Matan Women's Institute for Torah Studies

The Matan Women's Institute for Torah Studies (Hebrew: מת״ן, an abbreviation of מכון תורני לנשים, Machon torani l’nashim) is an Israeli Midrasha dedicated to teaching the Talmud and other rabbinic literature to women.

The institute was established in 1988 by Malke Bina, who had studied at the Michlala Jerusalem College for Women and the Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University.^[1] Its faculty includes Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel and Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg.^[2]

Matan offers numerous classes, a year-long bet midrash program, as well as various certification programs. In 2012, Matan held a siyyum for fifteen women who had completed the Daf Yomi 7-year cycle of Talmud study, called by some the first of its kind.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Sofer, Barbara (October 2, 2014). "The Human Spirit: Being Malke Bina". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
^ "Teaching Staff". Matan. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
^ Sokol, Sam (October 7, 2012). "The Female Talmudists". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
^ Ettinger, Yair (August 1, 2012). "Learning Talmud without asking for men's permission". Ha'aretz. Retrieved January 4, 2014.

External links

Official website

Women rabbis and Torah scholars

Timeline of women rabbis

Pre-modern
figures

Bible and Talmud	Deborah (1107–1067 BCE) Bruriah (2nd century)
Medieval and early modern era	Rashi's daughters (11th–12th century) Bat ha-Levi (12th century) Paula Dei Mansi (13th century) Miriam Shapira-Luria (14th century) Fioretta of Modena (1522–1580) Bayla Falk (16th century) Eva Bacharach (1580–1651) Asenath Barzani (1590–1670) Frehat Bat Avraham (d. 1756) Maiden of Ludmir (1805–1888)

Modern figures

Ray Frank (1861–1948)
Lily Montagu (1873–1963)
Regina Jonas (1902–1944)
Tehilla Lichtenstein (1893–1973)
Paula Ackerman (1893–1989)
Martha Neumark (1904–1981)
Avis Clamitz (1908-1991)
Helen Levinthal (1910–1989)
Sally Priesand (b. 1946)
Mimi Feigelson (b. 1963)

First ordination by denomination	Regina Jonas (Reform, 1935) Sandy Sasso (Reconstructionist, 1974) Lynn Gottlieb (Renewal, 1981) Amy Eilberg (Conservative, 1985) Tamara Kolton (Humanistic, 1999) Sara Hurwitz (Orthodox, 2009)