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== Source of Speech==

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The power of speech receives the content of the words from intellect and emotions through thought. Usually, things pass from intellect through emotions, but sometimes the power of speech can receive directly from intellect, without the intermediary of emotions<ref>Torah Or Vayechi 50a.</ref>.

The manner of drawing down from intellect to emotions is explained in Etz Chaim, that "the aspect of Nukva of Ze'ir Anpin begins from the chest of Ze'ir Anpin." That is, "Ze'ir Anpin" refers to the emotions of Chesed and Gevurah. From the mind, a flow extends through the nerves to the heart, which is the place of emotions. And from the heart, which is attached to the lung, speech begins to form - as breath comes out from the lung and becomes sound. Thus, the clothing of the life-force from Chochmah in speech occurs through the emotions in the heart, through contractions, via openings and windows<ref>Torah Or Megillat Esther 93b.</ref>.

All this pertains to the content of speech, but the root of the letters with which one speaks is from "the primordial intellect and will of the soul"<ref>Iggeret HaKodesh - Chapter 5.</ref>.

Speech is the middle garment of the soul. In this 'garment', the emotional powers ([[Chagat]]) of the person are primarily expressed.{{Citation needed}}