My next book on avodah zarah
Reuven Chaim Klein
The Divine and the Dumb: Jewish Perspectives on Idolatry [tentative title] - 💥 I am proud to announce the launch of a crowdfunding campaign to cover the costs of publishing my next book. To offer a tax-deductible contribution or dedication for this project, please visit our GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/reuven-chaim-klein-new-book-on-idolatry I would greatly appreciate if you can help spread the word to your own contacts by posting the link through email, WhatsApp, or other social media. Thank you so much! I'm counting on readers like you to make this book possible. [The Table of Contents is attached to this email, so you can get a taste of what this book will be about...]
Essays on synonyms from my What’s in a Word? series related to Parshas Vayechi:
- Jacob's Three Names - About יעקב, ישראל, and ישורון.
- Shouldering the Burden - About שכם and כתף.
- Say your Prayers - About תפילה and בקשה.
- Crouching Lion, Hidden Blessing - About ארי, אריה, גור, לביא, כפיר, ליש, שחל, שחץ,
- Through the Grapevine - גפן, שרקה, and שדמה.
- White is Light - About לבן, חור, and צוחר.
- Boats, Ships, and Nautical Rhapsody - About אניה, שיט, ספינה, רפסדות, עברה, סירות, דוגית, צי and more.
- Good and Pleasant - About נעים and שפיר.
- Them Bones and Themselves - About עצם and גרם.
"סוד הנשיקה בתנ"ך ובחז"ל", קובץ חצי גיבורים-פליטת סופרים גליון ח' (לייקוואוד, אלול תשע"ה)
- Episode 81: Chapter 39a - The Life of Jacob = Hashem goes down to Egypt with Yaakov (Yeridah #4) / Yaakov sees the potential danger of being exiled to Egypt / Which of Jacob's wives came to Egypt with him (Was Bilhah still alive)? / Whom did Jacob's sons marry (twin sisters or Canaanite women)? / Counting Jacob's 70 Descendants (are Hashem, Yocheved, Bilhah, & Yaakov in the list?) / About 600,000 Jews exited Egypt / Yosef lives 110 years instead of 120 as a punishment / How is silence considered an admission (shitkah k'hodaah)? / A father is like a king / Yosef resists the temptation of Potiphar's wife / Joseph ejaculates from his fingers / For how long was Yosef in jail (Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer vs. Seder Olam)?
- Episode 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 behalf
Happy New Near (למניינם),
Kol Tuv,
Reuven Chaim Klein
Beitar Illit, Israel
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