Mishpatim and Reincarnation – Short Class Based on Shvilei Pinchas

Three or Four Strikes and you're out! 

 'And these are the laws that you shall place before them,' which Onkelos translates: 'And these are the laws that you should order before them,' which means, these are the orders of reincarnation, the laws of the souls, that each one is judged to receive its punishment. 

HKB”H created man out of four basic elements: fire, wind, water and earth—aish, ruach mayim, afar. These four elements
correspond to the four letters of the name Havaya. Had man, not sinned with the Tree of Knowledge, his body and soul would
have existed in perfect harmony with regards to the four elements;
and he would have lived forever.  

The purpose of offering a korban is to make amends for the damage one’s transgressions have caused to the four basic elements: “aish,” “ruach,” “mayim,” and “afar.”