Sofia Freudenstein

Sofia Freudenstein loves making Torah and ideas accessible to all who seek to know more about our tradition and the values underpinning our holy texts. After completing her undergraduate degree, she pursued the lifelong dream of going to Yeshivat Maharat, after meeting Rabba Sara Hurwitz when she was 11. Sofia has completed her first basic unit of CPE at Baycrest Geriatric Hospital during COVID-19, is a Mayyim Hayyim-trained mikvah guide, completed the hashgacha training course through the Kosher Institute of America, and will be completing a Master’s in Jewish philosophy at Yeshiva University this summer. Sofia has competed in the International Chidon HaTanach, participated in the Drisha High School Program, and has been Co-Rosh Beit Midrash at Camp Stone. Over her time at Maharat, she was a Senior Fellow at R’ Aryeh Klapper’s Summer Beit Midrash, spent a year at Yeshivat Drisha, and has interned at ASBI in Chicago and HIR in Riverdale. She hopes to empower others to see themselves in our tradition and hone a sense of intuition about what God is telling us through Torah about what it means to live ethically in the world.