Professor of Talmud
The Rabbi of Shomrei Torah Synagogue in West Hills, California, from 1960 until retirement in 1999, Rabbi Elijah Schochet did his graduate studies in Psychology at Columbia University and received his rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Studying under Professor Saul Lieberman, Rabbi Schochet was also awarded a Doctorate in Rabbinic Literature, from JTS. He is an Adjunct Professor of Rabbinic Literature at the University of Judaism as well as a Licensed Marriage and Family Counselor and was the founder of Kadima Hebrew Academy in the San Fernando Valley. Rabbi Schochet is the author of six books on rabbinic studies, and is considered a world-renowned expert on the origins of the Hasidic Movement, having authored the definitive book on the subject, The Hasidic Movement and the Gaon of Vilna (Jason Aronson, 1994). His other publications include Animal Life in Jewish Tradition: Attitudes and Relationships (K’Tav Publishing House, 1984, reissued 1991) and Amalek: The Enemy Within (Tara Publications, 1991).
