בחינת ה׳ גבורות מנצפ"ך כו', שהוא ענין מ"ם פתוחה מאמר פתוח

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is [the explanation of] the matter of the difference between the encompassing lights of *Imma*, which are still in an aspect of the “Closed *Mem”* (ם) that encompasses from all sides and specifically is square, as stated in the *Zohar*¹⁵ 127a; Also see *Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Dvarim* Vol.4 p. 1,228; *Torat Chayim, Noach* 57b. regarding the *Mem* (ם) of the verse,¹⁶ “ל**ם**רבה המשרה” – “To increase authority,” as explained elsewhere; compared to the aspect of the illumination of this encompassing light to make the divisions of combinations through the aspect of the five severities *MaNTzePa”Ch* etc.; which is the matter of the “Open *Mem”* (מ), that is, the “Open [revealed] *Maamar”* (Saying).

footnotes:
¹⁵ Zohar Terumah
¹⁶ Isaiah 9:6


###### The Gate of Unity 44:19
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שהמחשבה הסתומה נעשית פתוחה בהתחלקות אותיות כו', שזהו ענין ציור המ"ם פתוחה כידוע.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
That is, the closed [hidden] thought becomes opened through the divisions of letters, as indicated by the form of the open *Mem*-מ, as known.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:20
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וביאור הדברים, הנה ידוע בביאור ענין מקיפים דבינה, בענין והאם רובצת על האפרוחים כו׳

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, the explanation of the matter is as known regarding the explanation of the encompassing lights of *Binah*, in regard to the matter of¹⁷ “The mother crouches over the chicks” etc.

footnotes:
¹⁷ Deuteronomy 22:6


###### The Gate of Unity 44:21
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שהמדות מקבלים רק מבחינת השגה דאור פנימי דבינה כשנקרא אם הבנים, שאז נקרא אפרוחים כו', ובחינת גדלות המוחין דמדות בהעלם הבא מבחינת מקיפים, היינו כשאם הבנים רובצת כו', דהיינו להמשיך מה שלמעלה מהמוחין דבינה הנמשכים למדות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
That is, the emotions only receive from the aspect of the comprehension of the inner light of *Binah*, which is called, “*Em HaBanim*” (The mother of the children).¹⁸ It is then that [the emotions] are called “chicks” etc., and the aspect of the maturation of the intellect of the emotions comes in a concealed manner from the aspect of the encompassing lights, that is, when “The mother crouches over the chicks” etc. This is in order to draw that which is above the intellect of *Binah* into the emotions.

footnotes:
¹⁸ Zohar I 219a; Zohar II 84a-85b; Imrei Binah, Shaar HaTefilin 99d; Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Na”Ch pg. 312.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:22
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(על דרך אהבה התלויה בדבר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is similar to love that is dependent on something.¹⁹

footnotes:
¹⁹ Mishna Avot 5:16; Also see Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Devarim Vol. 4, pg. 1,498; Ateret Rosh, Shaar Yom HaKipurim pg. 68.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:23
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שדבר זה בא באהבה בבחינת אור פנימי, על כן כשבטל הדבר בטלה האהבה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This something comes to be loved in an aspect of an inner illumination. Therefore, when the thing is nullified, the love is nullified.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:24
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מכל מקום נשאר בבחינת מקיף, שהוא בחינת ההעלם מאותו הדבר, שיוכל על ידי זה לחזור ולהתעורר ולבוא בבחינת אור פנימי כידוע)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Nevertheless, [the love] remains in an aspect of an encompassing light, which is the aspect of concealment from that thing. It can therefore return to be aroused and once more come in an aspect of an inner illumination, as known.)


###### The Gate of Unity 44:25
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שחופף עליהם, והוא בריבוע, שמתיישב עליהם ממש כמו שכתוב במקום אחר בענין מ"ם דלמרבה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For it hovers over them [the emotions], and is square, in that it actually “sits” directly upon them, as explained elsewhere regarding the *Mem*-ם of “To increase*-LeMarbeh-*ל**ם**רבה” etc.²⁰

footnotes:
²⁰ See note above.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:26
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וכללות הענין הוא על דרך דוגמא מידיעה במוח שמקפת את הדבר שיודע אותו, דהגם שהדבר נבדל, מכל מקום חופף ידיעה זו ומקפת מכל צד לאותו הדבר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The general matter can be compared by example to how the knowledge of the mind encompasses whatever it knows. For although the thing known is a separate thing, nevertheless, this knowledge surrounds and encompasses the thing on every side.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:27
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(כמו ידיעת אלהו״ת, שמשגיח ויודע את כל הנבראים, שבידיעה זו מקיף אותם כמו שכתוב בלקוטי אמרים בידיעה שיודע כל הארץ כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is like the Godly knowledge, in that He supervises and knows all creatures; in that He encompasses them with this knowledge, as explained in Tanya²¹ that, “With the knowledge of knowing the whole earth [He encompasses it] etc.)

footnotes:
²¹ Tanya, Ch. 48, and elsewhere.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:28
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וזהו כמו מה שכתוב ועל ראשי החיות רקיע כעין הקרח כו', שהוא בחינת מקיף דבינה גם כן (שמזה נעשה לבוש החשמ"ל מבחינת חיצוניות בינה כמו שיתבאר)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is similar to what it states,²² “And over the heads of the *Chayot* [angels] there was a firmament similar to ice etc.,” which also refers to the aspect of the encompassing light of *Binah* (from which the garment of the *Chashmal* is made, that is, from the aspect of the externality of *Binah*, as will be explained).

footnotes:
²² Ezekiel 1:22


###### The Gate of Unity 44:29
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וכמו שכתוב במקום אחר בביאור ענין אור מים רקיע, דהשגה דבינה נקרא רקיע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is also explained elsewhere regarding the matter of *Ohr* (Light), *Mayim* (Water), *Rakia* (Firmament), that the comprehension of *Binah* is called “*Rakia* (Firmament).”²³

footnotes:
²³ See Siddur Im Divrei Elokim Chayim, Shacharit 70a; Also see Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee Vayikra Vol.2, p. 451 and 472.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:30
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לפי שקודם שבא המושכל בבחינת השגה גמורה, עדיין הוא למעלה מבחינת הגבלת אותיות, כמו הסבר מושכל עמוק שאינו עדיין באופן מוגבל במוח הנקרא השגה ותפיסא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because before the concept comes to be fully grasped, it still transcends the aspect of limitation in letters, such as the explanation of a deep concept that has yet to come into a limited form in the mind to be considered, grasped and comprehended.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:31
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הוא הנקרא מים דניידי, לבא בכמה אופנים שונים כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is called “Flowing Waters” (*Mayim D’Naidee*),²⁴ 46a in that it can come in many different manners etc.

footnotes:
²⁴ Talmud Bavli, Eruvin


###### The Gate of Unity 44:32
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מה שאין כן כשבא המושכל באופן מוגבל הנתפס ומושג בכלי מוחו ממש, נמשל לקרח, דאגלידי מיא וקיימא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is not the case, however, when the concept comes in a limited manner that literally is grasped and comprehended in the organ (vessel) of his brain. It then it is compared to ice,²⁵ in which “the waters have congealed and remain as they are” (*D’Aglidee Maya v’Kayama*)*.*

footnotes:
²⁵ Zohar I 77a


###### The Gate of Unity 44:33
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מלשון השג יד כו', כמו שכתוב במקום אחר שזהו הנקרא רקיע, והוא ענין הקרח שעל גבי המוחין דחיות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[The term “grasped-*Hasagah*-השגה”] is of the same terminology as²⁶ “grasped by the hand-*Heseg Yad-*השג יד” [meaning, acquired] etc. As explained elsewhere, this is called “The Firmament” (*Rakiya*), which is the matter of the ice (*Kerach*-קרח) that is upon the intellect of the *Chayot* [angels] etc.²⁷ p. 285

footnotes:
²⁶ Talmud Bavli, Erechin 17a (in the Mishnah)
²⁷ See Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Na”Ch


###### The Gate of Unity 44:34
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ואמנם שרש הקרח הזה שבא דוקא בבחינת הגשמה גמורה, הוא מלמעלה מבחינת אור פנימי דבינה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, the root of this ice, which specifically comes in an aspect that is completely concrete, is from higher than the aspect of the inner light of *Binah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:35
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אלא הוא נמשך ונעשה מבחינת המקיף דבינה הנקרא מ"ם סתומה, שבלתי מאיר ונמשך בגלוי כלל במדות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Rather, it is drawn and made from the aspect of the encompassing light of *Binah*, which is called the closed *Mem* (ם) that altogether does not illuminate nor is drawn down into the emotions in a revealed manner.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:36
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על כן משם נעשה בחינת רקיע או קרח על גבי המוחין דמדות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Therefore, it is from there that an aspect of a “firmament” (*Rakiya-*רקיע) or “ice” (*Kerach*-קרח) is made upon the intellect of the emotions etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:37
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והיינו והאם רובצת כו', וכן ועל גוזליו ירחף כו', שזהו בחינת לבוש החשמ"ל שמקיף בבחינת שומר למדות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then [is the meaning of], “And the mother crouches etc.,” and similarly,²⁸ “He hovers over his young etc.,” which is the aspect of the garment of the *Chashmal* (חשמ״ל) that encompasses [the emotions] as a protector.

footnotes:
²⁸ Deuteronomy 32:11


###### The Gate of Unity 44:38
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(כמו שיתבאר בסמוך בענין כתנות עור כו', שמקיף לזעיר אנפין ונוקבא עד מתחת רגלי זעיר אנפין ונוקבא, שממנו נעשה המסך שבין אצילות לבריאה כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This will be explained shortly regarding the matter of the, “Cloaks of Leather” etc., that encompass *Zeir Anpin* and *Nukvah* (*Malchut*), until below the feet of *Zeir Anpin* and *Nukvah* (*Malchut*),²⁹ from which the veil that separates between *Atzilut* and *Briyah* is made etc.)

footnotes:
²⁹ See Etz Chayim, Shaar 42, Ch. 13; Also see Torat Chayim, Noach p. 58a.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:39
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והוא בחינת מקור דבינה, שמזה נמשך הכח העושה לבחינת התחלקות הצירופים דאותיות המחשבה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the aspect of the source of *Binah* from which the power that makes the divisions of combinations of the letters of thought is drawn.


###### The Gate of Unity 44:40
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הנקרא מצרף, ולא גוף הצירופים, שהוא דוקא בבחינת מ"ם פתוחה מאמר פתוח כו' ודי למבין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is called, “The Combiner” (*Metzaref*), as opposed to the combinations themselves, which specifically are in an aspect of the, “Open *Mem”* (מ) and the “Open Saying” (*Maamar Patuach)* etc. This will suffice for the understanding.