Calculating how long Nebuchadnezzar reigned (40, 43, or 45 years) / Calculating 70 years of the Babylonian Exile / Babylonians -> Medians -> Persians -> Greeks / What about Cambyses and the hidden years? / Achashverosh's opulent party / Vashti is killed on Yom Kippur / When was the 180-day party (Summer or Winter)? / Vashti refuses to join the party naked / Memuchan = Daniel or Haman

Calculating how long Nebuchadnezzar reigned (40, 43, or 45 years) / Calculating 70 years of the Babylonian Exile / Babylonians -&gt; Medians -&gt; Persians -&gt; Greeks / What about Cambyses and the hidden years? / Achashverosh's opulent party / Vashti is killed on Yom Kippur / When was the 180-day party (Summer or Winter)? / Vashti refuses to join the party naked / Memuchan = Daniel or Haman

Episode 104: Chapter 49b - The Story of Purim

These lectures cover the entire Midrash Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer, including reading and elucidating the Hebrew text of that fascinating rabbinic work. The shiurim were delivered by Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein at the Zlatipoli Beis Midrash in Beitar Illit (West Bank, Israel) during the years 2013-2016. It is highly recommended to follow along inside the actual book in order to get a better appreciation of the material being taught. Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein is the author of the books God versus Gods: Judaism in the Age of Idolatry (Mosaica Press, 2018) and Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew (Mosaica Press, 2014). He is a graduate of Emek Hebrew Academy and Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles, and studied for many years at Yeshivas Mir in Jerusalem and Beth Medrash Govoha of America in Lakewood, NJ. He currently resides in Beitar Illit, Israel where he works for the Veromemanu Foundation, while continuing to deliver lectures and publish articles. He can be reached via email at rabbircklein@gmail.com

Religion & Spirituality

These lectures cover the entire Midrash Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer, including reading and elucidating the Hebrew text of that fascinating rabbinic work. The shiurim were delivered by Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein at the Zlatipoli Beis Midrash in Beitar Illit (West Bank, Israel) during the years 2013-2016. It is highly recommended to follow along inside the actual book in order to get a better appreciation of the material being taught. Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein is the author of the books God versus Gods: Judaism in the Age of Idolatry (Mosaica Press, 2018) and Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, &amp; Hebrew (Mosaica Press, 2014). He is a graduate of Emek Hebrew Academy and Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles, and studied for many years at Yeshivas Mir in Jerusalem and Beth Medrash Govoha of America in Lakewood, NJ. He currently resides in Beitar Illit, Israel where he works for the Veromemanu Foundation, while continuing to deliver lectures and publish articles. He can be reached via email at rabbircklein@gmail.com

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Episode 104: Chapter 49b - The Story of Purim