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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Basi Legani 5726 part 1/4 (Se'if 1-2)
Basi Legani 5726 part 1/4 (Se'if 1-2)
Jan 5, 2026
58:57
Find the PDF of the מאמר booklet here. Following the yearly cycle of באתי לגני, in this מאמר the רבי is explaining פרק ט"ז of the פריערדיקער רבי's מאמר, discussing the line from זהר that "אור אין סוף למעלה עד אין קץ". After catching us up in סעיף א, the רבי uncovers the חידוש of the פריערדיקער רבי about this line, that we are discussing two opposites within the אור itself, and not only where it goes. Also, this is אור, not יכולת. We finish this שיעור with a question: How could the definition of unlimited אור be limited to מעלה and מטה?!
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Vayihyu Chayei Sarah 5741 part 1/3 (Se'if 1-3)
Vayihyu Chayei Sarah 5741 part 1/3 (Se'if 1-3)
Nov 3, 2024
41:28
In this מאמר - the רבי's fundamental מאמר on joy - we begin by introducing שרה אמנו's unique quality of being able to elevate this world without being effected by it. Being our matriarch, her life empowers ours. In what way? We begin exploring joy, and why it is crucial. How could joy come with - and from - humility. Stay tuned...
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Ki Yisholcho Bincho 5738 part 1/4 (Se'if 1-3)
Ki Yisholcho Bincho 5738 part 1/4 (Se'if 1-3)
Mar 16, 2025
51:10
What is the wisdom behind the wise son's question? Why does he seem to exclude himself from the performance of the מצות? The wise son is troubled by the importance given to the simple action of מצות. Unlike the deep spirituality of Judaism before מתן תורה, he wonders, what can be so powerful about mere deeds?! What does this have to do with עדות חוקים and משפטים? Why in that order? So many questions... Stay tuned...
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Vayihyu Chayei Sarah 5741 part 2/3 (Se'if 4-6)
Vayihyu Chayei Sarah 5741 part 2/3 (Se'if 4-6)
Nov 10, 2024
47:41
How do joy and humility work together? Well, what is humility? Only through getting unstuck from one's own self can one experience - yes, experience! - true joy. That was the uniqueness of שרה's life, and with that she fixed the problem of experienced joy that חוה and נח got stuck in.
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Vayihyu Chayei Sarah 5741 part 3/3 (Se'if 7-11)
Vayihyu Chayei Sarah 5741 part 3/3 (Se'if 7-11)
Nov 20, 2024
45:02
Finishing the מאמר, we use the new understanding of שמחה and ביטול to understand the זהר on the פסוק of שרה's life: The reason why שרה was able to own her life was because she was an embodiment of true שמחה as it comes from ביטול. This is the lesson - and the empowerment! - to us all: Through ביטול, we can express our joy, we can feel our joy, and we can enjoy our joy, always connected to Hashem!
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Vayomer Lo Yehonasan 5745 part 1/2 (Se'if 1-5)
Vayomer Lo Yehonasan 5745 part 1/2 (Se'if 1-5)
Nov 25, 2024
51:09
In this מאמר, the רבי explores the foundation of the relationship between a משפיע and a מקבל, uncovering that in addition to the ביטול of ראש חודש - the מקבל receiving from the משפיע, there is also the "ויאמר לו יהונתן מחר חודש" - the מקבל becoming a מקבל from the משפיע.
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Vayomer Lo Yehonasan 5745 part 2/2 (Se'if 6-9)
Vayomer Lo Yehonasan 5745 part 2/2 (Se'if 6-9)
Dec 2, 2024
47:30
The רבי uncovers a third way of understanding the (ביטול) relationship between משפיע and מקבל, wherein the מקבל becomes greater than the משפיע. With us and Hashem as well, this level brings out the core of our relationship, wherein אידן are one with Hashem! With this understanding, we answer the question from the beginning of the מאמר, and we now appreciate how our עבודה of ביטול can connect us with the highest levels of Hashem.
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Omar Rabbi Oshaya 5739 part 1/2 (Se'if 1-4)
Omar Rabbi Oshaya 5739 part 1/2 (Se'if 1-4)
Dec 10, 2024
52:44
Our dispersion in גלות, both physical and spiritual, is analyzed in this מאמר (based on the statement of רבי אושעיא in the גמרא) to be an act of צדקה by Hashem. How? To understand that, we delve into the spiritual significance of "ירושלים", and as the פריערדיקער רבי explains it to be the core יראה that every איד has to Hashem.
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Omar Rabbi Oshaya 5739 part 2/2 (Se'if 5-9)
Omar Rabbi Oshaya 5739 part 2/2 (Se'if 5-9)
Dec 20, 2024
48:40
The רבי shows two ways how the abstract נקודה of יראת שמים becomes the fuel for the specific actions throughout our day. Through revealing our יראת שמים in the separate actions, we uncover a deeper essence of our נשמה, and this is the answer to the question we had on the פזר-פרז word play. The connection that every איד has with a fellow איד comes from this deep level as well.
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Vekibel Hayehudim 5711 part 4/4 (Se'if 10-12)
Vekibel Hayehudim 5711 part 4/4 (Se'if 10-12)
Mar 11, 2025
48:56
Finishing the מאמר, the רבי shows how פורים is all about the infinite אור reaching and transforming the תחתון. Answering the questions from the beginning of the מאמר, this is the reason for the emphasis on the גוף's מסירות נפש, as is highlighted in the פורים story, and this is the beautiful connection to מרדכי teaching the children. This פורים, appreciate the גשמיות - and transform it!