2/14/26 – Shiur 548 – Semicha for Women?

Halacha Headlines · Feb 13, 2026 · 1h 37m

Can a woman receive semicha and give halachic guidance?

Does the historical precedent against it prohibit change? Does is violate our Mesorah?

Is the Israeli Supreme Court’s push for women’s Rabbanut Semicha a religious goal or part of a broader feminist push?

Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges and Halachic Q & A on the Job

with Rabbi Yonah Reiss – Av Beis Din of the CRC – 11:17

with Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer, Esq. – kashrus professional and Chairman of the Rabbinic Circle at Coalition for Jewish Values – 39:53…