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Chapter 1: The Story of Rabbi Eliezer HaGadol

Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein

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?

Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein

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 Gov...

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