## The Gate of Unity Chapter 50

###### The Gate of Unity 50:1
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והנה ידוע בפרטות ענין ה׳ גבורות מנצפ"ך שבדבור די' מאמרות דאימא אוזיפת כו', שהן ה' מוצאות הפה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, it is known regarding the particulars of the matter of the five judgments¹*MaNTzePa”Ch* (מנצפ״ך) of speech in the ten utterances [of creation] that² “the mother lends [to the daughter],” that these are the five organs of [speech of] the mouth.

footnotes:
¹ See Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Vayikra Vol. 1, pg. 237
² Introduction to Zohar 2a


###### The Gate of Unity 50:2
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אחה"ע מהגרון וגיכ"ק מהחיך כו', הרי יש אותיות מיוחדים לכל מוצא בפני עצמו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[The letters] *Aleph-*א*, Chet-*ח*, Heh-*ה*, Ayin-*ע are from the throat, *Gimel-*ג*, Yod-*י*, Chaf-*כ*, Kof-*ק are from the palate,³ and so forth, so that there are specific letters for each organ, in and of itself.

footnotes:
³ Sefer Yetzirah 2:1; Also see Ginat Egoz of Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla, translated as HaShem Is One, Vol. 2  3 (The Letters of Creation) and Vol. 4 (The Vowels of Creation); Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee Dvarim Vol. 1, p. 105


###### The Gate of Unity 50:3
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והצירופים נמצאים בחיבור והתכללות מזה לזה בכמה אופנים שונים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The combinations arise through their union and intermingling in various different manners.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:4
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וכמו שכתוב בספר יצירה וקבען בפה כו' המליך אות כו' עד צא וחשוב כי מה' אותיות נעשה ק"ך צירופים כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is in accordance with what it states in Sefer Yetzirah,⁴ “And He set them in the mouth etc., He made [the] letter [*Aleph-*א] reign etc., go out and contemplate that from five letters, one hundred and twenty combinations are made etc.”

footnotes:
⁴ Sefer Yetzirah 2:3; Sefer Yetzirah 4:5 and on; Sefer Yetzirah 4:12


###### The Gate of Unity 50:5
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והן על ידי בחינת ה׳ גבורות המפרידות הבל הדבור

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This comes about by means of the aspect of the five judgments that divide the breath of speech.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:6
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כי יש בדבור חומר וצורה, הבל קול הדבור, חומר המורכב מאש מים ורוח, והקול מתחלק בצירופים שונים, ואמנם קול אחד הוא המחבר לכללות כל הצירופים יחד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For in speech there is substance (*Chomer*) and form (*Tzurah*). The breath of the voice of speech is the substance, which is comprised of fire, water and wind (אמ”ר),⁵ Vayikra Vol. 2, p. 651; Torat Chayim 39d. and the voice is divided into various combinations. Nonetheless, a single voice unites the totality of all the combinations.

footnotes:
⁵ See Zohar II 184b; Ginat Egoz translated as HaShem Is One ibid.; Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee,


###### The Gate of Unity 50:7
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(כמו שכתוב במקום אחר בענין צווארך בחרוזים, כמו חוט שבחרוזים של כמה אבנים שמחברם יחד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is as explained elsewhere about the matter of,⁶ “Your neck with [a necklace of] beads” that it is like the single strand that unifies and binds the many stones of a necklace together.

footnotes:
⁶ Song of Songs 1:10; See Maamarei Admor HaZaken 5564 pg. 9; Ketuvim Vol. 2, pg. 89; Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim 13a.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:8
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וכך הוא בבחינת אותיות מחשבה שבדבור, שיש מחשבה כללית המקפת ומחברת כל פרטי אותיות המחשבה שבכל פרטי הדבורים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is likewise so, regarding the aspect of the letters of thought in speech, that there is a single general thought that encompasses and unifies all the particular letters of thought that [come out] in the particulars of speech.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:9
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וכך הוא בקול שבמחשבה עצמה מה׳ גבורות דאימא כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The same is likewise so in regard to the voice of thought itself and the five judgments of *Imma* etc.)


###### The Gate of Unity 50:10
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והנה ידוע דאבא יסד ברתא, כמו שכתוב מצרף לחכמה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, as known⁷ “The father founded the daughter” as stated that the [power of] combination is of *Chochmah* etc.⁸ p. 120; *Kuntreisim* p. 547.

footnotes:
⁷ Zohar III (Raaya Mehemna) 256b, 248a; 258a; Tanya Igeret HaKodesh 5; Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Devarim Vol. 2, pg. 380, Kuntreisim pg. 547 and on.
⁸ Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Na”Ch


###### The Gate of Unity 50:11
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והיינו על דרך הנזכר לעיל במחשבה, שגוף הצירופים בדבור הוא רק על ידי בחינת ה׳ גבורות המצמצם אופן השכל שבדבור, שעל פי זה דווקא יומשכו אופן הצירופים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is in accordance with what was previously explained regarding thought, that is, that the combinations of speech themselves are by means of the aspect of the five judgments that restrain the manner that the intellect [is revealed] in speech, and that it is specifically according to this, that the combinations are drawn forth.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:12
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ועל כן כפי הוראת המכוון במחשבה שבדבור, כך יהיה דוקא אופני הצירופים משתנים בכל עת כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Therefore, the various different ways that the combinations [of speech] constantly change, is precisely according to the dictates of the intention of the thought that is [vested] in the speech.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:13
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והיינו מאמר דאימא דוקא אוזיפת כו', שהוא בחינת בינה, אימא עילאה שנמשך באימא תתאה, בחינת בינה שמלובש במחשבה שבדבור, שהוא בפרט אופן כל צירוף שבדבור כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The above explains the statement that it is specifically *Imma* that “lends [the clothes] etc.,” which is the aspect of *Binah* – that is, the upper *Imma* – that is drawn into the lower *Imma,* which is the aspect of *Binah* that becomes vested within the thought of speech, that is, within the specific manner of each combination of speech etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:14
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אך מה שכתוב מצרף לחכמה, היינו שרש כח המצרף לצרופים הללו שעל פי השכל דבינה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, the statement that, “the [power of] combination is of *Chochmah,*” refers to the root and power to actually combine these various combinations that are in accordance to the intellect of *Binah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:15
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שהרי אנו רואים שמיד שירצה לדבר בדרך אופן צירופים פרטים, איננו צריך לעיין בשכל והשגה דבינה איך לצרף, שהרי התינוק שמדבר יודע מיד לצרף הדבור, בלתי צריך הכנה לזה כלל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For, we observe that immediately upon the arousal of one’s desire to speak in various specific combinations, one need not delve into the intellect and comprehension of *Binah* to determine how to combine the letters, for even a small child who speaks, immediately knows to combine the letters of speech, without any preparation for it whatsoever.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:16
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כי שרש כח המצרף הזה ממילא בא, מצד הארת כח מ"ה דחכמה שלמעלה מהשגה דבינה, והיינו מבחינת כח המשכיל עצמו, מקור החכמה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because the root of this power to combine comes spontaneously from the radiance of the *Koach Ma”H* (כח מ״ה) of *Chochmah* (חכ**מה**) that transcends the comprehension of *Binah*. That is, it is from the aspect of the power of the intellect (*Koach HaMaskeel*) itself, which is the source of *Chochmah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:17
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(וכמו שכתוב במקום אחר בענין ויהי האדם לנפש חיה, שהוא פנימיות קדמות החכמה, אז יוכל לדבר ונקרא רוחא ממללא כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is as explained elsewhere regarding the verse,⁹ “And the man became a living soul [*Nefesh Chayah*],” which is the inner aspect of the beginnings of *Chochmah*, and that it is specifically then that he is able to speak and is called a “*Ruach Memalela* – a speaking spirit etc.”)

footnotes:
⁹ Gensis 2:7; See Torah Or, Miketz 42b; Derech Mitzvotecha pg. 75;


###### The Gate of Unity 50:18
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והיינו המאמר דאבא יסד ברתא כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, [explains] the statement that, “the father founded the daughter,” as known.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:19
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(ומה שאמר בראשית נמי מאמר הוא, קאי על חכמה ושכל שבמאמרות, ולא על כח המצרף, שזהו בכללות כל מדבר שנקרא נפש המדברת כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(In this respect, the statement that, “*Bereishit*-בראשית is also an utterance,” refers [only] to the *Chochmah* and intellect that is within the utterances, and does not refer to the power of combination that all speakers possess, which is called the “speaking soul” etc.)


###### The Gate of Unity 50:20
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והוא עיקר בחינת אדם שנקרא מדבר, דהיינו כח ומקור הצירוף של הדבור, כמו שנקרא נפש המדברת דוקא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the primary aspect of a human being, who is called a “speaker” (*Medaber*), referring to the power and root of the combinations of speech, in that he is specifically called a “speaking soul” etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:21
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(והיינו כאשר מבחינת שרש ומקור האותיות שבנפש עצמה, שבאין לידי גלוי בבחינת דבור שבנפש עצמו, כשנקרא נפש המדברת רוח ממללא כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This refers to when the aspect of the root and source of the letters of the soul themselves, come to be revealed in the aspect of the speech of the soul itself, that it is called a speaking soul (*Nefesh HaMedaberet*) or speaking spirit (*Ru’ach Memalela*) etc.)


###### The Gate of Unity 50:22
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ולפי זה הרי יובן בענין שנויי הצרופים בו' ימי המעשה דמדות דמלכות דאצילות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
According to this we may understand the matter of the changes in the combinations of the six days of creation of the emotive qualities of *Malchut* of *Atzilut*.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:23
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כמו מצרופים דיום א', יהי אור, בחינת חסד מקור אלף שנים הראשונים דבי"ע, כידוע בענין ששת ימים עשה כו', ו' יומין עילאין דזעיר אנפין דאצילות כו' שנקרא ימי עולם וימות עולם כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example, the combination of the first day, “Let there be light-*Yehiy Ohr-*יהי אור,” which is the aspect of *Chessed*,¹⁰ is the root of the first millennium of *Briyah, Yetzirah,* and *Asiyah,* as known regarding the verse, “In six days [*HaShem*] made etc.,” referring to the six upper days of *Zeir Anpin* and *Nukvah* of *Atzilut* etc., that are called,¹¹ “*Yemei Olam -* the days of the world” [in the masculine] and “*Yemot Olam* - the days of the world” [in the feminine].

footnotes:
¹⁰ Genesis 1:3; See Or HaChayim to Zohar Bereishit 46a; Siddur Im Divrei Elokim Chayim, Shaar HaKriyat Shma 76b; Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Devarim Vol. 4, pg. 1,446; Hanachot 5577 pg. 10; Torat Chayim, Bereishit 8c.
¹¹ Isaiah 63:11; Deuteronomy 32:7; See Zohar III 15a; Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Vayikra Vol. 1, pg. 225; Bamidbar Vol. 2 pg. 366.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:24
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וצירופים דיום ב' יהי רקיע, בחינת דין דמלכות, מקור דאלף שנה הב'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
And from the combinations of the second day,¹² “Let there be a firmament-*Yehiy Rakia*-יהי רקיע,” come the aspect of judgment of *Malchut*, which is the source for the second millennium.

footnotes:
¹² Genesis 1:6


###### The Gate of Unity 50:25
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וכידוע בפירוש כי אלף שנה כיום אתמול כו', דהיינו ו' אלפי שנין דהוי עלמא, שנמשכו מו' מדות דמלכות כו', הרי הצרופים משתנים ברוח ממללא דמלכות שנקרא נפש המדברת כמו ויאמר אלהי״ם כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as known regarding the explanation of [the verse,]¹³ “For a thousand years [in Your eyes] are but a day of yesterday etc.,” referring to the¹⁴ “six thousand years [that] the world exists,” which are drawn from the six emotions of *Malchut* etc., that is, from the different changes in the combinations of the speaking spirit of *Malchut*, which is called the speaking soul, as in “And God said-*Vayomer Elohi”m*-ויאמר אלהי״ם etc.”

footnotes:
¹³ Psalms 90:4; Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Na”Ch pg. 398; Devarim Vol. 1, pg. 207; Vol. 3, pg. 805.
¹⁴ Talmud Bavli, Rosh HaShanah 31a; Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Bereishit p. 53.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:26
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והייינו מפני בחינת שינוי אופן המשכת המוחין דחוכמה ובינה במדות, ובאמצעות זה משתנה ממילא אופני הצרופים מחסד לדין בכלל ובפרט

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In other words, [the changing combinations] are because of the aspect of change in the drawing forth of the intellect of *Chochmah* and *Binah* in the emotions, whereby the manner of the combinations automatically changes from kindness to judgment, both generally and specifically.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:27
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והכל על ידי בחינת אור הארת אבא דיסד ברתא, מקור המצרף כו' כנזכר לעיל שלמעלה מגופו של אור המוחין דחכמה שבדבור כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
These [combinations] are all according to the aspect of the light of the radiance of *Abba* which founded the daughter (*Barta*), for it is the root [of the power] to combine, as discussed previously, and it transcends the light of the intellect of *Chochmah* within the speech [itself] as mentioned above.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:28
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עד שבפרט, כמו שאמר רבי חנינה בן דוסא מי שאמר לשמן וידליק כו', היינו מי שמצרף בי' מאמרות דשם אלהי״ם לשמן הטבעה זו, הוא יאמר צירוף אופן הטבעה זו לחומץ וידליק כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This [even] includes specific [changes] such as how Rabbi Chaninah Ben Dosa said,¹⁵ “Let He who told oil to ignite [tell the vinegar to ignite] etc.” That is, let He who combined through the ten utterances of the title God-*Elohim-*אלהי״ם*,* this nature of oil to ignite; let Him say this combination and nature to vinegar, so that it should ignite.

footnotes:
¹⁵ Talmud Bavli, Taanit 25a; Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee, Shemot Vol. 2, pg. 332; HaNachot 5577 pg. 228.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:29
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וכמו שכתוב צדיק מושל ביראת אלהי״ם, בק"ך צירופים דאלהי״ם כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated that,¹⁶ “The righteous (*Tzaddik*) rules with his fear of God-*Elohi”m*-אלהי״ם,” that is, with the one hundred and twenty combinations of *HaShem’s-*יהו"ה title *Elohi”m-*אלהי״ם,¹⁷ as known.

footnotes:
¹⁶ Samuel II 23:3
¹⁷ See Etz Chayim, Shaar 15, Ch. 6; Shaar 44, Ch. 5; Maamarei Admor HaEmtzaee Shemot Vol. 1, pg. 137.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:30
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והעיקר של הממשלה הזאת הוא בשינוי אופן המוחין דנוקבא, שזהו בחכמה ובינה שבי' מאמרות, ממקור החכמה ומקור הרצון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The primary aspect of this “ruling” are the changes in the manner of the intellect of *Nukvah*, that is, the *Chochmah* and *Binah* that is within the ten utterances from the very root of the wisdom and the root of the desire.


###### The Gate of Unity 50:31
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וכמו שכתוב כל אשר חפץ יהו״ה עשה, בי' מאמרות שבדבור העליון דאצילות, בבחינת עשיה דמלכות דאצילות הנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated,¹⁸ “Everything that *HaShem-*יהו"ה desired He did” with the ten utterances of the supernal speech of *Atzilut*, in the aspect of *Asiyah* of *Malchut* of *Atzilut* discussed previously.

footnotes:
¹⁸ Psalms 135:6


###### The Gate of Unity 50:32
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ומכל זה יובן גם כן בחינת כללות ההתבוננות ברבוי פרטים, דהיינו ממקור הרצון שבמלכות דאין סוף עד מלכות דמלכות דאצילות, עד סוף מעשה ממש, להיות כל אשר חפץ יהו״ה עשה בפו"מ, כמו שהחומץ ידליק בפועל ממש וכהאי גוונא ודי למבין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
From all of the above we may also understand the general [principle and unity of the] *Hitbonenut*-contemplation, with all its numerous details, that is, from the very root of the desire in *Malchut* of the Unlimited One (*Ein Sof*), *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, until *Malchut* of *Malchut* of *Atzilut* and until the very final action, so that it literally is [understood] that “Everything that *HaShem-*יהו"ה desired He did” in actuality, like actually making vinegar ignite, and the like. This will suffice for the understanding.