Rabbi Akiva’s Students:

During Sefirat Ha’Omer, we commemorate the death of Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students. Listen to this amazing shiur from Rabbi Kenneth Brander originally published on yutorah.

Rabbi Kenneth Brander is the Yeshiva University Vice President for University and Community Life and Dean of the Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future (CJF). CJF serves as Yeshiva University’s catalyst to: Infuse the student body with a spirit of leadership and sense of commitment to the Jewish people and society; Builds, cultivates, and supports communities, and their lay and rabbinic leaders; and creates a global movement that promotes the values of Yeshiva University.