Migdal Oz

The Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women, more commonly known as Migdal Oz , which is the name of the kibbutz in which it is located, is a midrasha, or Orthodox Jewish institution of higher Torah study for women, located in Gush Etzion, Israel...

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The Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women, more commonly known as Migdal Oz , which is the name of the kibbutz in which it is located, is a midrasha, or Orthodox Jewish institution of higher Torah study for women, located in Gush Etzion, Israel...

A refers to an institute of Jewish studies for women. In Israel, it is often an Orthodox institution that caters solely to women, and roughly the equivalent of a yeshiva for men. The term is often translated as 'seminary'. In the United States, the term has also been used to refer to...

Orthodox Judaism is a formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim.Orthodox...

Torah study is the study by Jewish people of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature and similar works, all of which are Judaism's religious texts...

Gush Etzion refers to a group of Jewish villages established from the 1920s south of Jerusalem on the northern part of Mount Hebron in the southern West Bank, and destroyed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War: Kfar Etzion, Massu'ot, Ein Tzurim and Revadim...

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...

The term sister school originally referred to a definite financial commerce between two colleges or universities. More recently, the definition has been widened to include any schools that have a strong historical connection, two single-sex schools which have social activities involving students...

Yeshivat Har Etzion , commonly known as "Gush," is an elite Hesder Yeshiva located in Alon Shvut, a settlement in Gush Etzion near Jerusalem, Israel....

Beth Midrash is a study hall...

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, and Rabbi Yehuda Amital

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 are considered sources of rabbinic guidance for Migdal Oz, and often make decisions on the school's religious policies.

History

Migdal Oz was established in 1997 by Yeshivat Har Etzion. At the time, the Beit Midrash was located in a trailer, which now serves as the kibbutz's sewing room. The impressive edifice overlooking the Gush Etzion region which now houses the Beit Midrash, classrooms, and a dining hall was completed in 2003. The program was originally intended for Israeli girls who had just graduated from high school and had not yet done Sherut Leumi

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(National service

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) or service in the Israel Defense Forces

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. Since then, it has expanded to include girls who have already completed service, as well as girls from outside of Israel. Many girls continue studying at Migdal Oz for two or three years, often participating at the same time in the Teacher's Training Program in conjunction with Herzog College

Herzog College

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See also

• Yeshivat Har Etzion
  Yeshivat Har Etzion
  Yeshivat Har Etzion , commonly known as "Gush," is an elite Hesder Yeshiva located in Alon Shvut, a settlement in Gush Etzion near Jerusalem, Israel....
  
  
• Torah study
  Torah study
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• Religious Zionism
  Religious Zionism
  Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al...
  
  
• The Lonely Man of Faith
  The Lonely Man of Faith
  The Lonely Man of Faith is a philosophical essay written by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik.In The Lonely Man of Faith Soloveitchik reads the first two chapters of Genesis as a contrast in the nature of the human being and identifies two human types: Adam I, or "majestic man", who employs his creative...
  
  

External links

• The Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women
• Yeshivat Har Etzion