Through many and varied tzimtzumim, the Divine Word brought into being the kelipot and the sitra achara, who perceive themselves to be entities separate from G-d. For this reason, G-d’s Word is described in the Torah as speech, for the element of separation found in human speech (where the spoken word becomes separated from the speaker) is also present in the Divine “speech” of Creation. However, this separateness exists only in the perspective from which the created beings view their relationship with their source; from G-d’s perspective, there is no separation at all, for everything is united with Him and is contained within Him even after it is created.