We recently commemorated Rabbi Akiva Wagner’s 3^rd yahrtzeit, and one point that keeps on being reiterated by his alumni is his genuine warmth and passion as he farbrenged and modeled what it looks like for a chossid to live with Chassidus.

His genius and depth in learning, both Nigleh and Chassidus, were legendary in their own right. But much more than that, what his students were truly taken by and continue to live with is his internalization and implementation of those very concepts he learned and taught, demonstrating in real life how the point of learning Chassidus is to live with it.

Conversations in Chassidus is excited to release a special episode with one of Rabbi Wagner’s staunch talmidim, Rabbi Gershon Avtzon.

In this episode, Rabbi Avtzon shares some stories about how he got to know Rabbi Wagner, how Rabbi Wagner inspired him as a bochur and subsequently guided him as he opened Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, and what it looks like to live with the light of Chassidus.

Conversations in Chassidus Episode 12, with Rabbi Gershon Avtzon. Bask in the Light!

Watch it on YouTube, Spotify or 24Six.

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