Author Archives: Hershel Schachter
Rav Hershel Schachter is a rosh yeshiva and rosh kollel at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. 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. Seforim written include Eretz HaTzvi, B'ikvei HaTzon, Ginas Egoz, and Nefesh HaRav, MiPninei HaRav and Divrei HaRav.
Hershel Schachter Mar 26, 20
(UPDATE: See additional responsa here: link) Responsa by Rav Hershel Schachter on timely questions (click on the images to enlarge) Tevilas Keilim, Firstborn Siyum, Selling Chametz Dishwashers, Minhagim and Burning Chametz Zoom Seder
Read More » Hershel Schachter Feb 18, 19
by R. Hershel Schachter A recent response of a rabbi in Eretz Yisrael to an apparently random killing of an Arab woman might be misunderstood by the public as a denigration of Rishonim and Acharonim. The Talmud discusses the case of a get written on an eved’s arm. Just like none of the commentators objected to the inhumanity of such ...
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