## The Gate of Unity Chapter 7

###### The Gate of Unity 7:1
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ומעתה יש להקדים בתחלה וקודם להידיעה בפרטות כל ההשתלשלות ענין הנזכר לעיל (באות ד')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, before we proceed to [explain] the detailed knowledge of the Chaining Down of the worlds (*Seder Hishtalshelut*), we must preface with a matter that was previously mentioned (in chapter four).


###### The Gate of Unity 7:2
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בחיבור הפרט עם הכלל דווקא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This specifically refers to the connection of the particulars to the general principle.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:3
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בהיות ידוע לכל מעיין בספר הזוהר ובספרי הקבלה האמיתים בהשתלשלות והתלבשות הפרצופים כו' בסדר קצר ההכרחי לכל אדם לידע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
As known to those who delve into the *Zohar* and other authentic texts of Kabbalah, in the [study of the] *Hishtalshelut* and the investment of the statures (*Partzufim*)*,* it is necessary for each person to know the [explanation of the *Seder Hishtalshelut*] in short form.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:4
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מתחלה אחדות הפשוטה מריש כל דרגין עד סוף כל דרגין בסוף עולם השפל שלנו שהוא בא בחיבור וקשר אחד ממש מראש לסוף ממש כשלשלת כו' שמשתלשל מעילה לעילה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Beginning with the Simple Unity at the beginning of all things, until the end of all things, which is at the end of our lowly world, it all is literally bound with one “knot.” This is similar to a chain that goes from beginning to end and chains down from cause to cause etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:5
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ואור הראשון דאחדות הפשוט שנקרא עילת כל העילת הוא הנקרא ראשון או קדמון כמו שכתוב אני ראשון ואני אחרון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The first light of the simple unity of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, who is called, “The Cause of all causes”¹ is also called “First” or “Preceding,” as stated,² “I am first and I am last.”

footnotes:
¹ See Zohar Bereshit 22b
² Isaiah 44:6


###### The Gate of Unity 7:6
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אני ראשון הוא בחינת מלכות דאין סוף אחר הצמצום הראשון הנקרא מקום פנוי כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
“I am first” refers to *Malchut* of *Ein Sof* (The Unlimited One) after the first *Tzimtzum*, which is known as “the empty place.”³) Shaar 1, Anaf 2

footnotes:
³ See Etz Chayim (Drush Igullim V’Yosher


###### The Gate of Unity 7:7
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ואני אחרון סוף הכל הוא בחינת מלכות דמלכות דעשיה מקור התהוות זה העולם השפל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
“I am last” at the end of everything, is the aspect of *Malchut* of *Malchut* of *Asiyah*, which is the source of the existence of this lowly world.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:8
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ונעוץ תחלתן בסופן וסופן בתחלתן והיו לאחדים ממש כשלשלת שהאחרונה ביותר קשורה בהעליונה ביותר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
“Their beginning is bound to their end and their end to their beginning.”⁴, Chapter 1, Mishnah 7 They are literally as one, like a chain whose lowest link is bound to its highest link.

footnotes:
⁴ See Sefer Yetzirah


###### The Gate of Unity 7:9
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וזה שכתוב ראו כי אני אני הוא, בלא שינוי מראש לסוף כלל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the meaning of the verse,⁵ “See now that I, I am He,” without any change at all from beginning to end.

footnotes:
⁵ Deuteronomy 32:39


###### The Gate of Unity 7:10
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והגם שידוע שיש ריבוי פרטי השתלשלות מאד מאד מראש לסוף, הנה זה כל האדם בהתבוננות כל פרטי פרטיות מראש לסוף, לחבר הכל ליחוד הכללי דאחדות הפשוט הנקרא ראשון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, although it is known that there are a multitude of details in the chaining down from beginning to end, the entire purpose of man is the contemplation of all the particular details from beginning to end, to bind them all into one general unity with the Simple Unity of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, Who is called “first.”


###### The Gate of Unity 7:11
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וכמו שכתוב אני אני הוא ממש וכמו שכתוב אני יהו״ה לא שניתי כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated, “See now that I, I am He,” literally, and as stated,⁶ “I *HaShem*-יהו״ה have not changed.”

footnotes:
⁶ Malachi 3:6


###### The Gate of Unity 7:12
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וזהו עיקר קוטב היסוד המוסד בהתבוננות הפרט דוקא, שיומשך הכל אל הכלל כנזכר לעיל.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the pivotal point upon which the contemplation of the particulars must be founded, so that all [the particulars] are drawn to this general principle, as previously explained.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:13
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וביאור הדבר למתחילים, הנה ידוע בדרך קצרה בסדר ריבוי השתלשלות דבחינת הקו וחוט שנמשך אחר צמצום הראשון, הוא כך

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, the explanation of this matter for beginners [is as follows]: The order of the multitude of [details] of the chaining down of the line and thread (*Kav V’Chut*) which is drawn out after the first *Tzimtzum*, is known briefly as follows:


###### The Gate of Unity 7:14
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דבתחלה קודם הצמצום הראשון היה הוא ושמו בלבד כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
At first, before the first *Tzimtzum*, there was “Him and His Name alone.”⁷

footnotes:
⁷ Pirke D’Rabbi Elazar, Chapter 3


###### The Gate of Unity 7:15
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דהיינו עצמיות אין סוף ברוך הוא ואורו וזיוו הנקרא שמו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This refers to the Essential Self of the Unlimited One, blessed is He (*Atzmoot Ein Sof*), and His light and ray, which is called “His Name.”


###### The Gate of Unity 7:16
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הכל היה בבחינת עצמיות שלו בבחינת אין סוף ממש, והיה ממלא את כל החלל כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It was all in the aspect of His essence, literally in an aspect of limitlessness, and He filled all “empty space.”


###### The Gate of Unity 7:17
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ואחר כך צמצם את עצמו ונשאר בחינת רשימו מן הצמצום שבחלל זה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Afterwards, He made a *Tzimtzum* within Himself, and there remained an aspect of an Impression (*Reshimu*) of what was withdrawn, within this “empty space.”


###### The Gate of Unity 7:18
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ומרושם זה נמשך בחינת הקו וחוט בבחינת מקיף ופנימי כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
From this impression (*Reshimu*) He drew out the line and thread (*Kav V’Chut*), in an aspect of encompassing and inner [lights].


###### The Gate of Unity 7:19
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ונקרא אור אין סוף שלפני הצמצום בשם טהירו עילאה ובחינת מקיף הכללי דקו זה בראשיתו נקרא טהירו תתאה כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The Unlimited Light before the withdrawal (*Tzimtzum*) is called “The upper purity,”⁸ – The Upper Purity whereas the general encompassing light of this line (*Kav*), at its beginning, is called “The lower purity,”⁹ – The Lower Purity as known.

footnotes:
⁸ Tihiru Ila’ah
⁹ Tihiru Tata’a


###### The Gate of Unity 7:20
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ואחר כך נמשך על ידי צמצום, מלכות דאין סוף להיות כתר דאדם קדמון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Afterwards, through a *Tzimtzum* (withdrawal), *Malchut* of the Unlimited was drawn down to become *Keter* of *Adam Kadmon.*


###### The Gate of Unity 7:21
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וממלכות דאדם קדמון נעשה כתר לעתיק יומין ואריך אנפין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Then,] from *Malchut* of *Adam Kadmon* there became *Keter* of *Atik Yomin* and *Arich Anpin*.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:22
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וממלכות דאריך אנפין נעשה כתר לאבא ואמא וממלכות דאבא ואמא נעשה כתר לזעיר אנפין ומזעיר אנפין לנוקבא עד שממלכות דאצילות נעשה כתר לבריאה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
From *Malchut* of *Arich Anpin* there came *Keter* of *Abba* and *Imma*. From *Malchut* of *Abba* and *Imma* there came *Keter* of *Zeir Anpin*, and [likewise] from *Zeir Anpin* to *Nukvah*, until from *Malchut* of *Atzilut* there came *Keter* of *Briyah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:23
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וכך מבריאה ליצירה ומיצירה לעשיה עד בחינת מלכות שבמלכות דעשיה סוף הכל כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In this manner [there chained down] from *Briyah* to *Yetzirah*, and from *Yetzirah* to *Asiyah*, until the aspect of *Malchut* of *Malchut* of *Asiyah*, which is the end of everything.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:24
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ונמצא סוף הכל שהוא מלכות דמלכות דעשיה, נעוץ בתחלת הכל שהוא בחינת מלכות דאין סוף שמתצמצם להיות כתר לאדם קדמון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
We find that the “end of everything,” which is *Malchut* of *Malchut* of the world of Action-*Asiyah* is bound to the “beginning of everything,” which is the aspect of *Malchut* of the Unlimited One (*Ein Sof*) which contracted to become *Keter* of *Adam Kadmon*.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:25
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כמו שכתוב בעץ חיים בהתחלתו בשער הכללים, והיינו אני ראשון ואני אחרון כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated in the beginning of *Etz Chayim*, in *Shaar HaKlallim*, and is the meaning of “I am first and I am last,” as previously explained.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:26
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(מה שאין כן בחינת עצמות אור אין סוף שלפני הצמצום לא נקרא עדיין גם בשם תחלה וסוף כי הרי הוא בחינת אור עצמות עדיין כמו שהוא טרם שנמשך בשביל השפעה למטה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(In contrast, the aspect of the Essential Self of the Unlimited Light before the *Tzimtzum* cannot yet be called by the terms “beginning” or “end” since it is still an aspect of the light of His Essence, as it is before being drawn down to influence below.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:27
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כמו שכתוב אתה קדוש ושמך קדוש כו' כידוע)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated,¹⁰ prayer. “You are holy and Your Name is holy,” as known.)

footnotes:
¹⁰ In the liturgy of the Amidah


###### The Gate of Unity 7:28
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והנה אחר, היחוד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, after [one contemplates the particulars] is the unification.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:29
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בהתבוננות היטב בכל פרטי ההשתלשלות מריש כל דרגין שהוא מלכות דאין סוף עד מלכות דעשיה דוקא, אזי יומשך הכל אל המקור הראשון שהוא בחינת עצמיות אור אין סוף שלפני הצמצום

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Through the thorough contemplation (*Hitbonenut*) of all the particulars of the chaining down (*Hishtalshelut*), from the beginning of all things, which is *Malchut* of the Unlimited One until *Malchut* of *Asiyah* specifically, they should then all be drawn to the First Source, which is the aspect of the Essential Self of the Limitless Light of the Unlimited One before the *Tzimtzum*.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:30
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והיינו כוונה כללית דפסוק ראשון ביחודא עילאה דקריאת שמע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the general intention of the first verse of the *Shema*¹¹ recital, [which is] the “Upper Unity.”¹² is the “Upper Unity,” while the second statement of the prayer is the “Lower Unity.”

footnotes:
¹¹ Deuteronomy 6:4
¹² See Zohar Bereshit 18b. The first verse of the Shema


###### The Gate of Unity 7:31
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יהו״ה אחד, אחדות פשוט ממש שלפני הצמצום הראשון, שעל זה אמר בספר יצירה לפני אחד מה אתה סופר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[In other words, Listen Israel, *HaShem*-יהו״ה our God] *HaShem*-יהו״ה is One” refers to His simple unity before the first *Tzimtzum*. About this it states in *Sefer Yetzirah*,¹³ “Before One, what do you count?”

footnotes:
¹³ See Sefer Yetzirah, Chapter 1, Mishnah 7


###### The Gate of Unity 7:32
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למעלה מי׳ ספירות כו' וכמאמר אנת הוא חד ולא בחושבן י׳ ספירות כו' וכידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is to say, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He is] higher than the ten *sefirot.* This is as stated,¹⁴ “You are One, but not in enumeration” of the ten *sefirot*, as known.

footnotes:
¹⁴ See Introduction to Tikkunei Zohar 17a


###### The Gate of Unity 7:33
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וכוונה כללית דברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד ביחודא תתאה הוא בחינת מלכות דאין סוף אחר הצמצום

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, the general intent of “Blessed is the Name of His glorious kingship forever and ever,”¹⁵ prayer, the statement which immediately follows the first verse of “Listen Israel,” is the “*Baruch Shem Kevod Malchuto LeOlam Va’ed.*” which is the “lower unity,”¹⁶ is the aspect of *Malchut* of the Unlimited One after the *Tzimtzum*.

footnotes:
¹⁵ In the daily Shema
¹⁶ See tractate Psachim 56a, and Zohar Bereshit 18b


###### The Gate of Unity 7:34
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שעל זה אמר מלכותך מלכות כל עולמים, עד מלכות דעשיה שהוא ענין אני ראשון ואני אחרון הנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
About this it states,¹⁷.” The literal translation is “Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.” However, it can also be translated as, “Your kingdom is the kingdom of all the worlds.” (*Malchut* is Kingdom). This signifies how *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, not only brings all worlds into existence, but that He is the ruler of them all. “Your kingdom is the kingdom of all worlds,” until *Malchut* (Kingdom) of *Asiyah*. This is the aforementioned matter of “I am first and I am last.”

footnotes:
¹⁷ Psalms 145:13, “Malchutcha Malchut Kol Olamim


###### The Gate of Unity 7:35
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וכל יחוד וחיבור דראש לסוף זה אחר ההתבוננות בפרטיות רבות שביניהם אינו רק כמו פרט אחד לגבי בחינת הכלל הכוללם יחד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, this entire unification (*Yichud*) and “binding” from the beginning to the end, which follows the contemplation of the multitude of intermediary particulars, is only like a single detail in comparison to the general principle which includes them all.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:36
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שהוא בחינת מקיף הכללי דעגול שמקיף לקו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This general principle is the aspect of the general encompassing of the Circle (*Igul*) which encompasses the Line (*Kav*).


###### The Gate of Unity 7:37
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וגם הוא פרט אחד יחשב לגבי עצמיות אור אין סוף שלפני הצמצום שנקרא טהירו עילאה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Moreover,] it too is considered to only be a detail in comparison to the Essential Self of the Unlimited Light before the *Tzimtzum,* which is called the “Upper Purity.”


###### The Gate of Unity 7:38
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שלמעלה מהיות גם בחינת כלל לפרט, מאחר שנקרא קדוש ומובדל בבחינת העצמיות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This “Upper Purity”] is even higher than being an aspect of a “general principle” for “particular details,” since we have already stated that “He is Holy” and removed in the aspect of His Essential Self.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:39
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וזהו פירוש יחיד חי העולמים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the meaning of the words,¹⁸ and *Yishtabach* prayers of the morning prayers, “*Yachid Chay HaOlamim*” “The Singular One, Life of the worlds.”

footnotes:
¹⁸ See the Baruch She’amar


###### The Gate of Unity 7:40
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מבחינת יחיד זה נמשך על ידי צמצום הראשון הנזכר לעיל להיות נקרא חי כל העולמים דאבי''ע שבקו בבחינת מקיף ופנימי כו' וכידוע ודי למבין.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
From this aspect of “*Yachid –* Singular,” [influence] is drawn down by means of the aforementioned first *Tzimtzum,* to become what is called “the life of the worlds” of *ABY”A,*¹⁹ and *Asiyah.* which are within the line-*Kav* in an encompassing and inner manner, as known. This will suffice those of understanding.

footnotes:
¹⁹ Atzilut, Briyah, Yetzirah


###### The Gate of Unity 7:41
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ואחר שיבואר לאדם ביאור כל פרט בסדר השתלשלות זאת, הצריך לכל אדם לידע ולקבוע בנפשו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is necessary for a person to know and implant in his soul all the explanations of the chaining down of the worlds. After the explanations of all the particular details in the order of the chaining down (*Seder Hishtalshelut*) have been explained to a person,


###### The Gate of Unity 7:42
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הנה תמיד כל ימי חייו ירגיל מוחו ולבו אחר טוב ידיעתו ורגילותו תמיד בכל פרטיהם דווקא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
then he should constantly accustom himself, throughout his life, [to contemplate them] in his mind and heart, so that he will be proficient in all the details, specifically.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:43
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לעשות הקיצור מן האריכות מראש לסוף יחד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Through this,] he will [be capable of] making a summation of the entire length, including [the entirety of it] from beginning to end as one.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:44
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עד שברגע א' ממש בהתבונן בנפשו בסוף הכל, שהוא השגות איכות התהוות יש מאין הגשם דגלגלים וד' יסודות הגשמיים וכל פרטי עולם הזה השפל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This [should be done] to such a degree that in a single moment of contemplation within his soul, [when he contemplates] “the end of everything,” which is the comprehension of physical coming into being of “something out of nothing,” [that is, the creation] of the physical planets and the four physical foundations, and all the other particulars of this lowly world, [he will see that there rests upon them the aspect of *Malchut* of the Unlimited One, literally].


###### The Gate of Unity 7:45
[The Gate of Unity 7:45](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:45)

כמו שכתוב שאו מרום עיניכם, בראיה גשמיית, וראו מי ברא אלה, בגשמיות התהוותם ליש גמור ממש בצמצום היותר אחרון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated,²⁰ “Lift up your eyes on high, and behold Who has created these.” “Lift up your eyes on high” with an actual physical sight, “and behold Who has created these” into a completely physical something, through the most final *Tzimtzum*-concealment.

footnotes:
²⁰ Isaiah 40:26


###### The Gate of Unity 7:46
[The Gate of Unity 7:46](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:46)

שבזה ממש שורה בבחינת אין סוף דוקא מבחינת תחלת הכל, שהוא בחינת מלכות דאין סוף שלפני מקור האצילות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is literally in this [“end of everything”] where *Malchut* of the Unlimited One, which is the “beginning of everything” and is even higher than the source of *Atzilut*, rests, in a limitless aspect, specifically.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:47
[The Gate of Unity 7:47](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:47)

ועל כן לא נזכר בכל ספר תהלים בשבחי גדולת יהו״ה רק בדרך פשוט, בגדולות ונפלאות מעשה יהו״ה בשמים וארץ וכל צבאם הגשמיים דוקא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is why the book of Psalms only mentions the greatness of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, in a simple manner, [as it pertains to] the greatness and wondrousness of the acts of *HaShem*-יהו״ה in the [physical] heavens and the earth, and its physical hosts, specifically.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:48
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ולא נזכר שבחי גדולתו בעולמות העליונים רוחניים עד רום המעלות שלפני האצילות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It makes no mention or praise of His greatness [as it pertains to] the upper spiritual worlds and the highest heights which even precede the world of *Atzilut*.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:49
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מפני שנעוץ תחלתן בסופן דוקא כנזכר לעיל וכמו שכתוב אני אני הוא ממש וכו' ועצמיות אור אין סוף הוא הסובב כו' ודי למבין.

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because, as previously mentioned, “the beginning is specifically bound to the end.” This is [also] as stated, “See now that I, I am He,” and that the Essential Self of the Unlimited Light is what encompasses [all of existence]. This will suffice for those of understanding.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:50
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וזהו אמיתית המכוון בהתבוננות בפרט כנזכר לעיל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the true intent in the contemplation of the particulars, as previously explained.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:51
[The Gate of Unity 7:51](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:51)

(וגם שלפי החשבון בפרטי ההשתלשלות, רחוק מאד מאד מראש לסוף, אבל באמת קרוב מאד בלי הפסק והסתר כלל באמצע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(Even though according to the calculation of the [multitude of] details in the chaining down of the worlds, there is a very vast distance between the beginning and the end, nonetheless, in truth, it is very close, without any interruption and concealment in between.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:52
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וכמו שכתוב אני אני הוא ומבלעדי באמצעיתא כו' ודי למבין)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated, “See now that I, I am He” and,²¹ “There is no other besides Me, as an intermediary.” This will suffice for those of understanding.)

footnotes:
²¹ See Tikkunei Zohar 120a


###### The Gate of Unity 7:53
[The Gate of Unity 7:53](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:53)

(וכמו שכתוב כי האלהי״ם עשה את האדם קדמאה ראשית הקו, ישר מראשו לסופו עד עקב דאדם קדמון שמסתיים בסוף העשיה בבחינת יושר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(This is as stated,²² “[Lo, this only I have found,] that God has made man upright; but they have sought out many calculations.” “That God has made man upright” [refers to] Primordial Man (*Adam Kadmon*), from the beginning of the line (*Kav*) until the “heel” of Primordial Man (*Adam Kadmon*), which concludes at the end of the world of *Asiyah*.

footnotes:
²² Kohelet 7:29


###### The Gate of Unity 7:54
[The Gate of Unity 7:54](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:54)

שהוא ההתכללות גמור מראשו לסופו, והמה בקשו חשבונות רבים בבחינת העגולים כו' בפירוד והתחלקות זה למעלה מזה כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is all one complete [matter] from beginning to end. [However,] “They have sought out many calculations” [referring to] the aspect of Circles (*Igullim*), with separations and divisions, one above the other.)


###### The Gate of Unity 7:55
[The Gate of Unity 7:55](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:55)

ויובן כל הנזכר לעיל בדרך קצרה מאד בבחינת הכתרים שבכל עולם

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
All the above may be understood, in a very brief way, from the aspect of the *Ketarim*²³ (crown). The *sefirah* of *Keter* corresponds to the faculty of “pleasure” and “desire,” as will be explained at great length later. of each world.

footnotes:
²³ This word is the plural of Keter


###### The Gate of Unity 7:56
[The Gate of Unity 7:56](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:56)

שאין בכתרים בחינת השתלשלות עילה ועלול בריחוק המדרגה כלל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In the aspect of the *Ketarim* there is no aspect of “chaining down” from cause to effect in a way of distance of levels, at all.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:57
[The Gate of Unity 7:57](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:57)

כמו בחינת הרצון הפשוט שבעצמיות אור אין סוף, כמו שכתוב כשעלה ברצונו הפשוט כו', בחינת מלכות דאין סוף עצמה כשעלה במחשבה הפשוטה אנא אמלוך כו' שהוא למעלה מרצון להאציל או לברוא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example, the aspect of the simple desire in the Essential Self of the Unlimited Light, as stated,²⁴ “When it arose in His simple desire,” that is, the aspect of *Malchut* of the Unlimited One itself is what arose in His simple thought, [as in the statement] “I shall rule,”²⁵.” These words, “I will rule – *Ana Emloch*” is the original simple desire which arose in His simple thought. which is much higher than the desire to Emanate (*Atzilut*) or to Create (*Briyah*) etc.

footnotes:
²⁴ See introduction of Etz Chayim, and Shaar 1, Anaf 2
²⁵ As stated in the Zohar on “VaYimloch


###### The Gate of Unity 7:58
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רק בחינת היולי עדיין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Those [desires] are still only in the aspect of a *Heyulie*.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:59
[The Gate of Unity 7:59](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:59)

וממנו נתצמצם תחילה בחינת רצון הקדום שנקרא כתר לאדם קדמון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
From this first [simple desire], there is a *Tzimtzum* – lessening to the “Primal Desire,” which is called *Keter* of *Adam Kadmon*.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:60
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ואחר כך הרצון להאציל, בחינת כתר דאצילות בכלל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Afterwards, [there came] the desire to Emanate which in general is the aspect of *Keter* of *Atzilut*.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:61
[The Gate of Unity 7:61](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:61)

ואחר כך הרצון לברוא, בחינת כתר שבמלכות דבריאה, ואחר כך כתר מלכות דיצירה כו' עד כתר מלכות דעשיה, הרצון לעשות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Afterwards was the desire to Create, which is *Keter* of *Malchut* of *Briyah*, following which [there came] *Keter* of *Malchut* of *Yetzirah,* until the aspect of *Keter Malchut* of *Asiyah*, which is the desire to actualize.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:62
[The Gate of Unity 7:62](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:62)

וכמו שכתוב כל אשר חפץ יהו״ה עשה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is as stated,²⁶ “Whatever *HaShem-*יהו״ה desired He did…”

footnotes:
²⁶ Psalms 135:6


###### The Gate of Unity 7:63
[The Gate of Unity 7:63](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:63)

ומהו ההפרש באדם התחתון בבחינת רצונו ועצמותו ההיולי שהיה כלול בו ד' רצונות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Similarly,] below in man, what difference is there between the aspect of his desire and essential *heyulie* in which there were included four desires.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:64
[The Gate of Unity 7:64](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:64)

כמו רצון לעצמות גופו לרצון לפעול ולעשות היותר אחרון, הכל משרש ומקור אחד יצא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example, the desire for his essential self and his most final desire to actualize, all came from and are rooted in one source.


###### The Gate of Unity 7:65
[The Gate of Unity 7:65](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Gate%20of%20Unity/r/7:65)

כך אין הפרש ממש בין בחינת רצונו הפשוט שנמשך להיות רצון להאציל, לבחינת רצונו הפשוט שנמשך להיות חפץ יהו״ה בכל אשר עשה בסוף עולם העשיה שלנו כו' ודי למבין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, there is no difference between *HaShem*’s-יהו״ה simple desire that was drawn down to become the desire for emanation, and His simple desire that was drawn down to become [the aspect of] “Whatever *HaShem-*יהו״ה desired He did,” at the end of our world of action. This will suffice for those of understanding.