Haviva Ner-David

Haviva Ner-David

Haviva Ner-David is an Orthodox Jew living in Israel. She made international headlines in 2006 by becoming the first Orthodox woman to receive traditional Orthodox Rabbinical ordination (Hebrew: Semicha) [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&cid=1145961278294&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull] .

She received her ordination from Rabbi Aryeh Strikovsky, an Orthodox Rabbi living in Jerusalem, Israel. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&cid=1145961278294&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull]

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* [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&cid=1145961278294&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull For the sake of righteous women]


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