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Students at Yeshivat Maharat study Talmud in the mornings in classes at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. Founded in 1979, Drisha is considered the leading center of study for women in advanced Jewish texts. As in traditional yeshivas, the four Yeshivat Maharat students spend many hours going over texts with a chevruta, a study partner. Two afternoons a week, they receive instruction in halacha, Jewish law, from Rabbi Yisocher Katz, who has taught in many venues, including in right-wing, black-hat institutions in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
Rabbi Katz, who grew up in the Satmar community of Williamsburg, says that it saddens him to think of the many intellectual woman — like his own sisters and mother — who miss the opportunity to experience what he calls ''a sophisticated religiosity.'' While his own daughters attended haredi schools, he's exposed them to opportunities in learning that weren't available there. ''It infuses entire lives with such meaning,'' he says.
Students at Yeshivat Maharat study Talmud in the mornings in classes at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. Founded in 1979, Drisha is considered the leading center of study for women in advanced Jewish texts. As in traditional yeshivas, the four Yeshivat Maharat students spend many hours going over texts with a chevruta, a study partner. Two afternoons a week, they receive instruction in halacha, Jewish law, from Rabbi Yisocher Katz, who has taught in many venues, including in right-wing, black-hat institutions in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
Rabbi Katz, who grew up in the Satmar community of Williamsburg, says that it saddens him to think of the many intellectual woman — like his own sisters and mother — who miss the opportunity to experience what he calls ''a sophisticated religiosity.'' While his own daughters attended haredi schools, he's exposed them to opportunities in learning that weren't available there. ''It infuses entire lives with such meaning,'' he says.