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Guest Scholar: Rabbi Howard Jachter

Saturday, January 21, 2017 23 Tevet 5777

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Rabbi Haim Jachter has been the spiritual leader of the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck since 2000.  Rabbi Jachter serves as a Dayan on the Beth Din of Elizabeth, and has acquired an international reputation of excellence in the area of Get administration.  He is also a gifted and popular teacher at Torah Academy of Bergen County since 1995 where he teaches Torah studies and Religious Zionism.

Rabbi Jachter’s Yadin Yadin ordination is from Yeshiva University where he also earned his Master’s degree in Jewish Philosophy. Rabbi Jachter’s authorization to administer Gittin is from Hacham Ovadia Yosef.  Rabbi Jachter is a member of the Rabbinical Council of America’s Halacha Committee and chairman of its Igun resolution committee. He is frequently sought out to assist communities in establishing and managing their Eruvin. Rabbi Jachter has authored four volumes of Gray Matter which discuss contemporary Halachic issues of major importance.  He has also authored dozens of scholarly articles that have appeared in prestigious Torah journals.

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