Speech Is a Heavenly Power
The power of speech the Ribbono shel Olam has given all of us is a very lofty and Heavenly power. There are other abilities that humans have that can be found in animals as well—but speech is unique to us humans, and it is a very elevated faculty. The Ribbono shel Olam gave us mamash Heavenly kochos by giving us the power of speech.
Just as we understand that the power to give birth is a Heavenly phenomenon: The Ribbono shel Olam has given us the power to give birth and bring children into the world, it isn’t something of This World, but rather a Heavenly gift! So too is the power of speech another of the Heavenly powers we have been given by Hashem. For this reason, a person is called a מדבר, a species who can talk. He isn’t just another creation: he is in a completely different category.
This lofty power is referred to in sefarim as the המלכות מדת, the measure of Malchus. The power of speech is connected to the middah of Malchus, as it says in אליהו: פתח Malchus-Peh.
Middas HaMalchus Bequeaths Shefa to the World
There are many ways to explain this connection between Malchus and peh, the mouth of a Yid—and we will seek to explain it here. We will explore how this connection is crucial for every Yid who wishes to fulfill the mitzvah לבנך והגדתfo on Pesach night, and how it is instrumental in chinuch throughout the entire year.
We know that there are Middos, Attributes, through which Hashem conducts the world. The first is Chessed/Mercy, then come Gevurah, Tiferes, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and, finally, Malchus. When the Ribbono shel Olam wishes to bequeath shefa to the people of the world, that shefa goes through each of the Middos—and it is the attribute of Malchus that directly brings the shefa to This World.
