## The Gate of Unity Chapter 46

###### The Gate of Unity 46:1
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אך הנה בתורתו של רבי מאיר היה כתוב כתנות אור באלף כו' כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, as mentioned above, in the Torah of Rabbi Meir it was written, “Cloaks of light-*Katnot Ohr*-כתנות **א**ור,” with an *Aleph*-א etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:2
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להיות ידוע בשרש בחינת התיקון מבחינת שם מ"ה החדש דאדם קדמון כו', וכמו שכתוב במקום אחר שזהו בחינת מלך השמיני, שרש התיקון דמ"ה דחכמה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For as known, the aspect of *Tikkun*-Rectification is from the aspect of the *Shem Ma”H HaChadash* – the new name of *Ma”H*-מ”ה-45 [יו״ד ה״א וא״ו ה״א] of *Adam Kadmon*, and as discussed elsewhere, this is the aspect of the eighth king, which is the root of the rectification of *Ma”H*-מ”ה of *Chochmah* etc.¹), Shaar 10, Ch. 2 Ch. 3; Also see Torah Or, VaYechi 103b; Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Devarim Vol. 4, pg. 1,482.

footnotes:
¹ See Etz Chayim (Shaar HaTikun


###### The Gate of Unity 46:3
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(והוא בחינת יוסף פותר חלומות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is the aspect of *Yosef* who is the interpreter of dreams.²

footnotes:
² See Ginat Egoz of Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, translated as HaShem Is One, Vol. 1 and on. Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Devarim Vol. 4, p. 1,376. Torat Chayim VaYishlach p. 188d; VaYechi 243d; Torat Levi Yitzchak, Taanit p. 11.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:4
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כי הגלות נמשל לחלום, שהוא מעין הרהורי לבא דזעיר אנפין, שהוא בבחינת שינה הנקרא דורמיטא, הסתלקות המוחין כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For the exile is compared to a dream state,³ and it resembles the thoughts of the heart of *Zeir Anpin,* which is in an aspect of sleep that is called the *Durmita*-Slumber and the withdrawal of the intellect etc.⁴

footnotes:
³ See Torah Or, Vayeshev 28c; Torat Chayim, Shemot, pg. 52.
⁴ See Etz Chayim, Shaar 29, Ch. 1; Mevo She'arim, Shaar 3, part 2, Ch. 17; Torat Chayim Shemot pg. 53b.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:5
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ומאותיות שבדמיון החלום מצרף בהם צירופים טובים ומתוקנים על פי מקור עומק החכמה דאדם קדמון שבמצחא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
And from the letters of the imaginations of the dreams he combines them into good, rectified combinations, according to the source of the depth of *Chochmah* of *Adam Kadmon* that is in the forehead etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:6
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וזהו תופר, אותיות פורת ופותר כו', ולכך נקרא אברך כמו שכתוב במקום אחר)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is why *Tofer-*תופר-tailor shares the same letters as *Porat*-פורת-fruitful⁵ and *Poter*-פותר-solver etc.⁶ and it is for this reason that he is called *Avrech-*אברך,⁷ as explained elsewhere at length.)

footnotes:
⁵ See Torah Or, Vayeshev pg. 29a; Likkutei Torah, Korach, pg. 55a; Torat Chayim, Vayechi, p. 242d.
⁶ See Agadat Bereishit Ch. 82
⁷ Genesis 41:43; Also see Siddur Im Divrei Elokim Chayim, Shaar Chanukah 280c; Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Devarim Vol. 1, p. 30; Bereishit p. 490.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:7
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והיינו אחר הבירורים דרפ"ח ניצוצין שנפלו גם כן עם פירור ופיזור האותיות וכלים דתהו כנזכר לעיל, בשכל המצומצם באות הנפרד, ואז נקרא כתנות אור באלף.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In other words, it is called a “garment of light-*Ohr*-**א**ור” with an *Aleph*-א after the rectification of the two-hundred and eighty-eight sparks that fell along with the scattering and fragmentation of the letters and vessels of *Tohu*, as we previously explained about the constricted intellect of the separated letters.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:8
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וביאור הדברים ידוע, להיות דכתנות עור המלביש שנקרא חשמל, הרי הוא בא בבחינת הגשמה דוקא, וכמו ענין המשל לנמשל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The explanation of the matter is as known, that the “garment of skins-*Katnot Or*-כתנות **ע**ור” that garb [*Zeir Anpin*] and is called the *Chashmal*, comes specifically in a way of coarseness, just like how an analogy [is coarse] relative to the analogue.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:9
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(וכענין הגשמת השכל בבחינת רוב ההסבר, עד שתינוק קטן ישיגו כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is also like the coarsening of an intellectual concept through many explanations until a small child can grasp it etc.)


###### The Gate of Unity 46:10
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והוא בחינת נוגה, כמו האור המאיר באפילה, שאורו ניכר שם יותר, עד שנראה אורו מבהיק ביותר מאור המאיר במקום אורה, כמו שאמרו שרגא בטיהרא מאי מהני

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the aspect of *Nogah*-luminescence, which is like a light that illuminates within the darkness, wherein its light is more recognizable, to the point that its light is more apparent and glaring than light that radiates in a bright place, as our sages stated,⁸ “A candle in the sunlight is ineffectual.”

footnotes:
⁸ Talmud Bavli, Chulin 60b; Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Hanachot 5577 p. 261


###### The Gate of Unity 46:11
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אבל אור שרגא באישון חושך ואפילה, אורו מבהיק ביותר, והיינו לפי שהוא מאיר את החושך והאפילה דוקא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In contrast, the light of a candle in thick darkness is much more glaring. This is specifically because it illuminates the thick darkness.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:12
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שאי אפשר לומר באור הנר מצד עצמו שמבהיק אורו בעצם בחושך לילה יותר מביום, רק מצד החושך שהוא היפוכו על כן ניכר בו יותר אור

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For, it cannot be said that, in and of itself, the light of the candle⁹ 433:6 is essentially more luminescent in the darkness of night than in the day. Rather, it is only because darkness is its opposite that its light becomes more apparent.

footnotes:
⁹ Shulchan Aruch Alter Rebbe, Hilchot Pesach


###### The Gate of Unity 46:13
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ואין זו הבהקה אמיתית מצד עצמו, רק שנראה לעין בהבהקה יותר, מפני החושך דוקא, שבו בא יתרון האור לעין הרואה לבד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is not true radiance, in and of itself. It only appears more radiant to the eye specifically because in the darkness its light is more apparent, but only in the eye of the beholder.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:14
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וזהו כמו הבהקת ובהירת אור האבן טוב, בהיותו מצוייר בגסות החומר, שהוא בהיר יותר משהוא מצוייר בחומר זך ובהיר כו' מטעם זה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is similar to the radiance and glimmer of a precious stone when it is displayed on coarse material. It will appear to be more radiant than if it were to be displayed on clear, luminescent material, for the same reason.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:15
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(וכהבנת והשגת לתכלית עומק אור השכל במשל זר, שהוא ענין גס וזר דוקא מטעם זה כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is also like the understanding and comprehension of a deep intellectual light through an extraneous analogy, which is coarse and foreign [to the concept]. It is because of the same reason etc.)


###### The Gate of Unity 46:16
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וזהו בחינת נוגה שיש בו ב' פרושים כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the aspect of *Nogah,* which has two explanations, as known.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:17
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הא' מענין נוגה אור או יגיה חשכי וכהאי גוונא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The first is like the verse,¹⁰ “A light will shine (*Nogah Or*-נוגה אור),” or [the verse],¹¹ “illuminate my darkness (*Yagiah Chashkhi-*יגיה חשכי),” and the like.

footnotes:
¹⁰ Job 22:28
¹¹ Samuel II 22:29; Psalms 18:29


###### The Gate of Unity 46:18
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והב' לשון בליטה לחוץ, וכמו שכתוב כאשר הוגה מן המסילה כו', וכן ההוגה את יהו״ה כו' וכמו הגיון שבמחשבה, כמו שכתוב והגית בו כו' וכן והגיון לבי כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The second is a term of outward protrusion.¹² This is like the verse,¹³ “When he veered (*Hogah-*הגה) from the path etc.” and likewise,¹⁴ “One who pronounces (*HaHogeh-*ההוגה) the Divine Name etc.” It also is like the contemplation (*Higayon-*הגיון) of the thought, as stated,¹⁵ “And you shall contemplate it (*V'Higita bo-*והגית בו) etc.” or,¹⁶ “The contemplation of my heart (*Hegyon leebee-*הגיון לבי) etc.”

footnotes:
¹² See Shaarei Teshuvah 63a
¹³ Samuel II 20:13
¹⁴ Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 90a
¹⁵ Joshua 1:8
¹⁶ Psalms 19:15


###### The Gate of Unity 46:19
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ושניהם עולין לכוונה אחת

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Both these [explanations] amount to the same intended meaning.¹⁷

footnotes:
¹⁷ See Imrei Binah, Shaar HaTefilin 97d.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:20
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כמו שכתוב במקום אחר על דרך דוגמא מאור השמש המאיר בענן, שאורו מוכפל שם, וניכר הוא שם ביותר משניכר בגוף השמש עצמו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This was explained elsewhere, by way of example, from the light of the sun¹⁸ as it radiates through a cloud; that its light is increased there and is more recognizable than [when looking at the light that comes from] the body of the sun itself.

footnotes:
¹⁸ See Imrei Binah, Shaar HaTefilin 97d; Maamarei Admor HaZaken al Maamarei RaZa”L, p. 479; Maamarei Admor HaEmtza'ee, Na”Ch p. 350.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:21
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כי מפני הזדככות גשם הענן שבהרכבת חלקי המים שבו, יוכר שם האור בכל פרטי חלקיו ביותר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For, because of the refined physicality of the cloud and the composition of the element of water in it, the details of the light are more recognizable there.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:22
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כמו ג' גווני קשת שנקרא מראה הנוגה, כמו שכתוב כמראה הקשת כו', כן מראה הנוגה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is like the three primary colors of the rainbow, which is also called, “the appearance of the *Nogah-*הנוגה*,*” as stated,¹⁹ “Like the appearance of a rainbow etc. so was the appearance of the *Nogah-*brightness.”

footnotes:
¹⁹ Ezekiel 1:28


###### The Gate of Unity 46:23
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וכמו פרטי חלקי גוונין שבאבן טוב, לא ניכר יפה כל כך כי אם בהיותו מורכב באיזה חומר, אך לא בחומר גס, אלא בחומר זך וצלול שיבהיק אורו ביותר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is like how the specific elements and colors of a precious stone are not so recognizable except when it is set in a setting, but not in a coarse setting, but rather in a bright and shiny setting that causes its light to radiate more.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:24
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וכך הוא ענין הב' בפירוש נוגה, שהוא בחינת הבליטה בגשם זך שנזדכך קצת, שם בולט והוגה האור כמו יגיה חשכי דוקא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
So likewise, is the matter of the second meaning of *Nogah*, in that it is an aspect of the protrusion in a refined substance, that has become somewhat more refined. There the light stands out and radiates, as in the verse,²⁰ “[*HaShem*-יהו״ה, my God[ illuminate my darkness (*Yegiah Chashchi*-יגיה חשכי),” specifically.

footnotes:
²⁰ Psalms 18:29


###### The Gate of Unity 46:25
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וכן הגיון שבמחשבה עיונית, שבא אור השכל בבחינת בליטה לחוץ בגשם האותיות שבהרהור המחשבה, שאז דוקא ניכר ומושג הארת עומק השכל יותר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is also like the contemplation-*Higayon-*הגיון of the analytical thought (*Machshavah Iyunit*), through which the light of the intellect comes to protrude outward into the substance of the letters of contemplative thought. It is specifically then that the grasp and radiance of the depth of the concept becomes more recognized.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:26
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וזה שכתוב והגית בו כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is regarding this that the verse states, “And you shall contemplate it (*VeHigitah bo-*והגית בו) etc.”


###### The Gate of Unity 46:27
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והיינו גם כן כמו ענין המשלים, שבולט ומושג שם אור השכל יותר כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This likewise is similar to the matter of analogies, through which the light of the concept stands out and is more [easily] grasped, as discussed above.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:28
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והוא בחינת נוגה דעשר ספירות כו' בכלל, שזהו בחינת הישות המורגש ובולט

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the aspect of the *Nogah* of the ten *Sefirot* in general, that is, it is the aspect of their substance that is noticeable and protrudes.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:29
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(על דרך המבואר במקום אחר בענין ראית איש חכם בעיניו כו', וכן ופלגשו ושמה ראומה, ראו שאני בטל כו', וכהתלהבות אלהי״ת המורגשת כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is as explained elsewhere regarding the verse,²¹ “Have you seen a man, who wise in his own eyes etc.” and like the verse,²² Mevo She'arim, Shaar 6 Ch. 2 Ch. 5. “And his concubine whose name was Reumah-ראומה,” that is, see-*Re'u*-ראו that I am nullified (*Mah-*מה) etc., or like ecstasy into Godliness that comes in a felt way etc.)

footnotes:
²¹ Proverbs 26:12; See Maamarei Admor HaZaken, Maamrei RaZa”L p. 216; 5566 p. 91; Derech Mitzvotecha p. 62; Likutei Torah, Acharei 31d; Chukat 66c; Hemshech 5672 Vol.1 p. 177  p. 292.
²² Genesis 22:24; See Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Devarim Vol. 4, p. 1,493; Torat Chayim, Noach 51a; Ohr HaTorah, Noach Vol. 3, p. 1202;


###### The Gate of Unity 46:30
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וכל זה שרש בחינת החשמל שנעשה מחיצוניות דבינה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
All this is the root of the aspect of the *Chashmal,* which is made from the externality of *Binah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:31
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(שמזה נעשו בחינת הכנפיים, כמו שכתוב על גוזליו ירחף כו', אימא פרישת גדפהא כו', ונקרא כנפי שכינה שמשם שרש נשמות הגרים כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(From here the aspect of “The Wings” are made,²³) 204b; Biurei HaZohar Balak 109b. as stated regarding the verse “He hovers over his young etc.,” that “the mother (*Imma*) spreads her wings etc.” It is likewise called²⁴ “The *Kanfei HaShechinah*-The **wings** of the Indwelling Presence of *HaShem*-יהו״ה*,”* which is the root of the souls of converts etc.²⁵

footnotes:
²³ See Zohar III (Balak
²⁴ Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 31a
²⁵ See Zohar, Introduction 13b; Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Hanachot 5577, p. 10


###### The Gate of Unity 46:32
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וזהו גם כן ענין מאמר הזהר על פסוק בקר אערך לך ואצפה, דוד אתקין האי חופאה לחפאה בקר דיוסף כו' ועביד נהורא לאתלבשא כו' עד אינון דאקרון כנפין עילאין כו' כמו שכתוב ביאורו במקום אחר)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is also the explanation of the statement in Zohar on the verse,²⁶ “In the morning I will order (the letters of my prayer) and I will see,” [about which the Zohar comments,] “David prepared this canopy to cover over the morning of Yosef etc., he made a light to enrobe etc., until those that are called the upper wings etc.” as explained elsewhere.)

footnotes:
²⁶ See Zohar Balak 204b; Biurei HaZohar Balak 109b.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:33
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עד שמזה נשתלשל ויורד עוד להיות בבחינת המסך ממש, הנקרא פרסא המפסיק ומבדיל בין אצילות לבריאה כו', והמלכות בוקע המסך (כמו שיתבאר)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Until from this [*Chashmal*] chains down and descends even further to become an aspect of an actual *Masach*-screen that is called a “separator” which stops and separates between the [worlds of] *Atzilut* and *Briyah* etc., whereas the [*Sefirah*] of *Malchut* penetrates this screen (as will be explained).


###### The Gate of Unity 46:34
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אך ענין כתנות אור באלף, הוא אחר התיקון ובירור דבחינת נוגה דחשמל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, the matter of the “garment of light-*Katnot Ohr*-כתנות **א**ור,” with an *Aleph*-א, is after the rectification and clarification of the aspect of *Nogah* of the *Chashmal*.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:35
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שהוא על ידי בחינת ביטול העצמי דמ"ה החדש דאדם קדמון כו', שרש התיקון הנזכר לעיל, עד שנהפך בחינת היש המורגש דנוגה בבחינת ביטול לאין ממש כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is by means of the essential sublimation of the new *Ma”H-*מ״ה (יו״ד ה״א וא״ו ה״א) of *Adam Kadmon* etc., which is the source of the aforementioned rectification, until the *Yesh*-somethingness of *Nogah,* that is noticeably felt, becomes transformed to an aspect of actual nullification to the Godly *Ein*-nothingness.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:36
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וכאשר היש הוא בבחינת אין, הרי הוא יותר נעלה מבחינת אין דמ"ה שבחכמה המברר כו' כמו שכתוב במקום אחר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
When the somethingness (*Yesh*) becomes an aspect of nothingness (*Ein*) then it is even loftier than the aspect of the nothingness of the *Ma”H-*מ״ה of *Chochmah-*חכ**מה** that rectifies it etc., as explained elsewhere.²⁷

footnotes:
²⁷ See Likkutei Torah, Bechukotai 47b; Also see Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Devarim Vol. 2, p. 576.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:37
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על כן נקרא כתנות אור כמו עוטה אור כשלמה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It therefore is called a “garment of light” as in the verse, “He covers Himself with light, like a garment.”


###### The Gate of Unity 46:38
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שהוא בחינת אור דתורה לאחר הבירור דמ"ה דחכמה עילאה, שמברר לבחינת ב"ן דנוגה, שעולה למעלה מבחינת מ"ה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This refers to the aspect of the light of Torah after the clarification of *Ma”H-*מ״ה (יו״ד ה״א וא״ו ה״א) of the supernal *Chochmah-*חכ**מה** that rectifies the aspect of *Ba”N-*ב״ן (יו״ד ה״ה ו״ו ה״ה) of *Nogah,* which then ascends to be higher than the aspect of *Ma”H-*מ״ה.²⁸

footnotes:
²⁸ See Etz Chayim, Shaar 5, Ch. 1; Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Devarim Vol. 1, p. 5; Vol 2. p. 573; Vol 4. p. 1,213.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:39
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(כידוע דס"ג שהוא גס ,בו היה השבירה, הרי לאחר הבירור דב"ן שנפל משבירת הכלים, עולה בשרשו בבחינת ס"ג כו' שלמעלה משם מ"ה כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(As known, the shattering was in²⁹ *Sa”G-*ס”ג which is “coarse*-Gas-*גס,”³⁰ but after the rectification of *Ba”N-*ב״ן*,* which [is what] fell during the shattering of the vessels, it ascends back to its source in *Sa”G-*ס״ג*,*³¹ which is higher than the name of *Ma”H-*מ״ה etc.³²)

footnotes:
²⁹ See Etz Chayim, Shaar 8, Ch. 1; Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Devarim Vol. 1, p. 5.
³⁰ See Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Shmot Vol 2, p. 566; Devarim Vol. 2 p. 379; Torat Chayim, Bereishit 9a.
³¹ See Likkutei Torah, Bechukotai 47c; Torat Chayim, Bereishit 16c.
³² See Etz Chayim, Shaar 5, Ch. 1; Also see Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Devarim Vol. 1, p. 5.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:40
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ונקרא זיהרא עילאה, על דרך משל אור המזוכך ביותר בלבוש זך ובהיר עד מאד, שעל ידו דוקא יכולים להסתכל בתוספת הבהירות והבהקה בעין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is called *Zihara Ila'ah*-The Upper Radiance, and is comparable to a very refined light within a refined and very radiant garment, through which one can gaze [and behold] a greater illumination and radiance with the eyes.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:41
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היפך הענין דנגה קודם הבירור, שהוא בהסתר החשך, רק שמצד יתרון האור בחשך הוא נראה אור מבהיק כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the opposite of the matter of *Nogah* prior to its rectification, when it is in darkness, so that it is only because of the light that radiates within the darkness that it appears to radiate brightly etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:42
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אבל הבהקת האור מצד עצם האור, כאשר הלבוש עצמו עשוי מאור בהיר ומבהיק ביותר, כזכוכית הבהירה ומבהיק ביותר שנקרא אספקלריא דנהרא כו' וכהאי גוונא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In contrast, the radiance of the light due to the essence of the light, when the garment itself is made of radiant and luminous light, is like radiant and clear glass, which is called,³³ “*Aspaklaria D'Nahara* - A lens that shines,” etc.

footnotes:
³³ See Zohar I 65b-61a and elsewhere.


###### The Gate of Unity 46:43
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וכהאי גוונא הוא הנקרא זיהרא עילאה שהנשמות מסתכלין על ידו בזיו השכינה בגן עדן כו' וכמו שכתוב במקום אחר ודי למבין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is likewise called the upper radiance (*Zihara Ila’ah*) by means of which the souls gaze upon the ray of the Indwelling Presence of *HaShem-*יהו"ה (the *Shechinah*) in the Garden of Eden etc.,³⁴ as discussed elsewhere. This will suffice for the understanding.

footnotes:
³⁴ See Shaarei Teshuvah pg. 58c. and elsewhere.