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Apply to Maharat! We offer several admissions-based programs, including the Core Semikha ordination program, our one year preparatory Beit Midrash Program, and awards and fellowships.

    Programs

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    Core Semikha

    A four-year Orthodox rabbinic ordination program for women with full scholarships and learning stipends. We offer in-person, hybrid, and remote learning as well as full and part time options.

    Applications open in November 2026 and are due on February 1, 2027.
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    Tehila: Ein Hanatziv-Maharat Advanced Semikha

    A four-year in-person ordination program located in northern Israel.

    Contact Rabbanit Avital Engelberg, Director of Maharat BaAretz and Tehila.
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    Beit Midrash Program

    A one-year immersive mekhina program for Orthodox women designed to enhance prospective semikha students’ Jewish textual literacy, fluency, and skills. We offer in-person, hybrid, and remote learning as well as full and part time options.

    Applications open in November 2026 and are due on February 1, 2027.
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    Emerging Scholars Award

    A gap year scholarship celebrating women who are high school seniors and have demonstrated a personal commitment to leadership, spirituality, and Torah learning.

    Applications will open in Spring 2027.
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    College Learning Fellowship & Campus Ambassadors

    A weekly online ​​halakha and/or gemara shiur for college students and a four-day intensive onsite at Maharat in New York. Fellows may apply to be Campus Ambassadors who participate in a leadership program and receive a stipend .

    Applications for the 2027-28 year will open in Spring 2027. To inquire about joining the 2026-27 cohort, contact Dr. Rachel Rosenthal. 

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    Va’tichtov: She Writes Fellowship

    A year-long writing fellowship that elevates Jewish women’s scholarship. The Fellowship operates on a three year cycle, with each year’s cohort focusing on a particular area of writing: teshuvot, op-ed and popular writing, and essay and long form pieces.

    Applications will open in Spring 2027.