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Shana Strauch Schick

Mar 14, 2025, 2:56 PM

We don’t recite Hallel on Purim; should we?

Many aspects of the Purim holiday resonate deeply with our experiences following the horrific events of October 7 and its aftermath. In particular, I have found one text especially relevant. It addresses a perplexing feature of Purim: the fact...

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About Me

Dr. Shana Strauch Schick is a lecturer in Rabbinic Literature in the Multidisciplinary Department of Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University and teaches Talmud and Jewish Law at Drisha Institute, NY. In 2011, she became the first woman to be awarded a PhD in Talmud from Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University, where she is an adjunct professor in the summer semesters. She also studied in Stern College’s GPATS, from 2002-2007. Dr. Schick is the author of Intention in Talmudic Law: Between Thought and Deed (Brill, 2021). She lives in Jerusalem with her family.