Woman is the first teacher of the Nation
Midreshet Mehetavel
יָּד, וַיֵּרַע הַדָּבָר מְאֹד בְּעֵינֵי אַבְרָהָם עַל אוֹדֹת בְּנוֹ. וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל אַבְרָהָם אַל יֵרַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ וְגוֹ', כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תֹּאמַר אֵלֶיךָ שָׂרָה שְׁמַע בְּקֹלָהּ. מִכָּאן אַתָּה לָמֵד, שֶׁהָיָה אַבְרָהָם טָפֵל לְשָׂרָה בִּנְבִיאוּת.
Midrash Tanchuma, Shemot 1, Sivan 1:3
Midreshet Mehetavel
The Women’s Department of the Chief Rabbinate of Africa
Rt Chauah Hadassah
HADARA
Rt 'Houlda Eliana
KAPEMA
Midreshet Mehetavel is the women’s department of the Chief Rabbinate of Africa, managed by Rt Chauah Hadassa and Rt Hulda Eliana, dedicated to the study, transmission, and revelation of the Torah Alef in its uniquely feminine expression.
It was established in response to a sacred calling: to train women to the highest level of Torah knowledge, fully aware of their essential role in Tikkun Olam — the rectification of the world — and in the process of the Geulah, the collective Redemption.
For woman is the hidden pillar of creation — the guardian of the inner light of the home, and the mirror of the Divine Presence (Shekhinah) in the world.
Where the masculine builds external structures, the feminine gives life, meaning, and direction.
Thus, restoring the rightful place of the Bantu-Israelite woman is nothing less than restoring the spiritual order of creation — the very Tikkun of humanity’s foundations.
Midreshet Mehetavel strives to reaffirm the greatness of the Bantu-Israelite woman, in her original and unique essence: wise, intuitive, nurturing, educator, guardian of Tradition, and bearer of the light of Yosef.
Neither an imitator of foreign models nor confined to silence, she reemerges here as a vessel of the Geulah — endowed with knowledge, discernment, and holiness.
Our curriculum, designed by women and the learned Masters of the Chief Rabbinate of Africa, encompasses the entire Pardes of Torah study:
— Halakhah (normative and ethical law),
— Aggadah (living narrative and oral transmission),
— Kabbalah (inner wisdom),
— and Kavanot & Yichudim (contemplative practice).
Each student is taught to become a builder of consciousness, a true Ezer Kenegdo — a partner with the Divine in the work of completion.
The women of Midreshet Mehetavel are called to become teachers, mentors, community leaders, and mothers of the Bantu-Israelite nation, uniting knowledge, piety, and moral responsibility.
Through them, the world rediscovers the beauty of an African feminine wisdom rooted in the original Torah — the Torah of the lands of Cham ben Noah, transmitted by the Sages of the East (Mizrah), and now re‑illuminated for the benefit of all nations.