Picture this:
One man.
One Rebbe.
And in just 33 days, he loses all 24,000 of his students.
That’s more than 700 funerals every single day.
The confusion.
The heartbreak.
The exhaustion.
The unbearable silence where once there was Torah and life.
Rabbi Akiva, once surrounded by thousands of brilliant talmidim, found himself standing in a world that had suddenly emptied.
His life’s work — seemingly erased.
His dreams — buried alongside his students.
A Rebbe broken… and yet, not destroyed. Because five talmidim remained. And with those five, Rabbi Akiva made a choice.
A choice to continue on.
A choice to rebuild.
A choice to begin again.
This song is more than history.
It’s the legacy of Rabbi Akiva.
The message of these days of Sefiras HaOmer.
It’s a message for every one of us.
Even after deep failure, even when it feels like everything has been lost — we have the power to start again.
To grow.
To flourish.
Even amidst suffering and crushing loss,we are never beyond the power to restart, to rebuild, and to flourish once more.
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Composed and written by: Motty Ilowitz
Choir by: Tnuah Choir
Kids Choir by: The Tnuah Boys
Vocals recorded at: Edgware Studios
Video & Animation: Pinny Rosenfeld – Pinpoint Media
Video filmed by: Two Tone Media
Mix by: MK Studios
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