Hershel Schachter (born (1941-07-28)July 28, 1941) is an American Orthodox rabbi, posek (religious law authority) and rosh yeshiva (dean) at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), part of Yeshiva University (YU) in New York City.
Schachter is a halakhic (Jewish law) advisor for the Orthodox Union, and has rendered notable decisions in a number of contemporary topic areas.
HershelSchachter (born (1941-07-28)July 28, 1941) is an American Orthodox rabbi, posek (religious law authority) and rosh yeshiva (dean) at Rabbi Isaac...
composer, arranger, conductor Carl Schachter, music theorist specializing in Schenkerian analysis HershelSchachter, Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan...
Mordechai Willig and Rabbi HershelSchachter. Rabbi Willig is known for his focus towards practical understanding and Rabbi Schachter is known for his ability...
of his time to train them. Schachter died at the age of 93 on February 27, 2007. His son is Rabbi HershelSchachterSchachter would often relate at family...
commandment (לא תגרע) not to detract from any other Torah law. Rabbi HershelSchachter says that if one knows what tekhelet is yet chooses to wear tzizit...
meat from an animal that has not been checked for disease. Rabbi HershelSchachter argued that with modern dairy-farm equipment, milk from the minority...
אחת זכר ליובל Arnold Lustiger, Michael Taubes, Menachem Genack, and HershelSchachter, Kasirer Edition Yom Kippur Machzor With Commentary Adapted from the...
Introduction to the Modern Eruv – a detailed halachic overview by R' HershelSchachter String Theory article, Harpers Magazine (paywalled) Barry Smith, The...
Center in the Bronx Melech Schachter (1913–2007), Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva University for over 50 years, father of HershelSchachter Shlomo Shleifer (1889–1957)...
good thing." However, many Modern Orthodox rabbis, including Rabbi HershelSchachter, Rabbi Mordechai Willig, Rabbi Nisson Alpert and others have ruled...
Jubilee volume, was published on January 18, 2023 in honor of Rabbi HershelSchachter. Over half of the project is complete, and it is planned to be finished...
of sexual child abuse to the police is consistent with Jewish law. HershelSchachter concurred, stating that abuse cases should be reported in full to...
that's considered a disgrace in the community." Eidensohn accused HershelSchachter of misquoting Maimonides in favor of beating husbands. Judy Heicklin...
Commonwealth; see esp. #Torah v'Chokhma there, re Modern Orthodoxy. HershelSchachter – one of Joseph B. Soloveitchik's students, dean of the Katz Kollel...
Shulchan Aruch), and that those who feel otherwise are stringent. HershelSchachter quotes Chaim Berlin as saying that shaking hands with women is strictly...
Ancient Israel: When Archaeology and the Bible Intersect, pages 244–45. HershelSchachter, Mordechai Willig, Michael Rosensweig, and Mayer Twersky. "Torah View...
Orthodox communities. Prominent Modern Orthodox posqim, including HershelSchachter, Mordechai Willig, Nisson Alpert, and others have ruled that this...
Michael Rosensweig Oliver Sacks, neurologist HershelSchachter, rabbi (also alumnus) Jacob J. Schachter Barry Scheck, lawyer Lawrence Schiffman Shimon...
also enrolled in the Katz Kollel which is led by the rosh kollel, HershelSchachter. Many RIETS students are also concurrently enrolled in a variety of...
controversial claims in The Bible Code. Sternberg is described by rabbi HershelSchachter of Yeshiva University as "a big genius in learning and math" who played...
of Business and majored in finance. He is a close student of Rav HershelSchachter. Rabbi Lebowitz received semikhah from RIETS and from Rabbi Zalman...
Positions: Reading the Haftara", The Jewish Press, 20 March 1998; HershelSchachter, "Lesser-Known Laws of Torah Reading", Journal of Jewish Music and...
entitled "Torah View on Homosexuality". It was co-authored by Rav HershelSchachter, Rav Mordechai Willig, Rav Michael Rosensweig, and Rav Mayer Twersky...
page 275. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991. HershelSchachter, Mordechai Willig, Michael Rosensweig, and Mayer Twersky. "Torah View...
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