Rabbi Hershel
Schachter: Special Topics

Proper and Improper Agunah Activism (2024)

War and Geulah (2023)

Fasting Yom Kippur Kattan (2023)

What to do When it Rain on the First Night of Sukkos (2023)

Kosher Style Cuisine (2023)

A Kiddush Hashem?? (2022)

Chaviv Adam Shenivra B'Tzelem (Substance Abuse) (2022)

Piskei Halacha on Coronavirus Shaylas

Click here to download all Rav Schachter's COVID-19 piskei halacha in a single pdf file, including a table of contents,

Issues Pertaining to the Observance of Purim During COVID-19 (2021)

Lighting Chanukah Candles in Shul This Year (2020)

The Timing of Birkas Kohanim, and Eating in the Sukkah, on Simchas Torah (2020)

Hoshanos, Hakafos, and Koheles During COVID-19 (2020)

Staying in Shul During Yizkor In Order to Maintain Social Distance (2020)

Bowing on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur in Outside Minyanim (2020)

Safety Taking Precedence Over Minhagim (2020)

Changes Before, and on, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur Due to COVID-19 (2020)

Sukkos Topics: Shifts in Communal Sukkahs, Eating Before Night the First Days of Sukkos (2020)

One Person Serving as the Chazan For Multiple Minyanim for the Same Tefillah (2020)

Shomer Pesa'im Hashem; Further Discussion of Washing Hands on Tisha B'Av This Year(2020)

Washing Hands on Tisha B'Av This Year(2020)

Various Tefillah Issues (2020)

Shortening Rosh Hashana Davening to Allow for Multiple Minyanim (2020)

Washing Clothes During the Nine Days for Safety, Eicha and Kinos from Home (2020)

Haircuts and Music During the 3 Weeks This Year (2020)

Outdoor Minyanim and Dehydration vs. Davening Alone this 17th of Tamuz (2020)

Guidance for Chevra Kadisha When Dealing With Those Who Died from Coronavirus (2020)

Flowers, Megilas Rus, and Akdamos This Shavuos (2020)

Separation Between Men and Women During Tefillah (2020)

Various Krias HaTorah Issues (2020)

The Time at Which to Daven maariv on the Second Night of Shavuos (2020)

Husband & Wife Accepting Shabbos at Different Times (2020)

Pesach Sheini (2020)

Saying Birchas Ha'gomel With a Minyan Assembled Over Zoom (2020)

Saying Birchas Ilanos, and Tearing Kriyah for Mourning the Beis Hamikdash, Based on Seeing Things Over Zoom (2020)

Making Up Missed Weeks of Krias HaTorah Once Shuls Reopen (2020)

The Timing of Aveilus When a Burial is Delayed or A Relative Can/Will Not Attend the Funeral (2020)

Listening to Music During Sefira (or Other Periods of Mourning) to Maintain a Healthy State of Mind (2020)

Calling the Hospital on Shabbos or Yom Tov to Advocate for a Patient (2020)

Burial on Shabbos and Yom Tov (2020)

Yizkor, Tzedaka, Refunds from Pesach Programs and Yeshivas/Schools (2020)

Ordering Chametz on Pesach Which Will be Packed and Delivered After Pesach (2020) (Updated)

Showers on Shabbos & Yom Tov for Doctors, Nurses, and Women Returning from the Mikveh (2020)

Praying for the Sick: On Shabbos, Yom Tov, and When One is Not Sure if the Person is Still Alive (2020)

Anim Zemiros (2020)

Temporary Burial, Shiva, Shloshim, and Related Issues (2020)

Triage in Critical Care, version 3 (2020)

Reciting Berachos for a Simcha (e.g. sheva berachos, bris) over Zoom (2020)

Continuing to Recite the Invitation to the Poor During the Seder (2020)

Tahara, the Unchanged Prohibition to Cremate, and Other Issues of Kavod HaMeis (2020)

Making an Eruv Tavshilin and Eruv Chatzeiros Under Circumstances of Social Distancing (2020)

Getting Married Without Ten Men Present (2020)

Ordering Chametz on Pesach Which Will be Packed and Delivered After Pesach (2020)

Haircuts on Chol HaMoed and Sefira (2020)

Making a Minyan, Individuals Reading Shir HaShirim, Women Should Shower After Going to the Mikvah (2020)

Hallel After Maariv on the Night of the Seder, How and When We Will Stop Saying “Mashiv Haruach” (2020)

Reading the Parsha From a Chumash, Reviewing the Parsha, Naming a Baby Without a Minyan (2020)

Consuming Kitniyos on Pesach for Health Reasons, Selling Chametz That One Can’t Access or That One is Not Sure of Its Location (2020)

Picking Up a Relative From the Hospital on Shabbos (2020)

Dishwashers, Minhagim, Burning Chometz (2020)

Use of Electronic Devices on Yom Tov for the Isolated (2020)

Tevilas Keilim When the Mikvah is Closed, Fast of the First Born on Erev Pesach, Selling Chometz from Home (2020)

An Open Letter from Dr. Daniel Berman and Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, and Psak Halachah from Rav Hershel Schachter (2020)

Message Regarding Coronavirus, Psak Regarding Tefillah B'Tzibbur (2020)

The Correct Behavior When Dealing with Danger (2020)

Other Topics

Drinking: When and How Much (2022)

Kavod haTorah (2020)

Eilu V'Eilu (2017)

Volunteering Mitzvos (2016)

The Danger of Being Overly Inclusive (2015)

Important letter from Rav Hershel Schachter, Rav Gedalia Dov Schwartz, Rav Nota Greenblatt, Rav Avrohom Union, and Rav Menachem Mendel Senderovitz regarding the "International Beit Din"(2015)

Preserving Orthodoxy, Then and Now (2014)

The Meaning of Am Hanivchar; the Source of Anti-Semitism (2014)

Recommitting Ourselves to the Torah Sheb'al Peh (2013)

Experimental Judaism: Playing with Fire, Part II (2012)

Experimental Judaism: Playing with Fire (2012)

Davening on Airplanes (2010)

Torah View on Homosexuality (2010)

Shemiras Shabbos for Doctors and Medical Students (2007)

Regarding Mesirah (2007)

Intermarriage (2006)

V'Kidashto: Preserving our Kedusha (2006)

True Simcha (2006)

Taxation and Dina Demalchusa (2005)

A Call to Teshuva (2005)

Straightening Out Our Priorities (2005)

Regarding the Papal Funeral (2005)

The Breaking of the Glass (2005)

Can Women Be Rabbis? (2004)

Torah and Nevuah (2004)

Happiness and Humility (2004)

The Temple and the Mikdash Me'at (2004)

Regarding the Second Day Yom Tov for Visitors in Eretz Yisroel (2003)

On the Matter of Masorah (2003)

Various Aspects of Torah Learning (2002)

Making a Farce of the Halacha (2001)