Melech Schachter
Rabbi Melech Schachter | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | Marcus, Elimelech April 7, 1913 |
| Died | February 27, 2007 (aged 93) |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Children | Hershel Schachter, Sara Steinberg |
| Denomination | Orthodox |
| Alma mater | Yeshiva University |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | RIETS |
Melech Schachter was a pulpit rabbi, coordinator of Jewish divorce, and instructor at RIETS for over fifty years.
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Schachter was born in Romania, learned in Viznitz Yeshiva, and arrived in America as a teenager, at the age of fifteen. After receiving his bachelor's degree from Yeshiva College and semikha from Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik, he also received a Ph.D. from Dropsie College in Philadelphia. His doctoral dissertation discussed the variant versions of the Mishnah between the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud and was eventually published by Mossad HaRav Kook. Schachter served many rabbinic roles over his career, including the publit rabbi in various communities such as Scranton, Pennsylvania, and The Bronx, New York. He went on to serve as the coordinator of the Rabbinic Council of America's Beth Din for Gittin (Jewish Divorce) and Halitza. In addition to teaching in the RIETS Semikha program, he also taught at Stern College for Women and Yeshiva University's graduate school of social work.[1] Schachter passed away on February 27th, 2007, and was survived by his son Hershel Schachter, daughter Sara Steinberg, twelve grandchildren, and thirty-three great grandchildren.[2]
Published Works
- HaMishnah HaBavli vehaYerushalmi, hashva'at nuschaoteha, Mossad HaRav Kook, Jerusalem, 1959
- PRACTICAL HALAKHAH IN THE SPACE AGE, Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought, Vol. 2, No. 1 (FALL 1959), pp. 155-163
- "Various Aspects of Adoption," The Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society vol. 4, no. 2 (Fall 1982): 93:115
- Lectures and articles on YUTorah.org