Shiurim on Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer by Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein

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 impure

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)

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 were on Jacob's ladder? / How can Yaakov use his pillow-stone to make an altar for Hashem? / From where did Yaakov have oil to pour on his matzeivah? / The Foundation Stone from which the Temple will be built / The Blessing of HaEl HaKadosh

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 dug

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 to escape death / Resurrecting people from all over the world / The soul is similar to God / The Destruction of the Temple effects the fertile ecology of the Holy Land / The Dew of Light that brings Resurrection

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 with interest do not return in the resurrection / Reading about Ezekiel reviving dry bones on Shabbos Chol HaMoed Pesach

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 HaNavi

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)?

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 Tzedakah

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 the same person? / Can Eliyahu HaNavi's wife get remarried? / Does a Golem count for a minyan? / Is there a Mitzvah to get drunk on Purim? / Did Rabbah really kill Rav Zeira?