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Batya Hefter

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Batya Hefter is the founder and Rosh Beit Midrash of The Women’s Beit Midrash of Efrat and Gush Etzion. She holds a Master’s degree in Rabbinic Thought from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. After being the Executive Director of the Women’s Beit Midrash for 21 years, she is now the director of the Transformative Torah Project, whose focus is to transmit the teachings and spiritual path of the hasidic masters for the seeking modern Jew.

Shavuot: The Wakeup Call

Batya Hefter explores a Hasidic understanding of “Sinai consciousness” and proposes a way to re-experience it on Shavuot.

Peshat and Beyond: The Emergence of A Reluctant Leader

Batya Hefter explores Moses' development as a leader

Peshat and Beyond: How the Hasidic Masters Read the Torah

Batya Hefter uses the case of Isaac to illuminate how hasidic masters read the Bible.