Nechama Leibowitz
Women of Importance

Nechama Leibowitz – Like Sarah Schenirer, Nechama Leibowitz was the teacher of generations of women, but unlike Rebbetzin Schenirer, she had no institution of her own. Her legacy is entirely in her teachings and writing. Rabbi Wein delves into a few samples, showing the pattern she highlighted: that the Torah’s ways are those of pleasantness.

• her early life in Latvia
• touring the Land of Israel as a young lecturer
• “Avraham Avinu made me a Zionist”
• feminist or not?