The disagreeing community: On the many faces of machloket (in person at FRS) with Rabbi Dr Hannah Altorf
Wednesday 03 September 2025, 7.30pm
Recent times have seen no shortage of machloket or disagreement. People within the same community hold very different opinions and it has become more difficult to negotiate these differences. In this session we will consider some Talmudic as well as some contemporary sources on disagreement. We will ask what machloket is, and what machloket l’sheim shamayim (a disagreement in the name of heaven) and why we should, or should not, engage in a machloket.