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=== Sharpens the Thought ===
Besides the fact that speech helps transmit messages to another person, it also helps enhance the intellect and emotions themselves.

Since the source of the [[Osiyos|letters]] of speech is from the essence of the soul, therefore when intellect and emotions are drawn into speech, they must first connect to the essence of the soul, from which the letters are taken. Therefore, they receive even more than what they had before.

In the power of intellect - the [[Chochmah]] and [[Binah]] in the soul appear only after the revelation of the point of Chochmah, but the essential source of intellect is in the [[Koach HaMaskil]], from which the light of intellect comes. And through the extension of intellect into speech, it is enhanced in length (explaining the concept to people with more limited understanding, even through analogies and the like), breadth (expanding the topic and comparing it to other matters), and depth (deepening in the essence of the matter, thereby achieving a much higher understanding).

This is because the intellect that normally reaches from the Koach haMaskil to the brain is only from its external aspect, but through speech, when there is an arousal from below, the "reflected light" is higher, and therefore although intellect is limited in itself, when it reaches speech, the letters of speech compel it to reveal more than it is in itself.

In emotions - also in a person's emotions, light from the soul is added when one speaks about them. Just as when a person speaks about love, the love is strengthened within him, and similarly with hatred, etc. Because of this, our Sages said that when a person is angry, he should be silent, and thus the anger will pass; because if he does not remain silent, his anger will only increase<ref>Discourse "Yom Tov of Rosh Hashanah" 5659.</ref>.