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About
Rabbi Asher & Ruchie Schechter Rabbi Schechter is a Musmach of Yeshiva Torah VoDaath having received a Yoreh
Yoreh Smicha in 1985 and
a Yadin Yadin Smicha in 1988, both from HaRav
Avraham Pam, ZT"L. He also received a Masters Degree in
Computer Science from NYU - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in
1985. Since leaving Kollel in 1989 Rabbi Schechter & Ruchie
have served pulpits in Oceanside and Merrick on Long Island and in Fair Lawn,
New Jersey. Rabbi Schechter is a
member of Agudas HaRabonim
and the Young Israel Council of Rabbis.
Currently Rabbi Schechter serves as a member of the Vaad HaChinuch and as the 12th
grade Halacha instructor at Shevach
Girls High School (where he won the Gruss Award for
Excellence in Teaching in 2002) and he serves as the Rav
HaMachshir at the Bagel Boss chain and several
other establishments in Queens and Long Island. Ruchie and the
Rabbi also run a small computer software and service
operation specializing in Estate, Trust & Guardianship Court Accountings
from their home office. Rabbi Schechter's grandfather was HaGaon HaRav Eliezer Zev Kirzner ZT"L of Bnei Yehuda Shul in Boro Park, a world renowned Talmid Chacham who instilled within him the love for Rabbanus. Ruchie's father is Rabbi Peretz Steinberg, Shlita of Young Israel of Queens Valley, under whose tutelage and in whose Shul the Schechters gained much valuable experience. Ruchie and the Rabbi are blessed with 6 children raging in ages from 6 – 22. |