Rabbi Shmuel Wagner
Rabbi Shmuel Wagner
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Rabbi Shmuel Wagner is a teacher and maggid shiur in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Here are the recordings of his weekly Chassidus shiur, delivered in Congregation Ohel Nosson on Sunday mornings. With an emphasis on clarity, context, and application, Rabbi Wagner's Chassidus Explained is "Chassidus that Speaks Your Language"!
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Conversations In Chassidus Episode 08 | Rabbi Noam Wagner | The Geshmak of Chassidus
Conversations In Chassidus Episode 08 | Rabbi Noam Wagner | The Geshmak of Chassidus
Mar 8, 2026
1:08:29
Rabbi Noam Wagner is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedola Lubavitch of South Africa and Yeshivas Kayitz South Africa, internationally renown for his passionate Farbrengens and Shiurim. In this conversation, we discuss his story as a young boy being intrigued by Chassidus, what he found unique in Chassidus, and how he instills the Geshmak in Chassidus to his Bochurim. Music in this podcast is used with the permission of חב"ד מיוזיק and Shmuel Allouche. https://youtu.be/V8uORRQd3iI?si=hP yakuyQJfSc9DL
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Beyom Ashtei Asar Yom 5731 part 3/6 (Se'if 4-5)
Beyom Ashtei Asar Yom 5731 part 3/6 (Se'if 4-5)
Mar 25, 2026
44:20
In this part of the מאמר, the רבי continues with the 2nd step of explaining the wisdom of the אידן in their choosing קדושה over קליפה: Choosing קדושה requires real sacrifice in commitment, ביטול, and sufficing with limited ROI. Whereas קליפה is a free-for-all, no commitment needed, offering a heavy commission fee as well! Why would a איד choose the King? Because the King never leaves. It's about the end game, and in the end, the good guys always win. After the בירור, there will not be any more קליפה, never mind its windfall profits.
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Beyom Ashtei Asar Yom 5731 part 1/5 (Se'if 1-2)
Beyom Ashtei Asar Yom 5731 part 1/5 (Se'if 1-2)
Mar 6, 2026
32:12
Beginning this landmark מאמר, the רבי seeks to understand the nature of us choosing Hashem and Hashem choosing us. The מדרש says that choosing the king over the ministers is wise, because only the king lasts forever. What is so wise about choosing the king, and what does that have to do with the reason of the king's eternity?!
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Conversations In Chassidus Episode 02 | Rabbi Shloimy Sternberg | Eliminating The Questions
Conversations In Chassidus Episode 02 | Rabbi Shloimy Sternberg | Eliminating The Questions
Dec 21, 2025
1:12:47
Rabbi Shloimy Sternberg is the Menahel and a Mashpia in Tomchei Tmimim Chovevei Torah Zal in Crown Heights. In this conversation, we talk about how learning Chassidus can change a person's entire outlook of life, and what it means that Chassidus - including the deeper discussions of Chassidus - answers all of life's questions. Music in this podcast is used with the permission of חב"ד מיוזיק and Shmuel Allouche. https://youtu.be/V8uORRQd3iI?si=hP yakuyQJfSc9DL
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Conversations In Chassidus Episode 06 | Rabbi Yossi Klein | Integrating the Nefesh Habehamis
Conversations In Chassidus Episode 06 | Rabbi Yossi Klein | Integrating the Nefesh Habehamis
Feb 7, 2026
1:16:49
Rabbi Yossi Klein is a Maggid Shiur and Mashpia in YOEC Mesivta (Los Angeles), known for his warmth and caring connection with his students. In this conversation, we discuss the value of being fluent in Tanya and the powerful effect that has on internalizing Tanya's messages. We delve into Tanya's messages of dealing with the Nefesh Habehamis, beginning with a fundamental insight in how one can integrate their Nefesh Habehamis in their Avodas Hashem. Music in this podcast is used with the permission of חב"ד מיוזיק and Shmuel Allouche. https://youtu.be/V8uORRQd3iI?si=hP yakuyQJfSc9DL
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Conversations In Chassidus Episode 04 | Rabbi Naftali Silberberg | Being a Beinoni
Conversations In Chassidus Episode 04 | Rabbi Naftali Silberberg | Being a Beinoni
Jan 13, 2026
1:25:23
Rabbi Naftali Silberberg is renowned for his ability to explain Chassidus using language and terms that are easily understood and that widely resonate. Rabbi Silberberg serves as codirector of the Curriculum Development Department at the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI). Rabbi Silberberg also hosts the popular daily podcast Let’s Talk Tanya, available on YouTube and all podcast platforms. To join the Let’s Talk Tanya WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LOf7CDFmztHAYKjLA5SQ2z In this conversation, we explore the Beinoni against a backdrop of the bigger picture of Tanya, with an eye-opening understanding of the Chiddush of the Alter Rebbe, and how the Beinoni is indeed practical, accessible and applicable to each Yid. Music in this podcast is used with the permission of חב"ד מיוזיק and Shmuel Allouche. https://youtu.be/V8uORRQd3iI?si=hP yakuyQJfSc9DL
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Anochi Havayah Elokecha 5749 part 1/2 (Se'if 1-3)
Anochi Havayah Elokecha 5749 part 1/2 (Se'if 1-3)
Jun 6, 2024
50:19
What is the most powerful way how Hashem could have introduced Himself in the עשרת הדברות? Seemingly with "I am Hashem who created heavens and earth!" Yet, Hashem says, "I am Hashem who took you out of מצרים!" Why does Hashem feel that this accomplishment is more important for the אידן to know as they get the תורה? Because, the רבי answers, the entire creation and the entire תורה is here for a איד to have the strength to break free from his limitations - his מצרים! This is what we are celebrating every year anew as we head to מתן תורה on שבועות.
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The Gift of Atzmus (Special Shiur)
The Gift of Atzmus (Special Shiur)
Jun 29, 2025
39:14
In this special Gimmel Tammuz שיעור, we explore עצמות through the lens of the רבי's תורה. How do we get over the 'ghost' of זלמן משה and appreciate the רבי placing עצמות front and center? What is the central quality of עצמות? What does עצמות look like in our lives? How do we access עצמות? Is חסידות self-help? (Delivered in Crown Heights on ג' תמוז תשפ"ה as part of a day of learning the רבי's תורה, organized by Karnei Ohr.)
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Havaya Li Be'ozroi 5717 part 4/4 (Se'if 11-15)
Havaya Li Be'ozroi 5717 part 4/4 (Se'if 11-15)
Jul 7, 2025
54:28
If חוקים, as was established in the מאמר, reaches the highest level of תורה; the way it is completely one with Hashem's רצון עצמי, why was דוד punished for expressing this?! The answer is, this is the highest level of תורה as תורה is itself. But in Hashem's Master Plan, the goal is to make a דירה בתחתונים. Specifically by fusing together Hashem's ability to be above the world into the world (as is hinted out in שם הוי-ה, as well as in the opening of רמב"ם), do we express the ultimate power of Hashem's עצמות. Thus we answer the two questions from the beginning of the מאמר on the פסוק of "הוי' לי בעוזרי, ואני אראה בשונאי": Through revealing Hashem within the world we elevate the sparks of G-dliness, even within the darkest of situations, thus reaching the ultimate connection with Hashem. The message to us, in דור שביעי, is obvious...
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Havaya Li Be'ozroi 5717 part 1/4 (Se'if 1-4)
Havaya Li Be'ozroi 5717 part 1/4 (Se'if 1-4)
Jul 6, 2025
47:45
Celebrating 30 years of the חג הגאולה, the רבי quotes two questions from the פריערדיקער רבי's מאמר, said on the day he was released, י"ב תמוז תרפ"ז: How can we say that there are helpers other than Hashem, and why would דוד המלך seek revenge from his enemies?! The רבי then analyzes the פסוק that refers to חוקים as "זמירות", beginning a discussion about the חוקים element within מצות - the submission to Hashem's Desire that surpasses reasoning.