## The Gate of Unity Chapter 8

###### The Gate of Unity 8:1
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וכך על דרך זה שבבחינת הכתר יש יחוד כל פרטיהם אל הכלל עד בחינת הרצון הפשוט שבעצמיות אור אין סוף ממש כנזכר לעיל, כך יוכל האדם להתבונן גם בבחינת החכמה שבכל עולם מראש לסוף

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, just as in the aspect of *Keter,* there is a unification of all the particulars to the general principle, reaching, literally all the way to the aspect of the simple desire [as it is] in the Essential Self of the Unlimited Light, in this same way, a person may contemplate the aspect of the *Chochmah* of each world, from beginning to end.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:2
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והוא מה שכתוב בראשית ברא כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then is the meaning of what is written,¹ “*Bereshit Barah* – In the beginning God created etc.”

footnotes:
¹ Genesis 1:1


###### The Gate of Unity 8:3
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ותרגום ירושלמי בחוכמתא ואונקלוס תירגם בקדמין ברא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
“*Bereshit-*בראשית” is translated by Targum Yerushalmi² as “*B’Chochmeta -* with Wisdom.” Onkelos translates it as “*BeKadmin* – Primordially.”

footnotes:
² See Targum Yerushalmi to Genesis 1:1


###### The Gate of Unity 8:4
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שהוא בחינת הכתר שנקרא קדמון, להיותו בבחינת העצמיות שמקודם לחכמה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the aspect of *Keter,* which is called *Kadmon* – Preceding, since it is the aspect of the essence as it precedes *Chochmah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:5
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כי החכמה מאין תמצא, לא בחינת אין ממש, מה שאין כן הרצון כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is because,³ “Wisdom is found **from** “nothing” but it is not an actual “nothing” itself, which is not so of desire.

footnotes:
³ Job 28:12


###### The Gate of Unity 8:6
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אבל כמו שהרצון נתצמצם מן העצמות עד שמתלבש בעשיה להיות כל אשר חפץ עשה כנזכר לעיל כך בחינת החכמה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, just as desire is [brought about] from the Essential Self by means of *Tzimtzum*, until it [finally] becomes invested in action, thus fulfilling the above-mentioned verse, “Whatever *HaShem-*יהו״ה desires He did,” so is it with the aspect of *Chochmah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:7
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מתצמצמת מן העצמות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[In other words, *Chochmah* too is brought about] by means of *Tzimtzum* from His Essential Self.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:8
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שנקרא שם חכמה הקדומה או חכמה הפשוטה באחדות פשוט כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[The Essential *Chochmah*] is what is called “the Primal *Chochmah*” or “the Simple *Chochmah*” as it exists within the Simple Unity of *HaShem*-יהו״ה.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:9
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ומשם נמשך מלמעלה למטה בכל עולם ועולם דאבי''ע עד בחינת חכמה שבמלכות דמלכות דעשייה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
From there it is drawn down into each particular world of *ABY”A*, until [it reaches] the aspect of *Chochmah* of *Malchut* of *Malchut* of the world of *Asiyah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:10
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שעל זה נאמר כולם בחכמה עשית

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
About this [last level] it states,⁴ “You have made them all with wisdom.”

footnotes:
⁴ Psalms 104:24


###### The Gate of Unity 8:11
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כי כמו שכתוב בראשית, בחכמתא ברא, כך בחכמה יצר ועשה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For, just as it states “*Bereshit-*בראשית,” that “He created” with wisdom, in the same way, he likewise “formed” and “actualized” with wisdom.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:12
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כמו ברצון, שברא ויצר ועשה הכל ברצון אחד

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is similar to how it is that the desire to create, form, and actualize are all [rooted] in a single [primary] desire.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:13
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רק שנשתלשל וירד מעולם הבריאה לעולם היצירה ומעולם היצירה לעשיה בירידת מדריגות עילה ועלול

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, it chained down from the world of Creation to the world of Formation, and from the world of formation to the world of Actualization, with a lowering of levels from cause to effect.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:14
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כמו ממלכות דכתר דבריאה נעשה כתר ליצירה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example, from *Malchut* of *Keter* of the world of *Briyah* there came *Keter* of the world of *Yetzirah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:15
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כך בחכמה אחד ברא ויצר ועשה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, He created, formed and actualized [everything] with a single wisdom.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:16
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רק שירד ונשתלשל מבריאה ליצירה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, [here too, in regard to *Chochmah*] it chained down from *Briyah* to *Yetzirah* etc.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:17
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דהיינו שנמשך מבחינת מלכות שבחכמה דבריאה לחכמה שבמלכות דיצירה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In other words, from the aspect of *Malchut* of *Chochmah* of *Briyah* [influence] is drawn down to *Chochmah* of *Malchut* of *Yetzirah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:18
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ועל דרך זה מיצירה לעשיה עד חכמה שבמלכות דעשיה שעל זה אמר כולם בחכמה עשית, וכן יהו״ה בחכמה יסד ארץ וכהאי גוונא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, in this manner [influence chains down] from *Yetzirah* to *Asiyah*, until [it reaches] the aspect of *Chochmah* of *Malchut* of *Asiyah* about which it states, “You have made them all with wisdom.” Similarly, it states,⁵ “*HaShem-*יהו״ה founded the earth with wisdom,” and other such verses.

footnotes:
⁵ Proverbs 3:19


###### The Gate of Unity 8:19
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(והגם שדרך פרט הרי משתלשל מבחינת מלכות דמלכות דבריאה להיות כתר ליצירה והחכמה דיצירה ממלכות דכתר דיצירה, מכל מקום דרך כלל כל בחינת עילה ועלול מעולם לעולם נמשך מזה לזה שלא על ידי צמצום רבוי הממוצעים שביניהם

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(More particularly the chaining down is that *Keter* of *Yetzirah* comes from the aspect of *Malchut* of *Malchut* of *Briyah*, and *Chochmah* of *Yetzirah* comes from *Malchut* of *Keter* of *Yetzirah*. Nevertheless, generally, all aspects of cause and effect from one world to the next are drawn one from the other without being diminished by the multitude of intermediaries that are between them.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:20
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כמו ויהו״ה נתן חכמה לשלמה, שהיה בעולם העשיה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For example, it states,⁶ “And *HaShem-*יהו״ה gave Shlomo wisdom.” [Now, Shlomo] was in the world of *Asiyah*.

footnotes:
⁶ Kings I, 5:26


###### The Gate of Unity 8:21
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הרי נמשך השפעה זו מחכמה שבעצמיות אור אין סוף לחכמה דאדם קדמון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This influence was drawn down from *Chochmah* [as it exists] in the Essential Self of the Unlimited Light (*Ohr Ein Sof*), to *Chochmah* of *Adam Kadmon*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:22
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ומחכמה דאדם קדמון לחכמה סתימאה דעתיק יומין ואריך אנפין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
From *Chochmah* of *Adam Kadmon* [it was drawn down] to the Concealed *Chochmah* of *Atik Yomin* and *Arich Anpin*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:23
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ומשם לאור אבא דאצילות עד בחינת חכמה שבמלכות דאצילות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
From there [it descended] to become the light of *Abba* of *Atzilut*. [From there it descended] until [it reached] the aspect of *Chochmah* of *Malchut* of *Atzilut*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:24
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ומשם לחכמה שבמלכות דבריאה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
From there [it descended further] to *Chochmah* of *Malchut* of *Briyah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:25
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וכן על דרך זה מבריאה ליצירה ומיצירה לעשיה, עד שבא האור ושפע חכמה אלהי״ת הזאת בנשמת שלמה מחכמה שבמלכות דעשיה

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
In this manner it [descended] from *Briyah* to *Yetzirah*, and from *Yetzirah* to *Asiyah*, until from *Chochmah* of *Malchut* of *Asiyah* this light and influence of Godly wisdom entered the soul of *Shlomo*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:26
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וכן בהיכל קדש הקדשים שבבית המקדש האיר מכתר וחכמה שבעצמיות עד בחינת כתר וחכמה שבהיכל קדש קדשים דעשיה בלוחות וארון גשמיים שהיו עומדים בהיכל קדש קדשים הבנוי למטה, היה שורה מכתר וחכמה דהיכל קדש קדשים דעשיה הרוחניות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This was] likewise [the case], in the chamber of the Holy of Holies in the Temple. There radiated from *Keter* and *Chochmah* of the Essence [of the Unlimited Light] until [it reached] the aspect of *Keter* and *Chochmah* of the chamber of the Holy of Holies in the world of *Asiyah* – Actualization. [This is to say that] the spiritual [light] of *Keter and Chochmah* of *Asiyah* rested upon the physical Tablets and the Holy Ark, which stood in the chamber of the Holy of Holies in the physical Temple below.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:27
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(וכך אנו מבקשים, אתה חונן לאדם דעת כו' וחננו מאתך דוקא כו' ודי למבין)

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(Similarly, [in our daily prayers] we request,⁷ “You grace man with knowledge” and, “Grace us from You,” specifically. This will suffice for those of understanding.)

footnotes:
⁷ See the beginning of the Amida prayer.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:28
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(ועל דרך משל הנה יובן באדם התחתון, כמו שחכמתו העצמיות ההיולית כולל כל הסתעפות התפשטות אור חכמתו, עד לחוץ מעצמות שלו לגמרי

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(By way of example, this may be understood from human beings below. For instance, a person’s essential *Heyulie* wisdom includes [within itself] all that spreads forth and branches out of the light of his wisdom, even completely outside of his essence,


###### The Gate of Unity 8:29
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והוא עד שכל המלובש בעשיה גשמית, נבדלת לגמרי

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
That is, even [to the point of] intellect that is invested in a physical act, which is separate [from his essential self].


###### The Gate of Unity 8:30
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ואין הפרש אצלו בין התפשטות חכמתו העצמיות בעצם שכלו להשכיל עיון שכלי, להתפשטות שלה בעשיה נבדלת

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For him, there is no difference between the spreading of his essential insight (*Chochmah*) within the essence of his intellect, in which he conceptualizes [in a way of] intellectual analysis, and the spreading forth [of the intellect] into a [physical] act, which is separate [and apart from his essence].


###### The Gate of Unity 8:31
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שהכל נקרא בשם התחכמות אחד, אלא שזה ברוחניות ובעצמותו יותר, ובעשיה בא בדבר נבדל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It is all considered to be a single insight, except that this [level] is more spiritual and essential to him, while in action it [the wisdom] becomes [invested] into a separate thing.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:32
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עד שלגבי בחינת העצמות ממש הרי הכל רק התחכמות אחד, רק שהולכת ומתפשטת מעיון שכלו למדותיו ולמחשבתו, עד שעושה ממש בחכמתו זו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is so much so, that in relation to the aspect of his actual essential self it is but a single wisdom, except that it spreads forth from his intellectual analysis into his emotions and thoughts, until, ultimately, he actually puts this insight into action.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:33
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כמו בהתחכמות בעסק משא ומתן כו')

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
An example is [when someone has] an [innovative] insight in business matters etc. (


###### The Gate of Unity 8:34
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וכמו ויאמר אלהי״ם יהי אור שבדיבור, ובא לידי מעשה כמו שכתוב ויהי אור

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Similarly, [this may be understood] in regard to the speech [of God], as in the verse, “And God said, let there be light” which then came into action, as in the verse, “And there was light.”


###### The Gate of Unity 8:35
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הרי התחלתו מבחינת חכמתו העצמית שבעצמיות המאציל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Of course, this originated from the aspect of His Essential Wisdom as it is in the Essential Self of the Emanator.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:36
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שהאציל האור ואחר כך ברא ויצר ועשה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is to say,] that He emanated (*Atzilut*) the light, and afterwards he created (*Briyah*), formed (*Yetzirah*) and made (*Asiyah*).


###### The Gate of Unity 8:37
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וכך הוא בכל פרטי התהוות הנאצלים והנבראים והנוצרים והמעשים מעצמות האין סוף כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is likewise the case in regard to all the specifics of the coming into being of the emanated, created, formed and actualized, from the Essential Self of the Unlimited One (*Ein Sof*).


###### The Gate of Unity 8:38
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כולם מיוחדים ומקושרים כל פרטיהם בעצמיות אור אין סוף שבאבי''ע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
All the particulars of these [worlds] are unified and bound with the Essential Self of the Unlimited Light (*Atzmoot Ohr Ein Sof*), which is [vested] in *ABY”A*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:39
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ואין הפרש לגבי עצמו בין ראשון לאחרון כלל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Moreover, from [the perspective of] His Essential Self, there is absolutely no difference between the first and the last.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:40
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ואם כן מה שכתוב אני ראשון ואני אחרון קאי גם בבחינת החכמה שבראש האצילות עד חכמה שבסוף העשיה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This being the case, the statement, “I am first and I am last” likewise applies to the aspect of *Chochmah* at the beginning of the emanation – *Atzilut,* until *Chochmah* at the end of the Actualization – *Asiyah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:41
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וכן יובן על דרך זה דרך פרט בחינת יחוד כללי בבחינת המדות ומחשבה דבור ומעשה שבכל עולם מד' עולמות דאבי''ע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Furthermore, in this way, the aspect of the general unification of the emotions, thought, speech and action of each of the four worlds of *ABY”A*, may also be understood in a manner of particulars.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:42
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שמדות דאצילות מתלבשים במדות דבריאה ומדות דבריאה במדות דיצירה ומדות דיצירה במדות דעשיה, עד שבחינת ו׳ קצוות דעשיה נעוץ בתחלת הכל, במדותיו העצמיים שלפני האצילות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is to say] that the emotions of *Atzilut* become invested within the emotions of *Briyah*, and the emotions of *Briyah* become invested within the emotions of *Yetzirah*. The emotions of *Yetzirah* [then] become invested within the emotions of *Asiyah,* so that ultimately, the six directions of *Asiyah* are bound up with the beginning of everything, that is, with His Essential emotions, which precede the world of *Atzilut.*


###### The Gate of Unity 8:43
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שעל זה אמר המתנשא מימות עולם כידוע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
About these [emotions] it states,⁸. “[The King who is exalted and alone,] who is exalted above the days of the world.”

footnotes:
⁸ See the morning prayers, blessing of Yotzer


###### The Gate of Unity 8:44
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והם בחינת ז׳ תחתונים דעתיק יומין עד ז׳ תחתונים דאדם קדמון עד מדות שבאור אין סוף עצמו הגנוזות בעצמות שלו ממש

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This refers to the aspect of the seven lower *sefirot* of *Atik Yomin*, [which receive] from the seven lower *sefirot* of *Adam Kadmon*, [which receive] from the emotions of the Unlimited Light itself, which are concealed within His Essential Self, literally.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:45
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כמו בחינת חסד שבאור אין סוף עצמו, שעל זה אמר חסדי יהו״ה כי לא תמנו כו' בבחינת אין סוף ממש

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
An example [of the above] is the aspect of *Chessed –* Kindness of the Unlimited Light. About this [Kindness] it states,⁹ “*HaShem*’s-יהו״ה kindnesses have not ceased,” since it, literally, is in an aspect of Limitlessness.

footnotes:
⁹ Lamentations 3:22


###### The Gate of Unity 8:46
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אנו אומרים יהי חסדך זה עלינו ממש

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[Regarding this Kindness] we say,¹⁰ “Let Your Kindness…be upon us,” literally.

footnotes:
¹⁰ Psalms 33:22, and Shabbat Prayers


###### The Gate of Unity 8:47
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בבחינת חסד מצומצם שבמדות דמלכות דמלכות דעשיה שמאיר בעולם הזה כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is to say that it should radiate] within the kindness of the diminished emotions of *Malchut* of *Malchut* of *Asiyah*, which radiates in this world.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:48
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וכן מבחינת מחשבה שבעצמותו נמשך עד בחינת מחשבה דמלכות דעשיה, אשר חושב לעשות בפועל ממש

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, from the aspect of His essential thought, [influence] is drawn down until [it reaches] the aspect of the thoughts of *Malchut* of *Asiyah*, in that He thinks to do it, in actuality.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:49
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וכן בדבור ומעשה כו', כי כמו שכל אשר חפץ ברצון העצמות עושה, כך כל אשר חפץ ברצונו העצמי חושב כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
The same [principle] applies to speech and action, because just as “everything that *HaShem-*יהו״ה desires” in His Essential desire, “He does,” so too, “everything that *HaShem-*יהו״ה desires” [to think], He thinks.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:50
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רק שיורד ונמשך בהשתלשלות עד חפצו ורצונו ושכלו ומחשבתו בעשיה בפועל ממש כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[The] only [difference between this and the desire as it exists in His Essential Self is] that it descends and is drawn into the [order of the] chaining down [of the worlds from cause to effect] until His desire, intellect and thought is to actually do.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:51
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אבל הכל רק רצון ושכל ומדה ומחשבה ומעשה אחד תחשב לגבי בחינת העצמות ממש, כמובן מכל הנזכר לעיל ודי למבין

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
However, [the entire chaining down process] of the desire, intellect, emotions, thought and action are all considered to literally be one [thing] relative to the aspect of His actual Essential Self. This is understood from all the above, and will suffice for those of understanding.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:52
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ואחר כל זה הרי ישכיל האדם בהתבוננותו במי ברא אלה בגשמיות, איך שלא נבדל גם הפרט היותר אחרון מהמקור הכללי היותר ראשון

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, after [contemplating] all this, a person should conceptualize and contemplate “Who created these,” physically, how it is that even the last particular is not separate from the first general source.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:53
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גם בכל פרט שבכל דבר ודבר כמו בבריאת שמים או ארץ או כל פרטי חלקי דומם צומח חי ומדבר

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[He should contemplate this in regard to] each particular of Creation, such as the creation of the heavens and the earth, or all the particulars in the categories of Inanimate, Vegetation, Animal, and Speaking Beings.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:54
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איך ששרשם ברוחניות דמלכות דעשיה עד רום המעלות אחוז וקשור כשלשלת כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[He should contemplate] how their spiritual source in *Malchut* of *Asiyah* is bound up and connected to the highest heights, like a chain.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:55
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וכמו שכתוב בראשית ברא, בקדמין ובחוכמתא כו' הרי בחינת כתר וחכמה שבאבי''ע מיוחדים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is so, just as the aspects of *Keter* and *Chochmah* of *ABY”A* are unified [with their source], as stated, “In the beginning He created” [which was translated as] “Primordially – *Keter*,” and, “With Wisdom – *Chochmah*.”


###### The Gate of Unity 8:56
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כך כל פרטיהם המסתעפים מהם במדות ובמחשבה דבור ומעשה שבכל עולם

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
So too, with the particulars which branch out from them, These being the emotions, thought, speech and action of each world.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:57
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(שהוא כללות עשר ספירות דכל עולם שהוא עתיק יומין ואריך אנפין ואבא ואימא וזעיר אנפין ונוקבא דאבי״ע(

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
(Which are the ten general *sefirot* of each world. That is, *Atik Yomin* and *Arich Anpin, Abba* and *Imma*, *Zeir Anpin* and *Nukvah* of [each of] the four worlds of *ABY”A*.)


###### The Gate of Unity 8:58
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עד בחינת עשיה דמלכות דעשיה, נעוץ סופן בתחלת הכל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This continues] until the aspect of Action – *Asiyah* of *Malchut* of the world of *Asiyah.* The end [of everything] is bound with the beginning of everything.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:59
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דכמו שבקדמון האציל כו' כך בקדמון זה עצמו ברא ויצר ועשה, כמו שכתוב כל אשר חפץ כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
For, just as He emanated with *Kadmon* (Desire), so too, with this very same *Kadmon* (Desire) He created, formed and did, as is written, “Everything that *HaShem*-יהו״ה desired, He did etc.”


###### The Gate of Unity 8:60
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וכך במדות, כמו הנה מקום אתי, ביטול הו׳ קצוות

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Likewise, the emotions (the six directions) are nullified to *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He, as in the verse,¹¹ “Behold, the place is with Me.”

footnotes:
¹¹ Exodus 33:21


###### The Gate of Unity 8:61
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לך יהו״ה הגדולה, בכל עולם לפי מה שהוא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[For example,]¹² “Yours, *HaShem*-יהו״ה, is the greatness” [represents the nullification of *Chessed* to *HaShem-*יהו"ה] in each world, according to what it is.

footnotes:
¹² Chronicles I 29:11


###### The Gate of Unity 8:62
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עד בחינת מקום העצמי שנקרא מקומו, וכמאמר רבותינו זכרונם לברכה הוא מקומו של עולם ואין העולם מקומו

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This continues upward] until the aspect of His Essential Space. This is called “His Place,” as in the dictum of our sages, of blessed memory,¹³ “He is the place (*Makom*-מקום) of the world, but the world is not His place.”

footnotes:
¹³ Bereshit Rabba 68:9


###### The Gate of Unity 8:63
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וכן מאמר הידוע דאיהו תפיס בכל עלמין ולית מאן דתפיס ביה, אפילו מחשבה ורצון הקדום כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is similar to the well-known adage,¹⁴ “He grasps all worlds, but there are none who grasp Him.” Even the Primal Thought and Desire [cannot grasp Him].

footnotes:
¹⁴ See Zohar (Raya Mehemnah) Pinchas 225a


###### The Gate of Unity 8:64
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ומכל זה הרי יובן בחינת יחוד וחיבור הפרט אל הכלל דרך כללות הכל מעצמיות אור אין סוף באבי''ע

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
From all this, the matter of the unification and connection of the particulars to the general principle by way of the totality of everything in the essence of the Unlimited light [as it is drawn down] into ABY’’A, may be understood.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:65
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מלבד בחינת היחוד שבכל עולם דרך פרט, בעשר ספירות שבו כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is besides the aspect of the unity [as it relates to] each world, in a way of particulars, in regard to the ten *Sefirot* [of each world]*.*


###### The Gate of Unity 8:66
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אך אף על פי שיודע האדם כל ביאור ההשתלשלות דאבי''ע בפרט, ימשוך נפשו ליחוד הפרט אל היחוד בכלל, עד עצמיות אור אין סוף ממש על דרך הנזכר לעיל וכהאי גוונא

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Now, although a person may know the explanations for the entire chaining down of *ABY”A* [with all its] particulars, he should [nonetheless] draw his soul to [contemplate and] unify the particulars to the general totality, in the aforementioned manner, until [they are] literally [one] with the Essential Self of the Unlimited Light (*Ohr Ein Sof*).


###### The Gate of Unity 8:67
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מלבד היחוד וביטול כל עולם בפרט לגבי העצמות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is aside from [his contemplation in] unifying and nullifying each particular world to the Essential Self of *HaShem*-יהו״ה, blessed is He.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:68
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עד שיבוא לו כל ההתבוננות שמרחיב בפרט בענין זה, בקיצור מופלג

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[He should do this] until his vast contemplation in the particulars of this matter, become encapsulated in a wondrously brief summary.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:69
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כמו מלכותך מלכות כל עולמים

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
An example of this [can be understood from the verse],¹⁵ “Your kingdom is the kingdom of all worlds.”

footnotes:
¹⁵ Psalms 145:13


###### The Gate of Unity 8:70
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שזהו בחינת מלכות דאין סוף במלכות דמלכות דעשיה על דרך הנזכר לעיל ברצון וחכמה ומדות כו'

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is the aspect of *Malchut* of the Unlimited One (*Ein Sof*) [as it is invested] within *Malchut* of *Malchut* of *Asiyah*, as previously explained regarding Desire, Wisdom and Emotions.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:71
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כמו שכתוב ראו כי אני אני הוא ממש

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This is in accordance with the verse,¹⁶ “See now that I, I am He,” literally.

footnotes:
¹⁶ Deuteronomy 32:39


###### The Gate of Unity 8:72
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וכן אני יהו״ה לא שניתי

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
Similarly, [regarding the verse,]¹⁷ “I *HaShem-*יהו״ה have not changed.”

footnotes:
¹⁷ Malachi 3:6


###### The Gate of Unity 8:73
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בחינת אני הוא בחינת מלכות, שהוא בחינת אין דכתר, דנעוץ תחלתן בסופן

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
“I-*Ani-*אני,” which is the aspect of *Malchut*, is the [same] “nothingness-*Ein*-אין” as *Keter*, since “the beginning is bound up with the end.”


###### The Gate of Unity 8:74
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בכל עולם בפרט וכן דרך כללות הכל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
[This is true] both particularly in each particular world, and in the general totality of everything.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:75
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ולזה אומר אני יהו״ה לא שניתי, בין מלכות דאין סוף למלכות דעשיה, כלל

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
It thus states, “I *HaShem-*יהו״ה have not changed.” [That is, there is no difference] whatsoever between *Malchut* of the Unlimited One and *Malchut* of *Asiyah*.


###### The Gate of Unity 8:76
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וזה שכתוב מלכותך הוא מלכות כל עולמים עד מלכות דמלכות דעשיה, מטעם כל הנזכר לעיל ודי למבין:

**Translated by Rabbi Amiram Markel, 2023:**
This then, is the meaning of, “Your kingdom is the kingdom of all worlds,” that is, even until *Malchut* of *Malchut* of *Asiyah*. [It all is] because of the reason explained above. This will suffice for those of understanding.