Rabbi Akiva
Great Men of the Mishna and Talmud

From his humble beginnings as an illiterate shepherd to his development into gadol ha dor and rebbe of 24,000 students, Rabbi Wein retraces the steps in the life of this most beloved of Jewish heroes. Even when proven wrong in the Bar Kochba rebellion, his indomitable spirit remained. Rabbi Akiva will forever symbolize the greatness that the simplest of Jews can achieve.