Rav Nosson kaminetzky quoted a Mahari”l who said that the issur against teaching women Torah was an “eis laasos”, a temporary measure. He also quoted his father who said that now that girls learn secular studies, they NEED to learn Torah to counteract the poison of secular studies. To be clear, there is no indication that this changes even the more severe level, torah shebaal peh. But I would love to know what fig leaf the seminaries are using, if “yiras shomayim” is the heter to broaden the allowance, or if it’s simple competition.
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