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Maharat Maharat is the first yeshiva to ordain women to serve as Orthodox clergy and was founded in 2009.

As the first yeshiva to ordain women as Orthodox clergy, we strive to offer an exceptional education in Jewish law and pastoral counseling, preparing our graduates to inspire and lead Orthodox communities. By providing a credentialed pathway for women to serve as spiritual and halakhic guides, we increase the community’s ability to attract the best and brightest into the ranks of its leadership. In addition, by expanding the leadership to include women we seek to enliven the community at large, with a wider array of voices, thoughts, and perspectives.

Do you love reading Rabba Sara’s Torah, but wish you could listen on the go?If you love podcasts, voice memos, or simply...
09/18/2026

Do you love reading Rabba Sara’s Torah, but wish you could listen on the go?

If you love podcasts, voice memos, or simply want a short, meaningful insight to bring to your Shabbat table, we invite you to subscribe to a brand-new audio series from Rabba Sara Hurwitz.

Join the WhatsApp group - https://chat.whatsapp.com/KEn9FXNoB8D4ptqrTl35Mi?s=cl&p=i&mlu=4&ilr=4

The Rabba’s Tisch: A Few Minutes of Torah at Rabba Sara’s Table
Small enough to fit into your busy day, substantial enough to stay with you. All backgrounds are welcome to join Rabba Sara for a heartfelt conversation linking our ancient text to the world around us.

Sara Hurwitz

Our Yamim Noraim Reader 5787 features pieces on both teshuva and deeper dives into the liturgy of the Days of Awe.In the...
09/18/2026

Our Yamim Noraim Reader 5787 features pieces on both teshuva and deeper dives into the liturgy of the Days of Awe.

In these four pieces, Zan Alhadeff, Emily Bell, Amanda Goldstein, and Yehudit Mazur-Shlomi explore familiar High Holiday prayers and rituals from fresh perspectives—examining the meaning behind the words we say, the traditions we practice, and the questions they invite us to ask.

Four students. Four perspectives. New ways to engage with the liturgy
📖 Explore their Torah: https://tinyurl.com/MaharatYNreader

https://yeshivatmaharat.org/suffering-and-connection-in-unetane-tokef/ .zanalhadeff
https://yeshivatmaharat.org/hagozel-shofar-hearing-the-ownerless-cry-of-the-shofar/
https://yeshivatmaharat.org/the-architecture-of-sacred-memory-zikhronot-and-the-creative-power-of-remembrance/
https://yeshivatmaharat.org/casting-our-sins-into-the-water/

The Maharat Yamim Noraim Reader 5787 features pieces on teshuva and the liturgy of the Days of Awe. In these four pieces...
09/17/2026

The Maharat Yamim Noraim Reader 5787 features pieces on teshuva and the liturgy of the Days of Awe. In these four pieces, Rachel Berke, Elisheva Cohen, Shana Krakowski Burstein, and Yael Turitz Kaplan explore teshuva from different perspectives—asking what it means to change, return, let go, and begin again.
Four students. Four perspectives. One essential question: What does teshuva mean?
📖 Explore their Torah: https://tinyurl.com/MaharatYNreader

https://yeshivatmaharat.org/tefillat-chana/
https://yeshivatmaharat.org/is-everyone-redeemable-change-and-teshuva/
https://yeshivatmaharat.org/seir-leazazel-the-first-scapegoat/
https://yeshivatmaharat.org/teshuva-a-return-to-nothingness/ Yael Turitz Kaplan

What does it mean to truly return? As Yom Kippur approaches, explore three Maharat thought pieces on teshuva: finding ou...
09/15/2026

What does it mean to truly return? As Yom Kippur approaches, explore three Maharat thought pieces on teshuva: finding our center amid uncertainty, repairing harm and returning to one another, and holding justice alongside compassion.

Read Here:
https://yeshivatmaharat.org/interpersonal-teshuva/
https://yeshivatmaharat.org/finding-justice-in-jonah/ .shayne
https://yeshivatmaharat.org/learning-to-sit-on-teshuva-and-yishuv-hadaat/

and more: https://yeshivatmaharat.org/category/holidays/yom-kippur/

For the parents and caregivers entering a new year with full hands and tired hearts. Rabbi Yali Szulanski's "A Companion...
09/14/2026

For the parents and caregivers entering a new year with full hands and tired hearts. Rabbi Yali Szulanski's "A Companion for the Days of Awe" offers reflections, prayers, and gentle questions for meeting this season exactly as you are.
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/companiondaysofawe26
Rabbi Yali

Shana Tova from the Maharat Team!
09/11/2026

Shana Tova from the Maharat Team!

As we enter the Yamim Noraim, may Torah offer us a space to pause, reflect, and open our hearts. Maharat’s Yamim Noraim ...
09/09/2026

As we enter the Yamim Noraim, may Torah offer us a space to pause, reflect, and open our hearts. Maharat’s Yamim Noraim Reader 5787 brings together meaningful teachings from Maharat students, offering diverse voices and insights on teshuva, prayer, and the words of the machzor.
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/MaharatYNreader
.zanalhadeff Yael Turitz Kaplan Sara Hurwitz .shayne

Today is our first day of our Core Semikha and Beit Midrash programs! We were honored to have Rav Avi Weiss join us, and...
09/08/2026

Today is our first day of our Core Semikha and Beit Midrash programs! We were honored to have Rav Avi Weiss join us, and he imparted this wisdom: "Yeshivat Maharat is not about graduating rabbis who are followers. It is about graduating rabbis who are leaders." Looking forward to a great year!
.shayne .zanalhadeff Rabbi Avi Weiss .franks

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