The Matan Women's Institute for Torah Studies (, an abbreviation of , ''Machon torani l’nashim'') is an Israeli

Midrasha A ' (Hebrew: ; : ), typically, is an institute of Torah study for women of post-high-school age, somewhat equivalent to a men's yeshiva; most are located in Israel. The midrasha is also somewhat parallel to a "women's seminary" (Hebrew "semin ...

dedicated to teaching the

Talmud The Talmud (; ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of Haskalah#Effects, modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cen ...

and other

rabbinic literature Rabbinic literature, in its broadest sense, is the entire corpus of works authored by rabbis throughout Jewish history. The term typically refers to literature from the Talmudic era (70–640 CE), as opposed to medieval and modern rabbinic ...

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. Its faculty includes Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel and Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg. Matan offers numerous classes, a year-long ''

bet midrash A ''beth midrash'' (, "house of learning"; : ''batei midrash''), also ''beis medrash'' or ''beit midrash'', is a hall dedicated for Torah study, often translated as a "study hall". It is distinct from a synagogue (''beth knesseth''), although ...

'' program, as well as various certification programs. In 2012, Matan held a

siyyum A ''siyum'' () is the completion of any established unit of Torah study in Judaism. The most common units are a single volume of the Talmud, or of Mishnah, but other units of learning may lead to a siyyum. The typical structure of a siyyum includ ...

for fifteen women who had completed the

Daf Yomi ''Daf Yomi'' (, ''Daf Yomi'', "page of the day" or "daily folio") is a daily regimen of learning the Oral Torah and its commentaries (also known as the Gemara), in which each of the 2,711 pages of the Babylonian Talmud is covered in sequence. A ' ...

7-year cycle of Talmud study, called by some the first of its kind.

Notable Faculty

* Malke Bina – Founder * Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel – Director of Matan's Hilkhata Institute (Advanced

Halakha ''Halakha'' ( ; , ), also Romanization of Hebrew, transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Judaism, Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Torah, Written and Oral Torah. ''Halakha'' is ...

Program) * Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg – Lecturer * Yael Ziegler – Rosh Beit Midrash and Academic Director

References

External links

* Jewish seminaries Modern Orthodox Judaism in Israel Orthodox Jewish schools for women Orthodox Judaism in Israel Women rabbis and Torah scholars 1988 establishments in Israel {{Judaism-stub