Shiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein

Shiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein

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Shiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein episodes

  • Episode 93: Chapter 45b - Receiving the Torah at Sinai
    Jewish Men wore earrings like Egyptians / Throwing God's name into the fire & a calf emerges / How was Aharon allowed to erase Hashem's name? / The Cow Moos / The Satan possesses the Golden Calf / God tells Moshe about the Golden Calf & Moshe descends the mountain / Moses gets weak & throws down empty tablets (Luchos) / Aaron defends his actions / The Levites did not participate in the Golden Calf & and help mete out punishments to the idolaters / Moshe defeats 5 angels sent to destroy the Jewish People (Ketezef, Af, Cheimah, Mashchis, & Charon) / Mose is buried across from Baal Peor to neutralize Charon-Af
    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 92: Chapter 45a - Receiving the Torah at Sinai
    God swears that He will do whatever Moses wants (except for entering the Holy Land & immortality) / The Jews want to imitate Egyptian idolatry (Apis Bull) / Did the Jews intend to replace God or use an intermediary to worship Him? / Chur is Moshe's nephew (son of Miriam & Calev) / What does Efrati mean? / Did Jewish women or Erev Rav women resist giving their jewelry for the Golden Calf? / Rosh Chodesh is a special holiday for women / A minhag that woman don't work on Rosh Chodesh
    1 hr 11 min
  • Episode 91: Chapter 44b - The War Against Amalek
    Relating the Story of the War with Amalek as a form of Rebuke / Remembering Amalek & Remembering Shabbos / Remember in order to destroy / The commandments about Amalek only apply in the Holy Land / King Saul is reminded of the commandments about Amalek / Those who urinate on the wall / Why did the Jews delay wiping out Amalek? / Those who kill even for a mitzvah become cruel / Why was Yaakov scared of killing Eisav? / Is Nachal Eisan the name of a place or a description? / Doubting the commandment to kill Amalek's women, children, & animals / The Kennite descendants of Yisro separate from Amalek / The 10 nations that got mixed up
    52 min
  • Episode 90: Chapter 44a - The War Against Amalek
    The Jews deny Divine providence / Amalek attacks the Jewish wayfarers / tzar + oyev = 2 types of enemies / Amalekites target the Jews outside of the Clouds of Glory / Yehoshua assembles the right army to fight Amalek / Moshe invokes the Matriarchs' Merit / One on the left, one on the right / Flanking the Chazzan on fast days and Yom Kippur / Imitating Moshe in prayer & Repeating after the Chazzan / Eisav's grandson Amalek leads by example / God's oath about wiping out Amalek
    53 min
  • Episode 89: Chapter 43b - All about Repentance
    Chronology of the stories in this chapter / The story of Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish (Reish Lakish) & his two robber friends / Teshuvah only works before death / Finding water at the sea / Pharaoh rebels against Hashem & then acknowledges Him using parallel terminology / Pharaoh is saved from the Splitting of the Sea / Pharaoh becomes the gatekeeper of Gehinnom or the King of Nineveh / Jonah rebukes Nineveh for their immorality & Pharaoh backs him up / Maharam of Rothenburg is the Baal HaTurim's father's teacher / The population of Nineveh repent & God gives them another chance for 40 years / The Catholic concept of indulgences is not like Korbanot/Teshuvah / The mechanics of Teshuvah / When will the Jewish People finally do complete teshuvah (HaRotze B'Teshuvah)?
    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 88: Chapter 43a - All about Repentance
    Repenting shields one from punishment/retribution / Returning to Hashem every day / Elijah rebukes Ahab for killing Naboth & Ahab repents / To what extent did Achav do teshuvah? / The different components of teshuvah / King David sins by counting the Jewish People & then repents / Plague in the Time of King David (Avishai dies) / When are the Jews uncountable? / Just thinking about repenting already does something / The penitent King David asks for mercy & God stops the plague / The Angel of Death makes David cold in his old age / King Menashe indulges in idolatry & murder / In Chronicles, Menashe repents; in Kings, this isn't mentioned
    1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 87: Chapter 42 - Splitting the Red Sea
    The Jews throw away their idols / Crossing the sea with Micah's Idol / Angelic Wall of Fire / Why do we say half-Hallel on the last days of Pesach? / The Sea Refuses to Split / Who enters the sea first (Tribe of Binyamin or Nachshon)? / Pharaoh's Horse Charges into the Sea / Punishment is middah kneged middah (measure for measure) / Jewish Boys thrown into the River / Feeding on milk & honey / Seeing the Dead Egyptians / Follow the Leaders (Moses & Miriam) in Song / Pharaoh declares that no one is like Hashem / The Egyptians are buried in the sea / Explicating the Song of the Sea
    1 hr 11 min
  • Episode 86: Chapter 41c - Receiving the Torah at Sinai
    Death & Resurrection at Sinai / Moses hesitates to enter the Arafel (dark cloud) / At Sinai, the souls returned to God / When the Jews came back to life at Sinai were they like new people? / Commanding the Jews indirectly / Punishing those who worshipped the Golden Calf / A prophet can temporarily suspend any prohibition except for idolatry / Which commandments did the Jews hear directly from God? / Forseeing the Jews' betrayal at Sinai with darkness at the mountain / Hearing & seeing God's voice / Habakuk distills 613 Mitzvos down to 1 idea
    1 hr 5 min
  • Episode 85: Chapter 41b - Receiving the Torah at Sinai
    Mabit: Individual gentiles who didn't reject the Torah become converts / Shavuos: Two Oaths / Images of the sneh on rocks from Mount Sinai / Separate Seating at Matan Torah / Do the men always follow the women? / Sleeping extra on the summer day of Shavuos / The Sinaitic Revelation is like a wedding / Staying up the whole night of Shavuot / Hashem betroths the Jews through the Torah & other similarities to weddings / God speaks to Moses / Abstinence in preparation for Matan Torah / Moshe adds an extra day to prepare / Hashem wants Moshe off the mountain before revealing Himself / The Jews died & were resurrected at Sinai
    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 84: Chapter 41a - Receiving the Torah at Sinai
    Descending on Mount Sinai (Yeridah #6) / Lifting the Mountain / The Nations of the World reject the Torah / Esau lives by the sword, Ishmael by theft & promiscuity / Multitudes of Angels at Sinai / The Fiery Religion (Aish Das) / The Torah is given with endearment & an oath / Who swore at the reception of the Torah (God or the Jews)? / Is a Noahide obligated to keep his word? / The Torah is said to the Jews' left ear / Which shoe do you take off first on Tisha B'Av? / The Jews unite when camping at Mount Sinai / Horeb = Sinai (Sneh) / 5 Names for Mount Sinai (Har HaElokim, Bashan, Gavnunim, Chorev, & Sinai) / Why do we eat cheese on Shavuos?
    1 hr 5 min

About Shiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein

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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…