<Please note I am not coming out here against women learning torah at all<br>b'zman hazeh , of course. It is now considered a thoroughly necessary sha'as<br>hadchak, in most people's opinion. I am merely responding to the poster's
<br>questions. >><br><br>RYBS and RAL consider women learning Torah bzman hazeh as a lechatchilah<br>not as a bideved.<br>MATAN in various cities in Israel does a wonderful job of teaching Torah to<br>women at ALL levels and have the haskaka of various rabbanim who also
<br>teach there on a lechatchila basis.<br><br>I still remember when my wife was in college (eons ago) she took a class<br>on hilchot nidah from Tova Lichtenstein/Soloveitchik that included a<br>detailed discussion of shitot of rishonim with no hint that this was a
<br>shaas hadchag<br><br>Chag Sameach<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Eli Turkel