PBA: Interesting. I have long joked that I am an Orthodox feminist. What is an Orthodox feminist? Quite simply, it’s someone who thinks that women should be allowed to do what Halachah allows them to do. When someone tells a woman it’s Assur to make a M’zuman of 3 women, they are denying a black-on-white Mishnah and S’if in the Shulchan Aruch. So I don’t have any problem whatsoever with a girl learning-so long as she actually wants to learn (like the Prisha) and is not force-fed her learning. I think it’s quite obvious. Mandatory girls Gemara classes are a straight-up violation of Chazal. Optional ones should be okay.
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