Welcome

Yeshivat Maharat is a pioneering venture, founded in 2009 to be the first institution in Jewish history to train women to be fully integrated into the Orthodox community as spiritual leaders and halakhic authorities.

Although there are currently many valuable institutions that provide a place for women to engage in serious Torah study, our institution has gone an important step further. Yeshivat Maharat has a formal curriculum and training program to give women the full responsibility and authority to be poskot (legal arbiters) for other individuals and for the community.

Yeshivat Maharat is dedicated to giving Orthodox women proficiency in learning and teaching Talmud, understanding Jewish law and its application to everyday life as well as the other tools necessary to be Jewish communal leaders.  “Mahara”t” is a Hebrew acronym for manhiga hilkhatit rukhanit Toranit, one who is a teacher of Jewish law and spirituality. YM’s students and graduates will inspire the community to realize the benefit of having women in these roles, using their talents and skills to their fullest level of expression. After completing YM's exceptional program and serving as visiting scholars and interns in various organizations, each Yeshivat Maharat's graduate will be uniquely qualified as a new kind of leader for the Orthodox community and beyond.

Yeshivat Maharat is proud to be part of Bikkurim: an incubator for new Jewish ideas.