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 07 | Getzel Rubashkin | Shifting Into Torah's Reality
Conversations In Chassidus Episode 07 | Getzel Rubashkin | Shifting Into Torah's Reality
Feb 21, 2026
1:59:08
Getzel Rubashkin lives and works in Crown Heights, devoting his time to give a daily Chassidus Shiur in The Mitzvah Center, as well as Shiurim and Farbrengens in Anshei Moshe. In this conversation, we discuss learning Chassidus with the focus on Da'as, the central Torah perspective on reality, and how making the shift into that perspective strengthens one's Bitachon and Simcha. We also discuss how his father (Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin)'s story help shaped his perspective of Emunah and Bitachon. 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 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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Al Kein Koru Layomim Ho'eileh Purim 5713 part 2/3 (Se'if 5-6)
Al Kein Koru Layomim Ho'eileh Purim 5713 part 2/3 (Se'if 5-6)
Feb 9, 2026
49:21
If גורל is such a high level, what was המן thinking to use it against the אידן ח"ו?! The answer is, specifically from such a high level of סובב did המן think that his plot can take effect. Because within השתלשלות, even המן understood that he does not stand a chance against the אידן. This is connected with אחשורוש, which is the level of סובב. That is where the silence of קדושה can become silence of קליפה. So why did he need a גורל?! Stay tuned...
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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.
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Havaya Li Be'ozroi 5717 part 3/4 (Se'if 8-10)
Havaya Li Be'ozroi 5717 part 3/4 (Se'if 8-10)
Jul 7, 2025
43:28
Continuing in the explanation of חוקים, the רבי presents a fascinating difference between עדות and חוקים: While עדות is "רעותא דלבא" - the connection to Hashem from the deepest core of the person's self (his עצם הנשמה), חוקים is putting one's self on the side and serving Hashem with קבלת עול. Consequently, while עדות is the idea of עצמות being expressed within the world, חוקים is the idea of a איד connecting with Hashem's Essential Desire - רצון עצמי, beyond any function of expression. This all explains why "חוקיך" is emphasized in the פסוק describing תורה's greatness - "זמירות היו לי חוקיך". However...
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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 1/4 (Se'if 1-4)
Havaya Li Be'ozroi 5717 part 1/4 (Se'if 1-4)
Jun 9, 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 supersedes reasoning.
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Roni Vesimchi Bas Tzion 5727 part 2/2 (Se'if 4-6)
Roni Vesimchi Bas Tzion 5727 part 2/2 (Se'if 4-6)
Jun 1, 2025
51:33
Uncovering a depth in ביטול, the רבי shows how fulfilling a מצוה brings out a connection to Hashem even stronger than מסירות נפש! This explains why coming from the נעשה ונשמע euphoria of שבועות, the הפטורה of בהעלותך is רני ושמחי בת ציון, emphasizing the quality of the daughter-like commitment of fulfilling מצות.
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Shir Hama'alos Hinei Ma Tov 5722 part 2/3 (Se'if 3-4)
Shir Hama'alos Hinei Ma Tov 5722 part 2/3 (Se'if 3-4)
May 9, 2025
37:10
Continuing in the מאמר, we explore the difference between the effect on the world through davening vs. through a ברכה. Based on that, it seems that תורה learning contains both qualities, and this is seemingly the explanation of the miracles brought about by תלמידי חכמים through their power of תורה. In that case, what makes רשב"י's story of rain unique? Stay tuned...
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Shir Hama'alos Hinei Ma Tov 5722 part 1/3 (Se'if 1-2)
Shir Hama'alos Hinei Ma Tov 5722 part 1/3 (Se'if 1-2)
Apr 30, 2025
41:12
Beginning a מאמר for ל"ג בעומר, the רבי connects the dots between the אחדות of אידן with each other and their אחדות with Hashem (as well as how it manifests itself in a חתן and כלה). We set out to understand how רשב"י made it rain simply through תורה; without the need of the effort that is usually needed through תפילה.