Pesach Wolicki

Rabbi Pesach Wolicki (Hebrew: פסח ווליצקי‎; born 5 February 1970) is an educator, writer, columnist, lecturer, public speaker and pro-Israel activist. In previous positions, he served as the Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah from 2003-2015 and as the Associate Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) from 2015-2019. He is a columnist for The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Charisma News,[1] and Breaking News Israel[2] and is an outspoken figure in the world of Jewish-Christian interfaith relations.[3]

Rabbi

Pesach Wolicki
Rabbi Pesach Wolicki, 2015
Personal
Born (1970-02-05) 5 February 1970
Ohio, U.S.
ReligionJudaism
NationalityIsraeli
Canadian
Parents
  • Jerome B. Wolicki (father)
  • Marsha Wolicki Dubow (mother)
DenominationReligious Zionism
Alma materYeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
ResidenceBet Shemesh
SemichaChief Rabbinate of Jerusalem

Biography

Rabbi Pesach Wolicki was born in Ohio on February 5, 1970 to Marsha (née Dubow) and Rabbi Jerome B. Wolicki.[4] During his early childhood years, he lived in Canada.[5][6]

Education

Wolicki studied at Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh and later became a fellow at Darche Noam Kollel. He received his semicha (rabbinical ordination) from the Chief Rabbinate of Jerusalem.[7]

Career
Rabbi Pesach Wolicki speaking at the central 3rd annual Day to Praise Israel Independence Day event held in Ramat Rachel, 2 May 2017

Wolicki served as a pulpit rabbi at Adath Jeshurun Orthodox synagogue in Virginia[7] and as Development Director of Hillel Academy in Fairfield, Connecticut.

In 2003, he became Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah.[8] In 2015, Rabbi Wolicki became the Associate Director for the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation.[9] He left this position in 2019.

In a September 2015 article for The Times of Israel Wolicki expounded his strong support of Rabbi Shlomo Riskin's global Day to Praise interfaith initiative fighting off claims of 'foreign fire' by the Haredi Jewish circles and citing, in regards to the initiative, that "While discomfort is understandable, we dare not assume that what is uncomfortable and new is therefore forbidden."[10]

Blessing Bethlehem
Main article: Blessing Bethlehem

In September 2016, Wolicki launched CJCUC's "Blessing Bethlehem" fundraising initiative at the LifeLight Festival in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in and effort to create a food giveaway program for persecuted Christians in Bethlehem.[11]

Works
  • Cup of Salvation (Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation, Gefen Publishing, 2017) ISBN 978-9652299352

Personal life

In 1994, Wolicki made aliyah to Israel.[12]

Wolicki resides with his wife and eight children in Bet Shemesh.[2]

Further reading

References
  1. Wolicki, Pesach (15 December 2015). "How a Jacob and Esau Encounter Is the Secret to Advancing Faith". Charisma News. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. "Pesach Wolicki". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. Wolicki, Rabbi Pesach (19 April 2015). "Praise Hashem All Nations". Breaking Israel News. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. "Pesach Aaron Wolicki (b. 1970) - Ohio Birth Index, 1908-2011". MooseRoots. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  5. Rabbi Pesach Wolicki: Miracles and the Names of G-d - Day to Praise 2016 Biblical Insight on YouTube
  6. "WOLICKI, Jerome B. [textual record] – 1973". Canadian Heritage Network. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  7. "Rabbi Pesach Wolicki". El Shaddai Ministries. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  8. "Yesodei HaTorah". Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  9. "Staff - The Center for Jewish Christian Understanding and Cooperation". CJCUC. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  10. Wolicki, Pesach (13 September 2015). "When Interfaith Prayer Is NOT a "Foreign Fire"". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  11. Hult, John (2 September 2016). "Food giveaway inspires outreach to Israel". Argus Leader. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  12. Rabbi Pesach Wolicki interviewed by IsraelFirst TV's Martin Blackham on YouTube
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