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invalid number of arguments in "ssl_certificate_key" directive in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/defaul

I have got my EV SSL Certificate. I am following tutorials on how to use my certificate with NGINX on Ubuntu

When I am trying to restart my nginx, I get:

**invalid number of arguments in "ssl_certificate_key" directive in   /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
What I did so far:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
upstream app {
# Path to Unicorn SOCK file, as defined previously
server unix:/home/zhall/zoulfia/shared/sockets/unicorn.sock fail_timeout=0;
server {
listen 80;
server_name moneytree.space www.moneytree.space " " 178.62.19.65;
rewrite ^/(.*) https://moneytree.space/$1 permanent;
# HTTPS server
server {
listen 443;
server_name moneytree.space www.moneytree.space " " 178.62.19.65;
root /home/zhall/zoulfia/public;
ssl on;
ssl_certificate /home/zhall/moneytree.space.chained.crt;
**ssl_certificate_key /home/zhall/ moneytree.space.key**
ssl_session_timeout 10m;
ssl_protocols SSLv3 TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_ciphers "HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5 or HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5:!3DES";
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
When i restart nginx with --- 
sudo service nginx restart
In my log file ---- 
sudo nano /var/log/nginx/error.log, I get:
**invalid number of arguments in "ssl_certificate_key" directive in    /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
Everything is new to me so I need your help to solve this. What am I doing wrong and most importantly how to correct this mistake?
Thank you,
Zoulfia
                I was getting same issue in ubuntu nginx Thanks Joel C  ssl_certificate_key path/to/certificate.crt;
– Ramesh Chand
                Feb 4, 2016 at 6:41
                Thanks Now I on A with ssllab.com using with nginx cat godaddy-ca.crt > godaddy-chain.crt && cat gd_bundle.crt >> godaddy-chain.crt  then use in nginx.conf ssl_certificate  /path/to/godaddy-chain.crt
– Ramesh Chand
                Feb 4, 2016 at 6:50
I had this same error due to an "=" in the ssl.conf file.
Correct
ssl_certificate_key '/etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite/privkey.pem';
Not Correct
ssl_certificate_key =  '/etc/letsencrypt/live/mysite/privkey.pem';
        
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