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The opening as it read in 2015
Howard (Chaim) Jachter is a prominent rabbi on the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA).1He serves as the rabbi at Sha'arei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck. He is also a teacher at the Torah Academy of Bergen County .2He is well known for his articles in TABC's weekly Torah Publication, Kol Torah , many of which form the base of his books Gray Matter , Gray Matter 2 , Gray Matter 3 , and Gray Matter 4 . He is an expert Get (Jewish Divorce) administrator and community Eruv designer. A resident of Teaneck, New Jersey , Rabbi Jachter serves as chairperson of the Agunah Prevention and Resolution Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America , where he champions the use of prenuptial agreements to avoid the issues created if the husband refuses to give or receive a Get . "Get overseer champions prenupsSigned agreement averts heartbreak of ‘chained wives’" , New Jersey Jewish News , August 21, 2008.3He serves as the rabbi at Sha'arei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, and he teaches at the Torah Academy of Bergen County.4He is also the author of Gray Matter, a study of Halacha."5
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Howard (Chaim) Jachter is a prominent rabbi on the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA). He is also a teacher at the Torah Academy of Bergen County . He is well-known for his articles in TABC's weekly Torah Publication, Kol Torah , many of which form the base of his books Gray Matter , Gray Matter 2 , and Gray Matter 3 . He is an expert Get (Jewish Divorce) administrator and community Eruv designer. Jachter serves as chairperson of the Agunah Prevention and Resolution Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America , where he champions the use of prenuptial agreements to avoid the issues created if the husband refuses to give or receive a Get . "Get overseer champions prenups: Signed agreement averts heartbreak of ‘chained wives’" , New Jersey Jewish News , August 21, 2008.
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The opening as it stood in 2020 5 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Howard (Chaim) Jachter is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi, dayan (rabbinical court judge), educator, and author.He sits on the Beth din of Elizabeth, New Jersey as a dayan and get (Jewish divorce) administrator.Noted as an expert on the laws of Jewish divorce , he also chairs the Agunah Prevention and Resolution Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America .Rabbi Jachter is also the consulting rabbi for over 60 Eiruvs across the United States.He serves as the Rabbi of Sha'arei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck , and is a faculty member at the Torah Academy of Bergen County (TABC).Author of seven books and hundreds online and journal articles, he writes and lectures extensively on contemporary topics in Jewish law and thought .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Howard (Chaim) Jachter is an American Orthodox rabbi, Dayan (rabbinical court judge), educator, and author. He sits on the Beth Din of Elizabeth, New Jersey as a Dayan and Get (Jewish divorce) administrator. Noted as an expert on the laws of Jewish divorce , he also chairs the Agunah Prevention and Resolution Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America . Rabbi Jachter is also the consulting rabbi for over 60 Eruvs across the United States. He serves as the Rabbi of Sha'arei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck , and is a faculty member at the Torah Academy of Bergen County (TABC). Author of sixteen books and over one thousand online and journal articles, he writes and lectures extensively on contemporary topics in Jewish law and thought .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American rabbi Howard (Chaim) Jachter is an American Orthodox rabbi, Dayan (rabbinical court judge), educator, and author. He sits on the Beth Din of Elizabeth, New Jersey as a Dayan and Get (Jewish divorce) administrator. Noted as an expert on the laws of Jewish divorce , he also chairs the Agunah Prevention and Resolution Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America . Rabbi Jachter is also the consulting rabbi for over 70 Eruvs across the United States. He serves as the Rabbi of Sha'arei Orah, the Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck , and is a faculty member at the Torah Academy of Bergen County (TABC). Author of twenty books and over one thousand online and journal articles, he writes and lectures extensively on contemporary topics in Jewish law and thought .
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prominent rabbi on the rabbinical council of america
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american orthodox rabbi
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