20/10/2026
How does one choose a name for a WhatsApp group?
For our new program - a remote Kollel Iyun Gemara for women - we named the WhatsApp group ״הרחיבי מקום אהלך״ (“Harchivi mekom oholech”, Yeshayahu 54:2)
This Pasuk was in the Haftara this past Shabbat, and we find its idea deeply moving.
‘Harchivi mekom oholech’ means expanding your reach. In our program, that vision truly comes to life. Women who are Talmidot Chachamim, with a serious, deep background in Torah learning, are gathering from Kiryat Shmona to the hills of the Shomron for Gemara Iyun at the highest level. They learn on Zoom, studying Masechet Bava Batra alongside Rav Nechemia Ra’anan, Rabbanit Naomi Adler, and Rabbanit Tzvia Bahat. The goal is to cultivate the next generation of female educators and teachers - those who will take this Torah and scholarship and pass it forward to their local communities.
Seeing the walls of the Beit Midrash expand like this - there is truly nothing more moving. 📖✨
Special thanks to the Arev Fund for their generous support of the program.