Who Was Rabbi Akiva? Abie Rotenberg Uncovers His Legacy and Genius

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Welcome to Sparks of History, where Jewish history and world history meet. We are extremely pleased and very honored to have with us today AB Rodenberg. Uh AB Rodenberg, as is well known, is a prolific musician, composer, and entertainer. Influenced by musicians such as Rabbi Dansenian Shanker and Rabbi Schlommer Carbach, Rev Abe has been an illustrious figure on the Jewish music scene producing compelling hit music since the early 1970s. Rebab's legendary music includes the Vegas journeys a and of course the wonderful children's audio series the marvelous midos machine and baby has also been a main fixture on the annual ask a time for music concerts moving from music in 2015 AB published his first novel the season of Pepsi Meyers a book about an 18-year-old y old Jewish boy playing for the New York Yankees all set in a fictional future. In 2016, AB Rodenberg Rabi released Eli Na'vi, which is an in-depth analysis of the life of Eliu Hanavi Elijah the prophet. And more recently, Rebi has released Rebi Aka, which is a incredibly in-depth study, a wonderful read of Rebea. I would say it's now the authoritative work on the life and times of Rabbi Aka and what Rebika means to the Jewish people and to Jewish history. Rei, thank you so much for being with us today. We appreciate it very much. Thank you so much for having me. When you say authoritative, I would say perhaps it's the authoritative book in the English language. There are there are many uh in Hebrew, Rabbi Canowitz wrote a a it's a huge huge safer in Hebrew where he

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2. 4:43to be Mavasa the what a phenomenal amazing multiaceted human being or Malik or both but…
3. 10:11filled with dramatic turns, the ups and downs. Um what what do you think is the…
4. 15:02Israel at the time. He supported the poor people of Yalaim in those those dark and…
5. 20:29we certainly would have had it Torah is eternal right even had reba it's very interesting…
6. 25:56camels on on on suburdan uh just incredible incredible uh avoda and and work for Kalisro…
7. 30:40dying. So it's very very uh indicative that it was at the end of Rabbi's life.…
8. 36:52place well before Bakba was even known even before knew Bak. But it opened up my…
9. 41:57not be the the rulers of the land. Between Greece and Rome, Mhm. They the majority…
10. 47:08taking my soul so not the question of kdish hashem or whether you're obligated to to…

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