“Sexuality, Modesty and Niddah in the 21st Century”

May 20th, 6:30pm-9:30pm at the JCC in Manhattan

Featuring sessions taught by Yeshivat Maharat faculty, students and guest lecturers.

Thanks to a generous donation, we now extend the $25 student price to all attendees!

Register at the door with cash or check.

Yeshivat Maharat is the first institution to train Orthodox women as Spiritual Leaders and Halakhic authorities. Although there are many institutions that provide a place for women to engage in serious Torah study, our institution has taken an important step further. Through a rigorous curriculum of Talmud, halakhic decision-making (psak), pastoral counseling, and leadership development, our graduates will assume the responsibility and authority to be poskot (legal arbiters) for the community. Maharat is a Hebrew acronym for Manhiga Hilkhatit Rukhanit Toranit, one who is teacher of Jewish law and spirituality.

The founding of Yeshivat Maharat represents a natural evolution, ensuring that women and men from every denomination are given an equal voice at the table. Orthodox communities have already begun to recognize the necessity and the benefits of knowledgeable and sensitive female spiritual leaders. Yeshivat Maharat’s mission is to actualize the potential of Orthodox women as Jewish leaders to enrich the entire Jewish community.

Upon completion of Yeshivat Maharat’s four-year program, having served as interns and visiting scholars, each graduate will be qualified and equipped as a new kind of leader in the Orthodox community and beyond.