Rav Schachter
Official Pesakim
Purim Issues Click here
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Lighting Chanukah Candles in Shul Click here
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Sukkah and Birkas Kohanim on Simchas Torah Click here
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BOOK VERSION (as of October 3 '20) Click here
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Hoshanos, Hakafos, and Koheles During COVID-19​ Click here
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Staying in Shul During Yizkor In Order to Maintain Social Distance​ Click here
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Bowing on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur in Outside Minyanim​ Click here
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Minhagim and Pikuach Nefesh​ Click here
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Sukkos Topics: Shifts in Communal Sukkahs, Eating Before Night the First Days of Sukkos Click here
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Changes Before, and on, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur​ Click here
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Being a Chazan Twice​ Click here
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Shomer Pesa'im Hashem; Further Discussion of Washing Hands on Tisha B'Av This Year Click here
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Washing Hands on Tisha B'av Click here
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Inyanei Tefillah Click here
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Tefillah During the Yamim Noraim Click here
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Laundry During the Nine Days and Tefilla B'Tzibbur on Tisha B'av Click here
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Mourning Customs of the Three Weeks Click here
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Shiva Asar B'Tamuz Click here
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Shiva Asar B'Tammuz, Tisha B'Av, Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur (Video)
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BOOK VERSION (as of April 23 '20) Click here
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Guidance for Chevra Kadisha When Dealing With Those Who Died from Coronavirus Click here
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Flowers, Megilas Rus, and Akdamos This Shavuos Click here
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Separation Between Men and Women During Tefillah Click here
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Various Krias HaTorah Issues Click here
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The Time at Which to Daven maariv on the Second Night of Shavuos Click here
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Husband & Wife Accepting Shabbos at Different Times Click here
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Pesach Sheini Click here
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Saying Birchas Ha'gomel With a Minyan Assembled Over Zoom Click here
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Saying Birchas Ilanos, and Tearing Kriyah for Mourning the Beis Hamikdash, Based on Seeign Things Over Zoom Click here
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Calling the Hospital on Shabbos or Yom Tov to Advocate a Patient Click here
Burial on Shabbos and Yom Tov Click here
Yizkor, Tzedaka, Refunds from Pesach Programs and Yeshivas/Schools Click here
Ordering Chametz on Pesach Which Will be Packed and Delivered After Pesach Click here
Showers on Shabbos & Yom Tov for Doctors, Nurses, and Women Returning from the Mikveh Click here
Praying for the Sick: On Shabbos, Yom Tov, and When One is Not Sure if the Person is Still Alive Click here
Temporary Burial, Shiva, Shloshim, and Related Issues Click here
Triage in Critical Care, version 3 Click here
Reciting Berachos for a Simcha (e.g. sheva berachos, bris) over Zoom Click here
Continuing to Recite the Invitation to the Poor During the Seder Click here
Tahara, the Unchanged Prohibition to Cremate, and Other Issues of Kavod HaMeis Click here
Eruv Tavshilin/Chatzeiros During Time of Social Distancing Click here
Wedding Without a Minyan Click here
Haircuts on Chol Hamoed and During Sefirah Click here
Taharah Customs, Reinterring the Deceased, Priorities in Assigning Respirators Click here
Porch Minyanim, Shir Hashirim at Home, Showering After the Mikvah Click here
Chametz outside your reshus Click here
Patient Released From Hospital on Shabbos Click here
Kitniyos Mixtures for Health Click here
Reading Torah From a Chumash and Ma'avir Sedra, Naming a Baby Girl Click here
Hallel Pesach Night, the Prayer for Tal Click here
Tevilas Keilim When the Mikvah is Closed, Fast of the First Born, Selling Chometz Click here
Use of Electronic Devices on Yom Tov for the Isolated Click here
Dishwashers, Minhagim, Burning Chametz Click here
An Open Letter from Dr. Daniel Berman and Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, and Psak Halachah from Rav Hershel Schachter Click here
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Audio Shiur by Rav Schachter: Coronavirus, Sakana, Tefillah B'Tzibbur Click here
The Correct Behavior When Dealing with Danger Click here
