Ba'al Shem Tov, Devarim
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**אלה הדברים אשר דבר משה וגו'.**שהמחשבה אינה מושגת רק לאדם שהוא יודע בדעת מה שהוא מחשב, וממחשבה יצא לקול, וממנו לחמשה מוצאות הפה, וזהו אלה, ר"ל א אלוף בינה, ממשיך לג' קוים וזהו ל מאלה ומשם לחמשה מוצאות וזהו ה מאלה (חסר כאן): (לקוטי אמרים די"ב ע"ב).
These (eleh) are the word which Moses spoke to all Israel. (Deuteronomy 1:1) Thought is ungraspable, except to the person himself, who knows what he thinks. From thought comes voice, and from voice, it goes to the five articulators of the mouth.¹ 2:3. This is “eleh” (אלה). The aleph is “elaph binah” (“learn understanding”).² 104a) expounds on the letters of the Hebrew alphabet: “aleph, beis” implies elaph(“to learn”), and binah (“understanding”). It is drawn to the three lines of the lamed, and from there to the five articulators of the mouth, which is the hey…³ Likutey Amarim, p. 12b
footnotes: ¹ The five parts of the mouth that form the different letters: the throat, the palate, the tongue, the teeth and the lips. See the Sefer Yetzirah ² The Talmud (Shabbos ³ The end of this teaching is missing.