THE FAITHFUL TRANSMISSION OF THE TORAH SHEBE’AL PEH AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RAV HERSHEL SCHACHTER SHLITA ABOUT THE 3 NEW SEFORIM, HIS MINHAGIM, & FUN QUESTIONS
Posted at 15:34h in by vueseditor Rabbi Hershel Schachter shlita, 82, a noted rosh yeshiva and posek, has had a distinguished career with the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for over 50 years. Rav Schachter became an assistant to the Rav, Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik zt”l, at the age of 22 and joined the faculty in 1967 at the age of 26, the youngest Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS. Since 1971, Rav Schachter has also been Rosh Kollel in RIETS’ Marcos and Adina Katz Kollel (Institute for Advanced Research in Rabbinics). Rav Schachter is also the Senior Halachic Consultant & Posek for OU Kashruth. This past month, there were 3 new seforim in English with Rav Schachter’s Torah: 1- Divrei Soferim: The Transmission of Torah Shebe’al Peh which is part of the RIETS Hashkafah Series with Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman as the Series Editor and Rabbi Isaac Rice as the Co-Editor, 2- Rav Schachter On Orach Chaim Volume I – Insights and Commentary Based on the Shiurim of ...