The Rabbinate kept stalling. Meanwhile, next generation of female Torah scholars emerged

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Seven years after five Israeli rabbaniot filed a petition with the High Court of Justice, the Chief Rabbinate is finally allowing women to register for the rabbinical certification exams. This opens the doors of halakhic studies to women who want to inspire others to learn

The message last week announcing the opening of registration for the rabbinical certification exams may have looked like another bureaucratic bulletin from a government department. But although it wasn't explicitly mentioned, for the first time, registration was open to both men and women.