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It Means What It MeansEpisode 52: Traditions II: Orthodox Judaism with Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinIn this conversation, Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein shares his journey through Orthodox Judaism, discussing the nuances of Jewish education, the significance of biblical texts, and the role of the oral Torah. He explains the structure of the Jewish Bible, the importance of the Torah scroll in worship, and the diverse roles of rabbis within the community. The discussion also touches on the nature of Jewish life, emphasizing action over belief, and concludes with resources for those interested in learning more about Orthodox Judaism. If you would like to support the podcast financially, $5 a month will get you access to...2024-12-301h 08It Means What It MeansEpisode 52: Traditions II: Orthodox Judaism with Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinIn this conversation, Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein shares his journey through Orthodox Judaism, discussing the nuances of Jewish education, the significance of biblical texts, and the role of the oral Torah. He explains the structure of the Jewish Bible, the importance of the Torah scroll in worship, and the diverse roles of rabbis within the community. The discussion also touches on the nature of Jewish life, emphasizing action over belief, and concludes with resources for those interested in learning more about Orthodox Judaism. If you would like to support the podcast financially, $5 a month will get you access to...2024-12-301h 08
SeforimchatterWith R' Reuven Chaim Klein discussing Lashon HaKodesh and his book on the topic#238.With R' Reuven Chaim Klein discussing Lashon HaKodesh and his book on the topicWe discussed Lashon HaKodesh and its history, Migdal Bavel and the various peshatim around the topic, Avraham Avinu and the language of the cannanites, modern Hebrew vs Lashon HaKodesh, and more.To purchase the book, "Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, and Hebrew": https://amzn.to/48Q3RHvFor R' Klein dissertation: https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:43725/For R’ Klein’s “What’s in a Word?” articles: https://ohr.edu/this_week/whats_in_a_word/To...2023-10-151h 07
The Jewish Drinking ShowThe Ammonite Wine Midrash, featuring Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinIn the 75th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, first-time guest Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein and host Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss a midrash involving Ammonite wine.For more on this episode, see http://JewishDrinking.com/ammonitewineSupport the showThank you for listening!If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.coml'chaim!2021-06-2244 min
Open Book with Eitan and ItaiAuthor of 'G-d versus gods', Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein: Judaism in the Age of IdolatryRabbi Reuven Chaim Klein's fascination lies with writing in English on potentially obscure areas of Jewish History and Halacha. This time, he's chosen to paint an exhaustive portrait of Jewish history with Idol Worship, using the Tanakh and Midrashim as his backdrop.
We speak to Rabbi Klein, finding out what exactly constitutes idol worship, and if the yetzer hara for it ever really went away.
Open Book with Eitan and Itai considers it an honor and a privilege to sit and speak with Jewish Authors. We appreciate our viewers for their encouragement and for making it...2021-05-0939 minSeforimchatterWith Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein discussing his book, "God versus gods: Judaism in the age of Idolatry"#37.With Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein discussing his book, "God versus Gods: Judaism in the age of Idolatry" which discusses Avodah Zarah in Tanach. The book also includes a comprehensive encyclopedia of all the various Avodah Zarah mentioned in Tanach.To purchase the book: https://www.amazon.com/G-d-Versus-Gods-Judaism-Idolatry/dp/1946351466To purchase Rabbi Klein's 1st book, "Lashon HaKodesh": https://www.amazon.com/Lashon-HaKodesh-History-Holiness-English/dp/1937887545/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/138-7219926-4850420?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1937887545&pd_rd_r=f86ec3a4-0831-4e43-886b-a4622934b6b3&pd_rd_w=qOxE6&pd_rd_wg=0...2020-11-0455 min
Shiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 113: Chapter 54 - The Sin of Lashon HaRa
Hashem comes to the Ohel Moed to chastise Miriam & Aharon for slandering Moses (Yeridah #8 or #9) / Aaron suffers through Miriam's tzarat (leprosy) / Moshe prays for Miriam to be healed / Spitting in the eye of the Metzora / Different 7-day Halachot (Metzora, Zav, Zavah, Aveilut) / Ending off with the word Tahor / Rav Zeira/Ze'ira: A Niddah (menstruating woman) needs seven clean days to become pure / The Copper Snake heals those who spoke Lashon HaRa / Rofeh Cholei Amo Yisrael (summary of the Brachos of the Amidah in Pirkei deRabbi Eliezer) / Missing Parts of Pirkei deRabbi Eliezer: Avraham is beaten up for teaching up...2020-05-1300 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 111: Chapter 53a - The Sin of Lashon HaRa
Sexual restraint & verbal restrain during the month of Shvat and Shovavim / Yosef is the paragon of the Tzaddik (Yesod) / One who slanders forfeits his portion in the World to Come / A real picture of the Chafetz Chaim / A "curse" as a lower-level prohibition / Speaking Lashon HaRa is destructive / The Jews complain about Hashem & the manna only to be punished by fire / The Jews prefer a plague to a fire / The Divine Fire of Punishment rests underground & consumes Nadav & Avihu, plus Korach's congregation / The Chronology of the Mitonnenim (Complainers) Story / The Divine fire also helps those who die achieve atonement2020-04-2100 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 109: Chapter 52a - The 7 Wonders of the World
#1 Abraham is saved from a fiery furnace / #2 Sarah gives birth at the advanced age of 90 / What was the great miracle behind Sarah's pregnancy? / Sarah nurses everybody's babies / #3 Yitzchak looks like Avraham, Avraham asks God to make himself look visibly old / #4 Jacob prays for people to get sick before they die / Blessing a person who sneezes (Chaim, Gesundheit, Asuta) / #5 The Red Sea turns into Dryland at the Exodus2020-04-1900 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 82: Chapter 39b - The Life of Jacob
Joseph understands 70 languages & dream interpretation / Yosef escapes harm from the Ayin HaRa / Who was the "translator" (meilitz)? / Yosef never raised the prices / Egypt builds storagehouses for the famine / Yosef swears that he will bury Yaakov in the Holy Land / The Egyptians pay their last respects to Jacob & get rewarded / Eisav claims ownership of Maarat HaMachpelah & ends up killed / Who killed Esau (Chushim ben Dan or Yehudah ben Yaakov)? / Yehuda & Dan must join together to build the Temple & destroy Amalek / Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz: Don't get used to undesirable situations / Yitzchak prays on Eisav's behalf2020-03-2200 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 80: Chapter 38e - The Life of Jacob
King Saul pronounces a ban on eating & his son Jonathan violates the cherem to eat honey / Yehonosson is spared from punishment & a Korban Olah is brought instead / A king's right to execute & pardon / The Assyrians import Kusim (Samaritans) into the Shechem area / The Kusim bring Mesopotamian idolatry to the Holy Land & are punished with lions / Two Jewish priests teach the Samaritans Torah / The Bad Samaritans antagonize the Jews / A cherem is imposed on eating kusi bread & they are banned from converting to Judaism / Later decrees against the kutim2020-03-2000 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 79: Chapter 38d - The Life of Jacob
A Cherem is like an oath / Joshua conquers Jericho & consecrates it as a cherem for Hashem / Ramban's Mishpatei HaCherem: Different types of Cherem / Achan illegally takes from the booty of Jericho / The Golden Tongue of Terafim / Who died in the first battle of Ai (36 Tzaddikim or just Yair ben Menashe)? / Yehoshua figures out who violated the cherem (via Urim V'Tumim, lots, & the Holy Ark) / Achan is punished but has a place in Olam Haba / Aleinu should be said standing up / Yehoshua bin Nun wrote Alenu, Achan wrote Al Ken Nikaveh / The Concubine at Gibea (Pilegesh B'Givah) & the civil war...2020-03-1900 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 78: Chapter 38c - The Life of Jacob
Yaakov loves his Ben Zekunim, Joseph's brothers are jealous / Gavriel helps Yosef find his brothers / Joseph's brothers put him in a pit & then sell him to Ishmaelites to buy shoes / Did Reuven know that Yosef was sold? / How much is Yosef worth as a slave (20 shekel)? / Joseph's brothers impose a cherem (excommunication/ban) on publicizing what they did to Joseph / Including Hashem in the minyan needed to institute the cherem / Nobody tells Yaakov that Yosef was sold / When does a cherem need 10 people (Rabbeinu Tam vs. Maharach Ohr Zarua & Zayis Raanan) / Asara Harugei Malchus (The Ten Martyrs) atone for...2020-03-1800 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 77: Chapter 38b - The Life of Jacob
How many wives did Eisav have? / Yaakov returns to his father's house & encounters Eisav / Did Esau live in Hebron or Mount Seir? / Yitzchak was still alive when Yosef was sold / Yaakov & Eisav split their father's inheritance / Esau consults with Ishmael or the Children of Ishmael / Esau leaves the Holy Land for Seir or Rome / When was Rome Established? / The Blessings of Esau / Is Rome a walled city to keep Shushan Purim?2020-03-1700 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 76: Chapter 38a - The Life of Jacob
A snake comes out of the wall = Shechem ben Chamor the Hivvite / Was Dinah an immodest tomboy? / Shechem lures Dinah outside & rapes her / Osnath = Dinah's daughter from Shechem or an Egyptian convert / Why did Yaakov send away Osnat with an amulet containing Hashem's name? / Potiphar's wife adopts Osnas / Why did Shimon & Levi kill all the people of Shechem (3 answers)? / Yaakov curses Shimon & Levi in Greek / Why didn't Dinah do an abortion? The implications of the Yosef-Dinah story for Halachos of IVF2020-03-1600 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 75: Chapter 37 - The Life of Jacob
Amos: Yaakov flees from a lion (Lavan) & encounters a bear (Eisav) / Arami Oved Avi = Laban tries to destroy the Jewish People / Jacob fights the angel sent to save him from Esau / The angel blesses Yaakov & gives him the name Yisrael / An angel's name tells us its job / The prohibition of Gid HaNashe / Michael-Metatron is the Kohen Gadol in the Heavens & Patron of the Jewish Nation / Yaakov gives maaser (tithe) of his animals to Eisav / Jacob gives 1/10 of his sons to HaShem (Levi) / The 4 Firstborns are already holy (Reuven, Dan, Gad, & Yosef) / Levi is chosen because he was born third...2020-03-1500 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 74: Chapter 36c - The Life of Jacob
Abraham's Treaty with the Jebusites in buying the Mearat HaMachpelah (Cave of the Patriarchs) / Was Ephron a Hittite or Jebusite? / Yevus = Yerushalayim / Copper statues stop King David from conquering Jerusalem / King David hates idolatry / The blind man & the lame man / Dovid HaMelech conquers & buys Jerusalem / Yitzchak's new deal with the Philistines / The Jebusites of Jerusalem were really Plishitim / The Philistine treaty expired or was voided by the time of the Samson / Yaakov's treaty with Lavan / Sons are tantamount to brothers2020-03-1400 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 73: Chapter 36b - The Life of Jacob
The Birth of Yaakov's sons / Whom did Jacob's sons marry? / Yosef & Dinah are related to Din / Yaakov flees to and from Lavan / Rabbi Eliezer Levi: Yaakov dreams about sheep / What are terafim & how do you make them? / Why did King David have teraphim in his house? / Are terafim considered Avodah Zarah? / The etymology of the word terafim / Why did Rachel steal her father's terafim (3 answers)? / Rachel dies of Jacob's curse / Terafim are ritually impure2020-03-1300 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 72: Chapter 36a - The Life of Jacob
Yaakov reaches the local well in Charan / Meeting young women at the well is a segulah for a successful journey (Eliezer, Jacob, Moses, Saul) / Young women are free from sin / Why was Rachel a shepherd (because most of Lavan's sheep died in a plague of pestilence or because Lavan had no sons)? / Jacob's "foot" blesses Laban's household / A nephew is called a brother / How would yibum apply to an avunculate relationship? / Grandchildren are tantamount to children / Jacob married Lavan's 4 daughters (Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, Zilpah)2020-03-1200 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 71: Chapter 35b - The Life of Jacob
Seder Olam: Missing 14 Years from Yaakov's life were spent learning in the Yeshiva of Shem and Ever / Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer: Yaakov was 77 years old when he left his parents' house / How far is Beersheba from Moriah? / Yaakov is the antithesis to laziness / Yaakov took 3 hours to pray Mincha / Jacob takes 12 stones from the altar to which Isaac was bound / Jacob dreams of a ladder with angels / 4 Images on HaShem's Throne of Glory (Lion, Eagle, Ox/Cherub, Jacob) / If angels have wings, then why did they need a ladder to go up? / Jacob foresees the future exile / How many rungs...2020-03-1100 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 70: Chapter 35a - The Life of Jacob
Yaakov receives 2 sets of blessings from Yitzchak / Yacov = calm & humble, Esau = haughty & desirous / Eisav ate meat, Yaakov ate mushrooms / Edom because he was born red & desired red lentils / Red lentils are only red before cooked / Yaakov grabs Eisav's YOD (akev/heel) / Red is the color of hunger / Lentils as the food of mourning / Hevel & Haran die in their parents' lifetime / Avraham & Yitzchak dig wells / Who named the site Beer Sheva - Abraham or Isaac (5 answers)? / How to count the 7 wells that Yitzchok dug2020-03-1000 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 69: Chapter 34 - Resurrection of the Dead
Idolators lose out on resurrection / Stropkover Rebbe: King David died & came back to life, Yaakov Avinu never died / Idolatry looks real but only Hashem really heals / Will the people who died in the Deluge, in Sodom, and in the Wilderness return by the resurrection? / Olam HaZeh = Night, Olam HaBa = Day / 6 things cry out but are not heard (cutting a fruit tree, snake shedding its skin, woman divorced from her husband, first intercourse, leaving the birth canal, soul leaving the body) / In the future man will rectify Adam's sin, but the snake's punishment is forever / Using family, money, & good deeds...2020-03-0900 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 68: Chapter 33f - Resurrection of the Dead
Jeremiah foretells the punishment to befall Jewish false prophets in Babylonia / The Archangel Michael saves Yehoshua ben Yehozedek from a fiery furnace / Fornicating with married Chaldean women & starting up with Nebuchadnezzar's daughter / The Book of Shoshana / False Prophets have strong sexual desires (Jesus, Mohammed, Shabtai Tzvi, Jacob Frank) / Was Nevuchadnezzar's statue consider idolatry? / Why did the Jews deserve to be killed in the Story of Purim? / Nebuchadnezzar spares Daniel, but send Chananya, Mishael, and Azaria into a fiery furnace / Yechezkel is buried in Iraq / Ezekiel Resurrects those who bowed to Nebuchadnezzar's idol / Dew of Resurrection / Those who lend money...2020-03-0800 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 67: Chapter 33e - Resurrection of the Dead
Saul conjures the Spirit of Samuel / Saul's Aunt Tzephaniah was a necromancer / A woman with a man's name / Do necromancy and idolatry actually work? / What clothes will those who rise up in the resurrection wear? / Laws of Burial Shrouds (Tachrichin) / Shmuel returns with his tunic & tells Shaul to go fight / When is Shmuel HaNavi's Yahrzheit (in Iyyar, Sivan, or Tishrei)? / Doing an Upsherin a Kever Shmuel HaNavi2020-03-0700 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 66: Chapter 33d - Resurrection of the Dead
Why did Josiah consult with Huldah instead of Jeremiah? / Shallum ben Tikvah's wife becomes a prophetess in the merit of his kindness / Elisha's dead body revives Shalum ben Tikva after his death / The case of Chanamel ben Shallum proves that if somebody dies & comes back to life, he is not considereed a new person in Halacha / Elisha resurrects 2 people (double Elijah) / Who was the man revived by Elisha's Tomb (Shalum ben Tikva, the false prophet eaten by the lion, Tzedkiah ben Canaana, or the son of the Shunnamite Woman)?2020-03-0600 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 65: Chapter 33c - Resurrection of the Dead
Were Eliyahu and Elisha married or bachelors? / The Shunnamite Woman = Sister of Avishag the Shunnamite = Wife of Iddo/Oded the Prophet = Mother of Chavakuk / Elisha promises the Ishah Shunamis that she will have a son / Gechazi molests the Shunamite Woman after her sons dies / Elisha sends his stick with Gehazi to resurrect the child / Gechazi disobeys his master & makes Elisha resurrect the child himself / Gehazi resurrects a dog or a lion / Elisha revives the Shunnamite Woman's son through prayer, the merit of Elijah, & the merit of Tzedakah2020-03-0500 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 64: Chapter 33b - Resurrection of the Dead
Purim is the Holiday of Techiyas HaMeisim / Resurrection will take place in Alphabetical Order (generational order, order of merits) / Moshe saw Yehoshua's humility before renaming him / Mabit: 3 Reasons for Resurrecting the Dead (a chance to do more Mitzvos, living what you deserve to live after Adam's sin is rectified, rewarding the body for its role in Mitzvos) / Rasag's 10 Questions about Resurrection / Resurrection in the Holy Land versus in the Diaspora / 3 Levels of Resurrection (right after death, dry bones, rotten bones) / If one dies and comes back to life, does he need to remarry his wife or is he considered...2020-03-0400 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 63: Chapter 33a - Resurrection of the Dead
Yitzchak was not just a farmer, he instituted Maaser / Agriculture in Eretz Yisroel is a Mitzvah / Tzedakah has the power of Techiyas HaMeisim (Resurrecting the Dead) / Resurrection is an act of Gevurah / The Tzarfati Woman (mother of the prophet Yonah) hosts Eliyahu HaNavi / Casting Suspicions on Elijah the Prophets spurs him to pray for her dead son / How was Eliyahu allowed to live in the same courtyard as a widow? / Was Eliyahu HaNavi married? / If Eliyahu was a Kohen (Pinchas) how can he touch the body of the dead chld to become ritually impure (6 answers)?2020-03-0300 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 62: Chapter 32b - Abraham's Ten Tests
How old was Rivkah when she married Yitzchak (1, 3, or 14)? / Targum Yonason: Rivkah was barren for 22 years / The 2 Hidden Years of Yitzchok's Life / A Pregnant Rebecca Consults with Shem / Yaakov & Eisav go in different directions / Who killed Nimrod (Esau or Abraham)? / How/why did Yitzchok become blind? / Isaac offers Blessings of Dew on Passover Night / Jacob brings his father 2 goats / The Voice of Jacob & the Hands of Eisav / Dew Rejuvenates and Resurrects2020-03-0200 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 61: Chapter 32a - Abraham's Ten Tests
6 People named before their birth / Isaiah foretells of Cyrus / The Significance of the letters in Yitzchok's name / 2 Reasons for the name Ishmael / Iddo foretells of Josiah / The Satan tells Sarah about the Akeidah & she dies / 100 Blasts of the Shofar corresponds to 100 Sarah's cries (or Sisera's mother's) / Rashi: Sarah dies because Yitzchak was almost not slaughtered / Yitzchak mourns his mother's death for 3 years before getting married2020-03-0100 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 60: Chapter 31c - Abraham's Ten Tests
The Ram that Abraham sacrificed instead of Isaac / The meanings of the Hebrew word Tachat (instead of, because of, underneath, buttocks) / The Blessings God gave after Akeidat Yitzchak / The Altar is built on the Ashes of Yitzchak / The Ram's sinews become strings of King David's harp, its skin becomes Eliyahu's Aderet / The Ram's Horns are used at Matan Torah & to herald the Messiah / How did parts of the ram survive being burnt as a Korban Olah (burnt-offering)? / The Merit of Bowing Down2020-02-2900 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 59: Chapter 31b - Abraham's Ten Tests
Yitzchak worries about hurting his father or messing up the Korban / The Fire of Akeidat Yitzchak / Avraham Avinu was like a Kohen Gadol / If Abraham would slaughter Isaac, then how could he offer him as a sacrifice as an Onan? / Yitzchak dies at the Akeidah / Yitzchak comes back to life and stand on his own two feet / The Blessings of Mechayeh HaMeisim (He who resurrects the dead)2020-02-2800 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 58: Chapter 31a - Abraham's Ten Tests
Why is Akeidas Yitzchok so special if Jews always gave up their lives throughout history? / Was Akeidat Yitzchak one of Avraham's 10 Tests? / Avraham wants Yitzchak to continue his mission / Abraham (convert Jew) differs from Shem and Ever (native Jew) / Why did Hashem need to test Avraham? / Why was Yishmael around by Akeidat Yitzchak? / Akeidat Yitzchak or Akeidat Yishmael? / The test of Akeidat Yitzchak was to remain happy enough to receive a second prophecy / Abraham's donkey was from the 6 Days of Creation / Moses & Moshiach ride on Abraham's Donkey / Isaac's age at Akeidat Yitzchak / Yishmael's Birthday (4th of Kislev) / When did...2020-02-2800 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 57: Chapter 30b - Abraham's Ten Tests
Hagar worships idolatry & and her flask is emptied / How old were Yitzchak and Yishmael when Yishmael was sent away? / God listens to Ishmael's prayers & gives them water/ The name of Ishamel's first wife (Eifah, Aisha, Issa) / Abraham visits Ishmael & tells him to marry somebody else / Are Moabite women modest? / Abraham approves of Ishamel's second wife (Fatumah, Fatimah) / Pirkei deRabbi Eliezer and the Koran / Ishmael's daughter Machalat and her daughter Iggeret / Abraham remarries Hagar (Keturah) / Halachic Definition of Pilegesh (concubine) / Are the Children of Keturah commanded to do circumcision? / Ethnography of Abraham's descendants / The Ishmael-Kayin connection / God's name is in...2020-02-2700 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 56: Chapter 30a - Abraham's Ten Tests
Ishmael's association with bows & arrows / Sarah recommends getting rid of Yishmael and disinheriting him / Divorcing Hagar and sending her away / Making sure everyone knows Hagar is a slave / Did Sarah free Hagar before Abraham married her? / Milog (usufruct) and tzon barzel property2020-02-2600 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 55: Chapter 29c - Abraham's Ten Tests
Burying the foreskin in sand-dirt-water / Yosef's trait of Yesod & the Weeks of Shovavim / King Solomon's pgam habrit and its ramifications / The Kingdom of Israel discontinues the commandment of circumcision / Ahab as the potential Moshiach ben Yosef / Why Baal & Asherah worshippers oppose circumcision / Dualing with the Baal Prophets at Mount Carmel / Elijah flees to Sinai / How many Jews did not worship Baal? / Pinchas = Eliyahu HaNavi / Elijah attends every Brit Milah2020-02-2500 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 54: Chapter 29b - Abraham's Ten Tests
Circumcising converts to Judaism (proselytes) & slaves / The blocked prayers of the uncircumcised / Bathing with a non-Jew / Jacob is circumcised, Esau is not / Circumcision in Egypt and the Exodus / The blood of Milah and the Paschal Lamb (Korban Pesach) bring the redemption / Making a meal in honor of a Brit Milah / 3 Types of Affliction (fasting, jail, travelling) / Why did the Jews did not practice circumcision in the Wilderness? / Milah & Priyah / Joshua presides over mass circumcision / Were some Jews uncircumcised at Sinai? / Balaam sees Jewish foreskins in the desert / The Levites continue to practice circumcision even in the desert2020-02-2400 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 53: Chapter 29a - Abraham's Ten Tests
Who was Abraham's mohel (Shem or himself)? / Abraham's circumcision was done at midday (noon) / On what day was Avraham Avinu's Bris Milah (on Yom Kippur or in Tammuz)? / Circumcision on the Temple Mount / The bloody connection between circumcision and ritual sacrifices (korbanot) / The pain of the third day / Post-circumcision ritual impurity / Bikkur Cholim (Visiting the Sick) / Avraham's newfound level of prophecy / 5 Types of Blockage (Orlah)2020-02-2300 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 52: Chapter 28b - Abraham's Ten Tests
Abraham's Levels of Prophecy (Chazon & Mareh) / Abraham's prophecies compared to Moses' / Counting the Stars / Reassuring Avraham of his merits / The animals at the Covenant Between the Pieces (Bris Bein HaBesarim) allude to the 4 Kingdoms of Exile / Combinations of the 4 Kingdoms (Islam and the Byzantine Empire) / Is Ishmael one of the Four Kingdoms? / Whom do the birds represents (Muslims, Erev Rav)? / The 3 Oaths / The Messiah will come in 1503 (according to Abarbanel) / A Great Dark Fear falls upon Avraham2020-02-2200 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 51: Chapter 28a - Guest Lecture by Rabbi Shmuel Raber
Allusions to the Four Kingdoms of Exile / Ishmael (Arabia) as one of the kingdoms of exile / Exile to Egypt purifies the Jews / The firewood of Gehinnom / The Geulah (Redemption) Process / The Visions of Daniel / The 4 Beasts and the World Wars at the End of Days / Gog leads the West / Balaam's prophecies tell us about the future / Returning to Eretz Yisrael with Moshiach ben Yosef / Which Jews will be spared?2020-02-2100 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 50: Chapter 27 - Abraham's Ten Tests
Nimrod's Revenge: Kidnapping Lot to lure in Abraham / Who is the "refugee" (Og or the archangel Michael)? / Abraham rallies the troops - including Eliezer, Aner, Eshkol & Mamre / Where are Dan and Hobah? / Abraham foresees Jeroboam's Golden Calves / Layish = Leshem = Dan = Pameas = Paneas = Banias / How is Chovah north of Damascus? / Why Abraham left his army behind / Domestic Eliezer / Establishing the custom of Maasar (tithe) / Abraham meet Melchizedek / Who gives maaser to whom?2020-02-2000 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 49: Chapter 26b - Abraham's Ten Tests
The first famine / Why did God want Avraham to go down to Egypt? / Was the famine in Canaan one of Abraham's 10 tests? / Pharoah wants to marry Sarah & gets smitten / Sarah is abducted on Passover Night (twice) / The ketubah Pharaoh offered Sarah, including slaves / Pharaoh gives Sarah the Land of Goshen / Chasam Sofer: Pharaoh rapes Sarah / Abimelech's household becomes impotent / Why did God send Michael to punish Avimelech instead of Gabriel? / Abraham prophetically knew of Sarah's infertility / Quashing the scoffers' rumors about Yitzchak's parentage2020-02-1900 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 48: Chapter 26a - Abraham's Ten Tests
Receiving a test (nisayon) from Above / The Jews in the desert "test" Hashem 10 times / Listing Abraham's 10 Tests (15 opinions) / Baby Abraham is hidden from Nimrod / Why is being hidden in a cave considered a test? / Lashon HaKodesh (Hebrew Language) as a natural language / Avraham recognizes God at the age of 3 or 48 / Abraham is jailed in Cutha and Kardu (Kurdistan) / Ur Kasdim: Abraham in the fiery furnace / Relocating is especially hard for men to do / Where was Avraham born (Ur or Harran)? / When is Avraham called Avinu?2020-02-1800 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 47: Chapter 25b - Destruction of Sodom
The cry of the girl smeared in honey / Lot's daughter Plotis gets the death penalty / Ammon & Moab follow in their Sodomite ancestors' footsteps / Abraham's hostel (eshel) / Lot becomes a judge in Sodom / Lot is caught hosting guests / The angels help Lot & family escape / Lot's wife (Edith/Iris) turns into a pillar of salt / Finding Lot's wife near the Dead Sea2020-02-1700 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 46: Chapter 25a - Destruction of Sodom
God deals with the sinners of Sodom (Yeridah #3) / Amora = Gomorrah / Good news and bad news / 3 angels with 3 missions / Israel is not under the influence of the Archangel Michael / The rich & stingy people of Sodom / Sins of Sodom (with their bodies and their money) / Sodom = Capitalists, Babel = Communists / The Ban on Visitors / Unfair laws and practices in Sodom / Judges in Sodom / Eliezer vists Sodom2020-02-1600 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 45: Chapter 24 - Tower of Babel
Giving Birth to 6 kids at a time / How the Taz married the Bach's daughter / Going to the Plain of Shinar (Sumer) / Enthroning Nimrod / Nimrod rebels against God / Nimrod gets Adam's special clothes / Uniting mankind against God / Building the Tower with bricks / Abraham protests the tower's construction / God makes a lottery to divvy the 70 nation between 70 angels / El Elyon is another name of God / God deals with the people who built the Tower of Babel (Yeridah #2) / Before Babel everyone spoke Hebrew / Who killed Nimrod (Abraham or Esau)? / Adam's special clothes in Rome2020-02-1500 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 44: Chapter 23c - Story of Noah and the Flood
Noah plants a grapevine from Gan Eden / Who castrated/sodomized Noah - Ham or Canaan? / Birth order of Noah's 3 sons / Why did Noach curse Canaan? / The curse of being a slave / The blessings, gifts and & lands Noah gave his children / Black is beautiful / Was Moses black like an Egyptian? / White tzaras (leprosy) on a German and Kushi2020-02-1400 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 43: Chapter 23b - Story of Noah and the Flood
Dissolving & Erasing the World / Who survived the flood (Noah & his family, servants, Og, and Og's wife) / Why did God let Og survive? / Did the Deluge affect the Land of Israel? / Utnapishtim in the Epic of Gilgamesh parallels the story of Noah / Noah send the Raven & Dove / Is an olive considered a davar charif (sharp food)? / Noah's release makes a crown for God / The bad smells on the ark / Was there a snake on the teivah? / Abstinance during the flood (and in times of famine or distress) / What types of sacrifices did Noach offer? / God's oath & covenant with Noah / Learning...2020-02-1300 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 42: Chapter 23a - Story of Noah and the Flood
God shows Noach how to make an ark / Why is Noah's Ark called a "nest"? / The boat's dimensions & layout / What was on each floor? / More insects than people / How many types of birds are there? / How did all the different types of animals fit into the ark? / Multiple arks, miracles / Radal and Rabbeinu Nissim: The Torah Taxonomy differs from ours, the Theory of Evolution / How did big animals like the elephant, giraffe, and Reaim (unicorn) survive the Deluge? / Archeological remains from before the Flood / Why did God tell Noah to take 7 Kosher specimens, but only 2 from non-kosher animals? / How...2020-02-1200 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 41: Chapter 22 - Story of Cain and Abel
Seth/Hevel versus Kayin / Was Hevel born in the image of Adam? / The lineage of the righteous traced to Seth, the wicked to Kayin / Who was Naamah, sister of Tubal-Cain? / Kayin's descendants walk around naked like animals & commit incest / Training onself to have unnaturally depraved desires / Which relatives may a Noahide marry? / The Nefillim are born from the union of Bnei Elohim & and Bnos HaAdam / Intermarriage between judges & commoners, descendants of Kayin & descendants of Sheis, strong people & weak people / Fallen Angels sin with human women / Ishtar = Astarte = Ashtoreth = Esther = April = Aphrodite = Venus / Baby angels need a ladder to fly...2020-02-1100 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 40: Chapter 21b - Story of Cain and Abel
Kayin & Hevel bring Paschal Offerings / Kayin as a proto-Egyptian is recinarnated into the Pharaoh / Shaatnez = Mixing Kayin & Hevel's sacrifices / Kayin is jealous of Hevel's sacrifice & his beautiful wife / What did Kayin say to Hevel before killing him? / Am I my brother's keeper? / How did Kayin kill Hevel? / What letter was written on Kayin's forehead/forearm? / Adam & Eve bury Abel's corpse2020-02-1000 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 39: Chapter 21a - Story of Cain and Abel
A Woman is like a garden / Samael-Snake impregnates Eve / Kayin = Spiritual Progenitor of the Wicked / Kayin & Hevel marry their sisters / Were Kayin and Hevel twins? / When was Hevel born? / 7 Opinions about when the story of Cain and Ebel happened / How long did Hevel live?2020-02-0900 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 38: Chapter 20b - The Creation of the World (Day Eight)
Did Adam light the first fire or was it a gift from Above? / The Difference between the torch in Havdalah on Motzei Shabbos and that of Motzei Yom Kippur / Did Tiras son of Yefes invent fire? / Picking up a rock instead of lighting a fire / Adam goes to the Gichon on Sunday / Adam's self-flagellation in his Teshuvah process / Adam Starts Fasting on Tzom Gedaliah (3 Tishrei) / Going to the Mikvah for Teshuvah / The Book of Raziel HaMalach / For how long did Adam fast? / Adam's Winter Holiday / The Chumrah of Adam's fast / Sin Clouds the Mind / Adam contemplates his own death...2020-02-0800 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 37: Chapter 20a - The Creation of the World (Day Seven/Eight)
Adam goes from Eden to Moriah / Keeping Shabbos Consoles Adam / Adam HaRishon wears Snake Skin / The Light of Shabbos lasts 36 Hours / Adam is scared after Shabbos, God gifts him with fire / The Blessing on the Havdalah Candle / Reciting that Brachah on the Stars / The Segulah of Wine from Havdalah2020-02-0700 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 36: Chapter 19c - The Creation of the World (Day Seven)
The Definition of a "Generation" (dor) / The Legendry Re'am (Unicorn) and the Messiah / Moshiach ben Yosef = Menachem ben Amiel / Names of Mashiach (Menachem, Yinnon, Sheilah, Nechemiah ben Chushiel) / The Messiah will commit seemingly disgusting/forbidden acts / Gershom Scholem: Rabbi Eliyahu of Izmir was a follower of Shabsai Tzvi / Gathering the Jews from all 4 Corners of the World2020-02-0600 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 35: Chapter 19b - The Creation of the World (Day Seven)
The Significance of the Number 10 (Testimony, Congregation/minyan/quorum, & Stringed Instruments) / How many people are needed for Chalitzah? / What is the source that 10 people are needed for Sheva Brachos? / Why did Boaz gather 10 men when marrying Ruth? / Explicating Psalms 92 / Adam donates 70 years of his life to King David / The Purpose of God's Justice (din) is to bring out His Kingship (malchut) / 3 Types of Praise = 3 Musical Instruments = 3 Groups of Angels / Boorish people cannot understand why the wicked succeed / Hallelujah on the Annihilation of Sin2020-02-0500 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 34: Chapter 19a - The Creation of the World (Day Seven)
10 Things Created Erev Shabbos Bein HaShemashos (twilight) / The Ram of Yitzchak / When did Adam enter Gan Eden & when did he get kicked out? / The Niggun of Adam HaRishon / Shabbat as the Defense Attorney / Adam sings the Song of the Sabbath (Mizmor Shir L'Yom HaShabbos - Psalms 92) / Adam confesses and repents / The Difference between Day & Night = Shir (Olam HaBah) & Shira (Olam HaZeh)2020-02-0400 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 33: Chapter 18c - The Creation of the World (Day Seven)
The Prohibition of Lighting a Fire differs from the other 39 melachos (forbidden labors) on Shabbos / To Remember the Creation of the World, to Remember the Exodus / Shabbos the Day of Double / Shabbat as the nexus of potential and its realization / Shabbos & Yom Kippur / The Significance of the Number 7 / 7 Cycles of 7 Millennia / Observing Shabbos atones for sins / Was Enosh himself an idolater? / Shabbos = Male & Female, Singular & Plural / The Holiness of Shabbos Afternoon2020-02-0300 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 32: Chapter 18b - The Creation of the World (Day Seven)
Finishing up Creation / Shabbat = A taste of Olam Habah / A day with no counterpart / Special gift for the Jews / Remembering and Guarding the Sabbath / Manna teaches us that God keeps Shabbos / Does Hashem Himself keep the Torah's prohibitions? / Making Kiddush Friday Night / Saying L'Chaim in Kiddush2020-02-0200 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 31: Chapter 18a - The Creation of the World (Day Seven)
Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel disagree over whether the Heavens were created first or the Earth was / Reducing Their Dispute to its Core: The House Shammai = Idealists, The House of Hillel = Pragmatic / Applying this Paradigm to Many Different Examples / Why do we pasken like Beis Hillel? / In the Future, we will pasken like Beis Shammai / Hillel continues Aharon's role as the peacemaker / Aharon's death as a prelude to the destruction of the Holy Temple / The Story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza / Rabbi Zecharia ben Avkulis's Humility / Balancing between Flattery and Rebuke2020-02-0100 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 30: Chapter 17b - The Creation of the World (Day Six)
3 Kings & 4 Commoners who may have lost their place in the World to Come / Which sin caused the famine during King David's reign? / King Saul's improper burial, interring his remains, and reburial / The Gibeonites (Nesinim) demand revenge / The poetic eulogy over King Saul / Iddo's Prophecy of Josiah's birth / King Josiah the Child Iconoclast / Jewish Idolatry continues behind closed doors / Lamenting Josiah's tragic death / The Gate for Grooms & the Gate for Mourners/Excommunicated2020-01-3000 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 29: Chapter 17a - The Creation of the World (Day Six)
Chessed for the Dead / Happiness = Expansion, Sadness = Contraction / God buries Moshe / Aharon gets a proper eulogy / Mourning Moshe and Aharon / Learning the concept of shiva (7 days of mourning) from Jacob's death / The Egyptians' reward for giving their last respects to Yaakov / Learning Halachos from before Matan Torah / Jezebel dances with newlyweds and honors the dead / The daring mission to retrieve King Saul's corpse and their future reward / What is the difference between guf and giviyah? / Positively identifying corpses in Halacha / Does Hashem keep mitzvos?2020-01-2900 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 28: Chapter 16b - The Creation of the World (Day Six)
Eliezer & Rivka's return trip to Hebron / Suspecting Eliezer of Hanky-panky / Rivkah as a gilgul (reincarnation) of Sarah / Proving Rivka's virginity / The custom of digital defloration of the hymen / Avraham's servent Eliezer is Og, king of Bashan and son of Nimrod / Setting Eliezer Free / Is Og a title or a name? / Learning Sheva Brachos from Shimshon (Samson) / 18 Ways in which A Chosson (groom) is like a King / Why can't a chatan work during Sheva Brachos? / Separate Seating at Weddings / Standing up when the bridesgroom walks down the aisle2020-01-2800 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 27: Chapter 16a - The Creation of the World (Day Six)
3 Things on Which the World Stands (Gemach, Avodah, Torah) = Avraham, Yitzchak, & Yaakov = Chessed, Gevurah, Tiferet / On what covenant (bris) does the world stand? / Avodah = Tefillah (Prayer) and Korbanot (Sacrifices) / Why is making a bride and groom happy the epitome of Chessed? / God gladdens Adam and Eve at their wedding / Lovingkindness: Becoming a partner in creation / The changing definition of Chessed / The History of Sheva Brachos / Finding a Shidduch for Yitzchak / Playing Around with the rules of yerushah (inheritance) / Eliezer's 3 hour journey / Rivkah's royal lineage (Terach, Nachor, Bethuel) / The king's right to a virgin's "first night"2020-01-2700 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 26: Chapter 15 - The Creation of the World (Day Six)
Freedom to Choose Between Good and Bad / The Difference Between Tzaddik (Tzedakah) and Chossid (Chesed) / Samuel the Prophet takes both paths / Shmuel's Divine Gifts / Entering Gehinnom - Give Him Another Chance / What's Behind Door #4? / Hell and Heaven are one and the same / Rabbi Eliezer's Personal Experience with the Angels in Heaven / Elazar the Kohen Gadol's Prophecies / Releasing the Prisoners from Purgatory2020-01-2600 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 25: Chapter 14b - The Creation of the World (Day Six)
10 Curses of the Nachash (Snake/Serpent) / Snake's Gestation and Skin Shedding Every 7 years / Revenge like a Snake / 10 Curses of Eve (Chava) / Pain of Childrearing before the Pain of Pregnancy and Birth / Adam's 10 Curses / Why were Adam, Eve, & the Snake present for each other's judgement? / Why did the Land get punished?2020-01-2500 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 24: Chapter 14a - The Creation of the World (Day Six)
God's Ten Descents (Yeridos) / Hashem Judges Adam (Yeridah #1) / Adam Runs Aways and Hides / Naked from Mitzvos / Adam's Special Fingernail Skin / Custom of Looking at the Finger nails during Havdalah / The dangers of discarded finger nails / Adam and Eve's Defense Argument / 39 Punishments are Meted Out / The Curse of Long Hair, The Blessing of Long Beard2020-01-2400 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 23: Chapter 13 - The Creation of the World (Day Six)
Jealousy, Desire, & Honor / The Angels (Samael/Satan) conspire to get man to sin / 3 forms of wisdom (Chabad = Chochmah, Binah, Daas) / Samael and the Snake Team up / A Barrel of Scorpions (parable for the Original Sin) / Why the Snake targeted Eve and not Adam / Nashim Daatan Kalot / How the Snake convinced Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge / Touching the Tree / Feeding Adam from the Forbidden Fruit / The Hindu ritual of sati (burning the wife on the funeral pyre of her dead husband) / What did Adam do wrong and why was he punished?2020-01-2300 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 22: Chapter 12 - The Creation of the World (Day Six)
From which dirt was Adam created? / Was Adam a gardener? / Adam keeps the Torah / Why did God create Chava (Eve)? / Man versus Wife / The earth objects to human population growth / Why God created sleep / Adam sleeps while Eve is created / Ishah comes from Ish / Adam's Ten Chuppahs (Wedding Canopies) in the Garden of Eden / Adam and Eve's Wedding2020-01-2200 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 21: Chapter 11b - The Creation of the World (Day Six)
Two-faced Adam / Created Facing Eastwards-Forwards / Left and Right = North and South / The Animal Kingdom wishes to worship Adam / 10 Kings who Ruled the Entire World (God, Nimrod, Joseph, Solomon, Ahab, Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, Alexander the Great, Messiah) / Why Achashverosh doesn't make the list2020-01-2100 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 20: Chapter 11a - The Creation of the World (Day Six)
Eating Kosher Animals / Defining Behamah and Chayah / Fodder for the Behemoth / The Torah's qualms about creating man / What happened each hour of the day that God created Adam / Were Cain and Ebel born yet when Adam and Eve sinned? / Eating from the Tree of Knowledge on Shabbat is not Orlah2020-01-2000 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 19: Chapter 10b - The Creation of the World (Day Five)
Yonah in the Big Fish's Belly / Yonah and the Leviathan / Banquet of the Leviathan - Literal or Allegorical? / 7 Names of the Temple Mount / Yalkut Shimoni: From male fish to the female fish / Dag versus Dagah / Jonah's Shipmates Convert to Judaism2020-01-1900 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 18: Chapter 10a - The Creation of the World (Day Five)
Yonah Runs Away from God on Thursday / The Assyrians are close to repenting / Jonah's reluctance to relay his prophecy / Drawing lots to cast someone overboard / Why was Yonah sleeping?2020-01-1800 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 17: Chapter 9b - The Creation of the World (Day Five)
Crawling Insects & Messianic World War / Fresh River Water vs. Salty Ocean Water / Thursdays in Jewish History / On what day was the Torah given? / Kriyas Yam Suf on Tuesday / Connection between Thursday and Rosh HaShannah / Male and Female Leviathans / Contradictory Properties of Salt2020-01-1700 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 16: Chapter 9a - The Creation of the World (Day Five)
Animals (Behemot, Chayot), Birds, Fish, Insects / Signs of Kosher Birds / Pigeons & Turtledoves as Fowl Sacrifices / Signs of Kosher Fish / Signs of Kosher Grasshoppers / Wings that cover most of the body / Do birds require shechitah? / Were birds created from water, ground, or mud? / Commandment to cover blood2020-01-1600 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 15: Chapter 8b - The Creation of the World (Day Four)
Transmission of Sod HaIbbur (continued): Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, Yosef, Moshe & Aharon / Intercalation only in Holy Places / In the Holy Land or with a Talmid Chacham? / Ibbur Shanah in Babylon and Egypt / When did Yechezkel the prophet die? / Sod HaIbbur in Messianic Times / How many judges are needed for declaring a leap year? / Using a child holding a Chumash to complete a minyan / Ceremony of Declaring a leap year / Why blow the Shofar? / When do we declare a leap year? / What year of the Ibbur cycle ws the Exodus?2020-01-1500 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 14: Chapter 8a - The Creation of the World (Day Four)
Sod HaIbbur (Intercalation): Mathematical Formula or Kabbalistic Secret / Sun = Male, Moon = Female / Transmission of Sod HaIbbur: Adam, Enoch, Methusaleh, Noah, Shem, & Abraham / How many seasons in a 12 month year? / Why are Shem and Avraham called Kohanim? / The Kohen's role in making peace / Were Abraham and Shem firstborn sons?2020-01-1400 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 13: Chapter 7b - The Creation of the World (Day Four)
The Disappearing and Reappearing Moon / International Dateline in Halacha / How to Escape the Fate of Mazalot / Every 84 Years the Sun and the Moon line up like when they were created / Cosmic Implications of Eclipses / Rabbi Nehorai = Rabbi Meir / Waxing and Waning Through the Clouds2020-01-1300 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 12: Chapter 7a - The Creation of the World (Day Four)
Souls of the Sun and Moon / Calculating the Molad According to Shmuel and Rav Ada / Machzor Katan and Machzor Gadol / 1080 Parts (Chalakim) of the Halachic Hour / The Mazalot in the Lunar Month / The Shift of the Molad from Year to Year / Egel and Fallen Angels in the North / Reconciling the Solar Year with the Lunar Year2020-01-1200 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 11: Chapter 6b - The Creation of the World (Day Four)
Birkas HaChamah and the Spring Equinox / Defining Big and Small / 366 Windows and Doors for the Sun to Shine Through / In which direction is God's Holy Presence (Shekhina)? / The Sun - Happy to be in Service / Taking a Bow / Is the Midrash geocentric or heliocentric? / Persuing Money not Wisdom / The Sun's Chariot2020-01-1100 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 10: Chapter 6a - The Creation of the World (Day Four)
The Sun and the Moon as Equals / The Cosmic Ramifications of their fallout / 7 Moving Stars (Planets) and 7 Days of the Week / Etymology of "Star" (Esther, Ishtar, Astarte) / Astronomy vs. Astrology / Yosef, Mercury, and Yesod / Making Kiddush under the influence of Mars / 12 Signs of the Zodiac (Mazalot) and the 12 Months of the Year / Bet Alpha Synagouge / Why is Mazal not considered Avodah Zarah? / Solar Months / Why is Birkat HaChamah once every 28 Years?2020-01-1000 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 9: Chapters 6-7 - Guest Shiur by Rabbi Boruch Kolodny
Introduction to the Astronomy and Astrology of Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer2020-01-0900 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 8: Chapter 5 - The Creation of the World (Day Three)
Sand as the border between Sea & Land / Making Mountains (Patriarchs) and Hills (Matriarchs) / Plates atop Molten Lava / Opening to Gan Eden / Setting the Table before the Meal / Cycle of Precipitation-Evaporation-Condensation / 30 Days as the Maximum Interval for Intimacy / Impregnating the Land2020-01-0800 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 7: Chapter 4b - The Creation of the World (Day Two)
The Byzantine Empire and Outlawing Kriyas Shema2020-01-0700 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 6: Chapter 4a - The Creation of the World (Day Two)
Firmament = Outer Space / When were angels created? / Creation of Fire / Four Classes of Angels / The Meaning of Chashmal / Punishing the Angels with a Pulsa Denura / The True Color of Techelet / What are Cherubim, Ophanim, Chayot, and Seraphim? / Four Faces on The Throne of Glory / Cloud-riding Baal in Ugaritic Literature / The Source of the Dinor River of Fire / What do angels do with their wings? / Angelic Kedushah and Human Kedushah / Saying Shema during Mussaf / Reciting Kedushah at Schlossburg2020-01-0600 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 5: Chapter 3b - The Creation of the World (Day One)
What was created on the First Day? / Is darkness just the absence of light or is it a creation of its own? / With what pen were the Tablet engraved? / What happened to Eve's clothes? / The Things Created During Twilight / Were the Heavens and the Earth created ex nihilo? / Covering Blood with Snow / What bringeth the Northern Wind? / Creating the World with Ten Utterances2020-01-0500 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 4: Chapter 3a - The Creation of the World (Day Zero)
How does the Tetragrammaton differ from God's other names? / Why is repentence (teshuvah) neccessary for creating the world? / Seven Things Created Before Creating the World / The Names of Mashiach / Was Napoleon the Messiah? / Why must a king have advisors?2020-01-0400 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 3: Chapter 2 - The Story of Rabbi Eliezer HaGadol
How rich were Nakdimon ben Gurion and Kalba Savua? / Are there fields of gold in Eretz Yisrael? / Why did Rabbi Eliezer sit while his father stood? / Why did Rabbi Eliezer forfeit his inheritance? / In what way is Rabbi Eliezer like a plastered pit?2020-01-0300 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 2: Chapter 1 - The Story of Rabbi Eliezer HaGadol
Why did Rabbi Eliezer cry? / How old was Eliezer when he left farming? / Who was R. Eliezer's father Hyrcanus? / Did Rabbi Eliezer learn Torah as a child? / Why did Rabbi Eliezer lie to Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai?2020-01-0200 minShiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim KleinEpisode 1: Introduction to Pirkei de-Rebbi Eliezer
Structure and Authorship of Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer / Commentaries to this Midrashic work / When was Pirkei deRabbi Eliezer written? / Comparing and Contrasting this Midrash to other Midrashim / Alternate names of the Sefer / Traditions about naming sefarim / Biographical points about Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrkanus2020-01-0100 min
Jewish Game of ConquestEpisode #9: Yerushalayim/Jerusalem: The Holy CityIn our final episode, we discuss the history of the city of Jerusalem, ranging from its original names given by Abraham and Melchizedek to the Holy Temple built by King Solomon, to Sannechrib's siege of Judah's capital under King Hezekiah.2017-11-291h 03Jewish Game of ConquestEpisode #8: Beer Sheva: Of Oaths and WellsIn this episode, we discuss the history of the city Beersheba in tribal territory of Judah. That city was founded by both Abraham and Isaac, and also played a role later in Jewish History.2017-11-2950 minJewish Game of ConquestEpisode #7: Beis Lechem: The City of RoyaltyIn this episode, we focus on the connection between the city of Bethlehem (בית לחם) and the Davidic dynasty. Special attention is given to line of King David as delineated in the Scroll of Ruth, as well as the connection of Miriam to Bethlehem's alternate name, Efrat.2017-11-291h 00Jewish Game of ConquestEpisode #7: Bethlehem: The City of Royalty (Bloopers edition)In this episode, we focus on the connection between the city of Bethlehem (בית לחם) and the Davidic dynasty. Special attention is given to line of King David as delineated in the Scroll of Ruth, as well as the connection of Miriam to Bethlehem's alternate name, Efrat.2017-11-2937 minJewish Game of ConquestEpisode #6: Beth El: Revelation and IdolatryIn this episode, we discuss how Abraham and Jacob's sojourns in the city of Beth El (בית אל) foreshadow that city's role in the later Kingdom of Israel. We also discuss some interesting factoids about the early name Luz (לוז).2017-11-2955 minJewish Game of ConquestEpisode #5: Shechem: The City of CalamitiesThis episode puts the spotlight on the Ephraimite city of Shechem and the different calamities which occurred there. Some of the tragic stories discussed are the rape of Dinah, the sale of Joseph, and the split of between the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah.2017-11-2948 minJewish Game of ConquestEpisode #4: Shiloh the Temporary Holy CityThis episode focuses on the Benjaminite city of Shiloh--the place where the Tabernacle stood the longest. As part of our discussion, we compare and contrast the idea of the Tabernacle to that of the Holy Temple.2017-11-2935 minJewish Game of ConquestEpisode #3: Dan: The City of IdolatryIn this episode, we show how the northern city of Dan (also known as Banyas or Leshem or Layish) was associated with idolatry throughout the Bible. We focus on its early appearances in Genesis, as well as its role as the home to Micah's idol and one of Jeroboam's Golden Calves.2017-11-2950 minJewish Game of ConquestEpisode #2: Hebron: The City of the ForefathersIn this episode we discuss the city of Hebron (חברון), where Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were buried. Part of our discussion focuses on the city's alternate name Kiryat Arba and why, of all people, Caleb merited to inherit this city.2017-11-2945 minJewish Game of ConquestEpisode #1: Jericho: Breaking Down the WallsIn this episode, we discuss the story of the conquest of Jericho in the Book of Joshua. In doing so, we talk about the spies that Joshua sent to scout the walled and the way the Jews miraculously brought down the walls of Jericho--an event celebrated to this very day. We also discuss the re-appearance of Jericho in the Book of Kings.2017-11-2938 min