The period of Sefirat ha-omer between Pesach and Shavuot is associated in rabbinic lore with Rabbi Akiva, and specifically the death of his students in a plague. We will study aggadot about the the master teacher Rabbi Akiva himself – his humble beginnings, his family, his intellectual and emotional power, and his tragic end.
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The Rock-Headed Rabbi: Rabbi Akiva’s beginnings, Stories of Rabbi Akiva with Miriam Gedwiser
May 3, 2020