🛐 Education & Rabbinic Ordination

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• Received semikhah (rabbinic ordination) in June 2004 from Rabbi Dovid Schochet and Rabbi Dovid Schmukler Wikipedia.

• Attained dayanut (rabbinic-judiciary certification) in 2012, endorsed by leading authorities including Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, Aryeh Ralbag, Yosef Feigelstock, and Yoram Ulman Machon Smicha+2Wikipedia+2Chabad+2.
   

👨‍⚖️ Career & Community Roles

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• Serves as a dayan on the New York Beit Din “Chok Natan” in New York City, recognized by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel for officiating at gittin (Jewish divorce), kiddushin (marriage), and conversions Wikipedia.

• Since 2020, head of the Kollel L’horaah Maasit in Crown Heights, which focuses on advanced halachic training Wikipedia+8Wikipedia+8COLlive+8. He was instrumental in establishing the first Chabad‑approved eruv in Crown Heights COLlive.

• Faculty member of several online semikhah programs, including Online Smicha, Havineni, and Machon Smicha Machon Smicha+2Wikipedia+2COLlive+2.
   

📝 Public Activities & Writings
 

• A regular lecturer and speaker at conferences and Chabad Torah events, including Kinus Torah gatherings COLlive+7Wikipedia+7Anash.org - Good News+7.
   

• Authored and edited articles and responsa on diverse topics like vaccine responsibility, Pesach laws, kosher food policy, and rabbinic regulation of technology (e.g., KosherSwitch). He also worked on issues relating to child-protection within the Haredi community Wikipedia.
   

⚖️ Legal Proceedings
 

• In June 2014, Rabbi Shuchat pleaded guilty to one count of traveling across state lines to commit violence, as part of the so-called “Edison divorce coercion gang.” He accepted a sentence of time served and two years of supervised release, including six months of house arrest Wikipedia+1Wikipedia+1.