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Pesach Wolicki

Apr 12, 2017, 6:35 PM

A rabbi's ruling to keep Jewish Technion students away from a "Pagan idol" is incorrect and smacks of bigotry

Aug 12, 2016, 5:33 PM

What is a Jew? – A message for Tisha B’Av

Imagine that you are given the following assignment. You are to write an encyclopedia entry for the word "Jews." Your entry may not exceed 150 words. Naturally, you will give the reader only the most basic information that most...

Dec 31, 2015, 8:42 PM

Why THIS Jew will NOT be celebrating New Year’s

As I write this on the afternoon of December 31st I think back to my childhood growing up in Canada. Although I was raised in the Orthodox Jewish community, it was not uncommon for me and my friends to...

Sep 29, 2015, 9:31 PM

“The sound heralds!” — Explaining the Beating of Hoshanot

Each year, on the seventh day of Sukkot Jews engage in the following ritual. First, we walk around the synagogue circling the Torah scroll seven times while holding the four species; i.e., palm branch, citron fruit, myrtle, and willow...

Sep 13, 2015, 3:30 PM

When Interfaith Prayer Is NOT a “Foreign Fire”

Earlier this year, I participated in a very controversial event. An event so shocking that it was branded by one Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem as a gathering that “sickens his stomach” and a “strange fire,” -- a clear reference...

About Me

Rabbi Pesach Wolicki is Associate Director and Lecturer at the Center for Jewish Christian Understanding and Cooperation in Efrat. Previously, he served as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah. He resides with his wife and eight children in Bet Shemesh.