Hershel Schachter
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 Rabbi Hershel Schachter
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| Born | 1941 United States of America |
| Occupation | Rabbi, Rosh Kollel, professor, and dean |
Rabbi Hershel Schachter (born 1941) is a Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), Yeshiva University, in New York City. He is a noted Talmudic scholar and a prominent posek for the kashruth division of the Orthodox Union along with Rabbi Yisroel Belsky.
At the age of 22, Rabbi Schachter was appointed as an assistant to the renowned Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik. Rabbi Schachter earned his B.A. from Yeshiva College, an M.A. in Hebrew Literature from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies in 1967, and received Semicha in that same year.
In 1967, at the age of 26, Rabbi Schachter joined the faculty of RIETS, as its youngest Rosh Yeshiva. In 1971, Rabbi Schachter was appointed Rosh Kollel, or dean of the Kollel, at the Institute for Advanced Research in Rabbinics.
He is widely respected by both the Modern Orthodox and Haredi worlds for his breathtaking knowledge of Talmud, his nonliberal stance towards halacha, and his close relationship with Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik.
[edit] Works
Rabbi Schachter has written many Seforim. They include:
- Eretz HaTzvi (1992) (with an approbation by Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz)
- Nefesh HaRav (1994) - Torah from Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
- B’Ikvei HaTzon (1997) (with an approbation by the famed Rabbi Pinchas Hirschsprung)
- Shiurei ha-Rav ha-Gaon Rabi Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveitchik, Masekhet Gittin, chap. 1-4 [based on lectures from 1963-1964] (1999)
- Shiurei ha-Rav ha-Gaon Rabi Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveitchik, Masekhet Kiddushin (2001)
- MiP’ninei HaRav (2001) - more Torah from Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
- Shiurei ha-Rav ha-Gaon Rabi Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveitchik, Tzitzet, Tefillen, Kriat haTorah (2002)
- Shiurei ha-Rav ha-Gaon Rabi Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveitchik, Yom HaKippurim, Megillah (2002)
- Shiurei ha-Rav ha-Gaon Rabi Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveitchik, Masekhet Shabbat (2004)
- Ginas Egoz (2007) (with an approbation by Rabbi Gershon Yankelevitz)
He has also written more than 100 articles, in both Hebrew and English, for scholarly Torah publications such as HaPardes, HaDarom, Beit Yitzchak, and Or Hamizrach.
[edit] References
- Official YU biography. Retrieved on May 29, 2006.
- Online archive of articles and talks at YUTorah.org. Retrieved on August 7, 2006.
- Online archive of articles and talks at TorahWeb. Retrieved on July 11, 2006.
| Rabbis at Yeshiva University |
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| Chancellor: Norman Lamm
Dean: Zevulun Charlop Roshei Yeshiva: Elchanan Adler • Eliyahu Ben-Chaim • J. David Bleich • Yitzchok Cohen • Meir Goldwicht • David Hirsch • Dovid Horowitz • Aharon Kahn • Aharon Lichtenstein • Yaakov Neuburger • Hershel Reichman • Michael Rosensweig • Yonason Sacks • Hershel Schachter • Eli Baruch Shulman • Baruch Simon • Zvi Sobolofsky • Moshe Tendler • Mayer Twersky • Jeremy Wieder • Mordechai Willig • Gershon Yankelewitz Former Roshei Yeshiva: Nisson Alpert • Yosef Leib Arnest • Samuel Belkin • Ahron Dovid Burack • Solomon Drillman • Michael Katz • Shlomo Nosson Kotler • Dovid Lifshitz • Shlomo Polachek • Moshe Ahron Poleyeff • Elazar Meir Preil • Bernard Revel • Shimon Shkop • Ahron Soloveichik • Joseph B. Soloveitchik • Moshe Soloveichik • Ephraim M. Steinberg • Shalom Elchanan Yaffe • Mendel Zaks |
