Poppa bar Abba and Dr Charlie. There are exceptions to every rule. (a hard concept for some) There was Devorah, a public purveyor of Torah, the legendary cases of women with rosh yeshiva qualifications lecturing the wise from behind a curtain, and the common fairy tales of the quick witted, sharp tongued Rabbi’s daughter. The issue remains, it is akin to, or worse than tzaar baal chai, to deny a person with intellectual gifts opportunity to use them, be they male or female. My best suggestion, if she is rejected by small thinking guys or she is turned off by them, there are highly educated, serious bnei Torah on the frummer end of the MO rainbow.
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