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Ezra Bick
American–Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi, author, editor and lecturer

Ezra Bick

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American–Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi, author, editor and lecturer
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USA
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79 years
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Yeshiva University
New York City, New York, USA
Columbia University
Manhattan, New York City, USA
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
Manhattan, New York City, USA
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Ezra Aharon Bick (Hebrew: עזרא אהרן ביק; born 1950) is an American–Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi, author, editor and lecturer, as well as a scion of the Rapoport-Bick rabbinic dynasty. He is a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shevut. Rav Bick also serves as Director of the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash and Halacha Editor-In-Chief of Deracheha.

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Rav Bick was born in America to Charles (Yeshayah) Bick, son of Rabbi Hayyim Yechiel Mikhel Bick of the Rapoport-Bick rabbinic dynasty which dates past Rabbi Simcha Rappaport and even has connections to Rabbi Jacob Emden. Yeshayah was a well-known Mizrachi figure, and his Zionist activities were encourage by his father, Rabbi Hayyim Yechiel. Rav Bick grew up in Forest Hills, Queens.

Rav Bick earned his Semicha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, and holds an M.S. degree in Jewish Philosophy from Yeshiva University. Rav Bick was a student of both Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein at Yeshiva University. Rav Bick also holds a Masters in Philosophy from Columbia University.

Rav Bick learned together with Rabbi Mordechai Willig, while they were both studying under Rav Lichtenstein at Yeshiva University. Rav Bick served as an instructor at the Stern College for Women during his time New York. Rav Bick went on Aliyah in 1977, moving from New York to Alon Shevut and taking on the role of Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion.

Rav Bick is the author of "In His Mercy: Understanding the Thirteen Midot" and "Shemoneh Esrei: Exploring the Fundamentals of Faith through the Amida Prayer." Rav Bick has published numerous articles and is the editor of the Torah MiEtzion series. He has served as Director of the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash of Yeshivat Har Etzion since 1995. He is the Halacha Editor-In-Chief of Deracheha.

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Rav Bick married Etta Pauline Zablocki on January 4, 1976. They currently reside in Alon Shevut.

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