18a. Vayedaber Elokim 5714, Class One.כל המצוות של האבות ריחות היו אבל אנו שמן תורק שמיך כמריק מכלי אל כליWhat the Avos lack that we have.Our Neshama and Guf (body) joins through Gevura to join the opposites of the highest Neshama and the lowest body.This Gevurah is then used to overcome the challenges of this...

18b. Vayedaber Elokim 5714, Class Two.The Avos Neshamos also came from Gan Eden down into this world, which is a great ירידה (decent) so why are they not able to experience the Aliya which happens afterwrds?Two answers:1) They didn’t engage in the war (Birur) of their Nefesh HaBahamis;2) They don’t do physical Mitzvos using physical...

18c. Vayedaber Elokim 5714, Class Three.This class has two parts:Part One addresses the following question: why do we consider the Torah of the Avos inferior due to the fact that are ריחות (like a smell with no substance) when Kabbalistically the olfactory sense represents the highest levels of the Neshama (that is altogether separate from...