Gid HaNasheh (Yeshivah 5781/ 2020), Class Four.The second Zohar (Part 1): Torah that lacks financial support is weak and is forgotten and diminished over time.We explained this with the idea of Torah’s ChaBaD (abstract understanding,) and ChaGaS (the prospect of the various ways of determining a Halacha,) being separated from the NeHI (the actual Halacha.)The…

Gid HaNasheh (Yeshivah 5781/ 2020), Class Seven.The second Zohar (Part 3):The Malach of Eisav hopes to weaken Ya’akov so he can overcome the admission of כי שרית עם אלוקים ועם אנשים ותוכל; and if he would it would leave the possibility for והי’ כאשר תריד ופרקת עולו מעל צואריך but he cannot find a weakness,…

Gid HaNasheh (Yeshivah 5781/ 2020), Class Five.The second Zohar (Part 2a):Nevua is explained here (no text is read). First we discussed the idea of Yechidus and the conscious meeting of Nefesh and Nefesh; Ruach and Ruach and Neshama and Neshama; versus the subconscious meetings of Chaya and Chaya and Yechida and Yechida.We then correlated this…