Hershel Schachter (born July 28, 1941) is an American Orthodox rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva [a] at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), part of Yeshiva University in New York City. Schachter is a halakhic advisor to the Orthodox Union and has rendered notable decisions in a number of contemporary topic areas.

6 days ago · Rabbi Schachter, a noted Talmudic scholar, has had a distinguished career with RIETS for over 50 years. He joined the faculty in 1967, at the age of 26, the youngest Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS.

Herschel Schacter (October 10, 1917 – March 21, 2013) was an American Orthodox rabbi and chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. [1][2] Schacter was born in Brownsville, Brooklyn, the youngest of 10 siblings. His parents immigrated to the US from Poland.

Spending time this summer in the picturesque town of Tannersville, New York, where Rav Hershel Schachter—a rosh yeshivah at Yeshiva University, senior posek of OU Kosher and a leading posek in the Modern Orthodox community—has spent many summers, I had the opportunity to ask him to share his reflections on how Covid-19 has impacted the ...

Rabbi Hershel Schachter is a prominent Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and one of the leading poskim for the Orthodox Union, particularly in matters of kashrut. As a former student of Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (referred to as “The Rav”), Rabbi Schachter continues to uphold and develop the halachic legacy of his teacher.

Mar 23, 2017 · At the Chag HaSemikhah, Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Hershel Schachter was awarded the HaRav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik zt”l Aluf Torah Award to mark his 50-year career at YU/RIETS. In 1967, at the age of 26, Rabbi Schachter joined the faculty as its youngest rosh yeshiva.

Rabbi Hershel Schachter, a noted Talmudic scholar, has had a distinguished career with YU RIETS for nearly 50 years. He joined the faculty in 1967, at the age of 26, the youngest Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS.

Dec 18, 2023 · In addition to his teaching duties, Rabbi Schachter lectures, writes, and serves as a world renowned decisor of Jewish Law. A prolific author, he has written more than 100 articles, in Hebrew and English, for such scholarly publications as HaPardes, Hadarom, Beth Yitzchak, and Or Hamizrach.

Rabbi Hershel Schachter is a leading Torah scholar, posek, and Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). A renowned authority in Halacha, he has served as a Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS since 1967 and was a close disciple of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.

Dec 4, 2017 · For Rabbi Schachter, halakhic intuition is that God-given ability to read in-between-the-lines of the Talmud, or, as he once put it, to imagine the missing pieces of a halakhic jigsaw puzzle.