Before we hop into lesson 1, Rabeinu brings a beautiful idea with regard to Avraham Avinu and how a person must act as if he is the only one in the world, not paying attention to all those people preventing him from serving G-d.

Torah 1: The Jew was created in order to have rulership over the angels and this is the purpose of every single Jew. Each and every Jew must work towards this goal. In order to maintain this rulership, though, he must bind himself to all the 600,000 souls of the Jewish People and protect himself from the jealousy of these angels.

Rabeinu also discusses how one is able to discern between false and true Tzadikim through perfecting the state of fear!

There are 3 types of evil traits that destroy the fear in one’s heart: the desires for money, food, and sexual pleasure…

Rabeinu talks about how Da’at repairs these evil traits, how perfecting fear creates an angel, protecting oneself from positions of authority, the redemption of prayer, how we can nullify the need for doctors and medicine…

Rabeinu also teaches us about prophecy, how one can undermine the service of prayer, G-d forbid, the differences between sicknesses, the shining light of the Mashiach, finding favor, Rosh Hashana, being careful not to speak about others, etc…