stop wasting tax payer money, which is already scarce, on subjects that are worthless for today's age. If parents want their kids to study religious subjects, they should send their kids to synagogue, afternoon schools and summer camps.

Jewish women study Torah on par with men since the day of Moissei. As far as study go Jewish faith makes no division on genders. This is insanity. The press is trying to kidnap entire history of our nation in front of us.

There have always been some female Talmudic scholars. Tradition says the Rashi commentary on Tractate Nedarim was written by Rashi's daughters. The traditional or Brisker style of 'learning' developed for boys and may need some adjustment for girls. Traditionally girls have studied Tanach [Hebrew Bible] with Commentaries and areas of halacha that apply to girls, .i.e girls did not learn about Tefillin or how to lain from a Sefer Torah, but they did study laws of Shabbos and Kashrus.

The statements relied on to bar women from Talmud study are aggadic in nature and reflect the opinions of various rabbis common to their time and place. Sharira Gaon and his son Hai Gaon wrote that we do not reference aggada when making halahkic rulings because such statements are 'speculative' and 'not certain.' There is no tradition from the prophets that women should not study written OR oral Torah, and no actual teqana from the Sanhedrin. If a girl wants to learn Talmud, let her do so. There is no one alive today with the stature to command her otherwise.