Midreshet Lindenbaum (), originally named Michlelet Bruria, is a
midrasha in
Talpiot,
Jerusalem. It counts among its alumnae many of the teachers at
Matan,
Nishmat
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and other women's and co-ed yeshivas in Israel and abroad.
History
Michlelet Bruria was founded in 1976 by Rabbi
Chaim Brovender
Chaim Brovender (born 1941) is an Israeli Modern Orthodox and Religious Zionist rabbi.
Biography
Brovender was born in 1941 in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Yeshivah of Flatbush, a coeducational modern Orthodox day school. He later graduated fr ...
, as the woman's component of
Yeshivat Hamivtar
Yeshivat Torat Yosef - Hamivtar (ישיבת תורת יוסף - המבתר) is a men's yeshiva located in Efrat in the West Bank. The Roshei Yeshiva are Rabbi Yonatan Rosensweig and Rabbi Shlomo Riskin. The institution is primarily focused on post ...
. At Bruria, as in a traditional men's
yeshiva, women studied in ''
hevrutot ''(a traditional Jewish system of partner-based religious study) and learned
Talmud as well as advanced
Tanakh.
[Furstenberg, Rochelle. "The Flourishing of Higher Jewish Learning for Women". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 1 May 2000.](_blank)
/ref> In 1986, Bruria merged with Ohr Torah Stone Institutions and was renamed "Midreshet Lindenbaum" after Belda and Marcel Lindenbaum.
Programs
Midreshet Lindenbaum offers a certificate in "Halachik leadership" (), a five-year course in advanced studies in Jewish law, with examinations equivalent to the rabbinate's ordination requirement for men.
It also runs a Torah study program for developmentally disabled
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young men and women known as Midreshet / Yeshivat Darkaynu.
The ''midrasha'' has been a leader in developing women's role in rabbinical courts in Israel and in founding the first school dedicated to training women to serve as advocates in rabbinical courts, known as ''Toanot Rabniyot ''Toanot Rabbaniyot'', or ''Toanot'' ( he, טוענות רבניות, "Women Rabbinical Advocates"), refer to women who serve as legal advocates and representatives within the traditional Jewish courts of law. ''Toanot'' typically argue cases on be ...
''. Lindenbaum also operates a legal aid center and hotline which has taken an active role in advocating for a resolution to the Agunah problem."Divorcing the Courts". Jerusalem Post, Dec 28, 2006, p. 5
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See also
* Maharat
Yeshivat Maharat is a Jewish educational institution in The Bronx, New York, which was the first Open Orthodox yeshiva in North America to ordain women. The word ''Maharat'' () is a Hebrew acronym for phrase ''manhiga hilkhatit rukhanit Toranit'' ...
* Beit Midrash Har'el
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References
Further reading
* Tamar Ross, ''"Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism"'' Brandeis University Press, 2004.
External links
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