<ol><li>Answering the Beis Yosef’s kashya – why 8 days, not 7.</li><li>Why did Chazal make a big deal of the miracle of the jug of oil? This a type of miracle that seems quite common by tzaddikim even in recent times.</li><li>What was so unique about Chanukah – and the personal take away from it for us?</li></ol>Kislev 5786

The Ohr HaGanuz and the Darkness of Yavan – Given at Aish Kodesh in Woodmere N.Y.

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.