MyAV·¶ Institute for Womenâs Health works with the Chief Rabbi
10 March 2017
MyAV·¶ Institute for Womenâs Health works with the Chief Rabbi to deliver education in Womenâs Health as part of a new qualification.
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has been working with the Chief Rabbi's office to provide education for a new qualification for women.
Experts from MyAV·¶ EGA Institute for Womenâs Health and University College Hospital will provide education on Womenâs Health as part of an initiative from the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.Ìę The new post of âmaâayanâ will give women a formal qualification to serve in Orthodox synagogues as adult educators and advisors on Jewish Law in the area of family purity.
Maâayan is a new term meaning âspringâ or âfountainâ.ÌęÌę Rabbi Mirvis would like these women to âenlighten the eyes of those around themâ.Ìę The 18 month, part-time course is the first of its kind in the UK.
Rabbi Mirvis said âThere are large numbers of women in our communities who, for a variety of reasons, feel more comfortable asking a woman for advice and guidance on personal matters and related aspects of Jewish Law.Ìę We have a responsibility to provide for them and this programme will help us a great deal in that regard.âÌę Rabbi Mirvis hopes to see a maâayan in every Jewish community.Ìę
Dayan Shmuel Simons of the London Beth Din will lead sessions on Jewish Law, while experts from MyAV·¶ EGA Institute for Womenâs Health and University College Hospital will deliver talks on womenâs health including contraception, miscarriage, abortion, and infertility.
The programme starts on Tuesday 1st November and will continue through to November 2017.Ìę The talks will take place at the Central Synagogue, Great Portland Street and the Finchley Synagogue.
Image:ÌęChief Rabbi (image credit BBC).