<ol><li>The opposition of the other defines and give clear expression to the self.</li><li>The details don’t want to be lost in the collective.</li><li>The foundation of hatred is love and peace.</li><li>The beauty of machlokes.</li></ol> Menachem Av 5785

A Burst of Machlokes: In-fighting in Big Times – part one

Rabbi Yisrael Wilk was born and raised in New York, USA. He moved to Israel in 1999 where he lives with his wife and children. He received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Michel Birnbaum and Rabbi Dovid Feinstein. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Touro College. Rabbi Wilk authored the well-received Sefer HaTzimtzum v’Hametzios and Sefer Moadei Yisroel. In Israel, he developed a close relationship with HaRav Seraya Divlitzky zt”l, one of the greatest Kabbalists of recent years. Rabbi Wilk is also a primary talmid of the world-renowned Kabbalist, Rabbi Moshe Schatz shlit"a.