Rabbanut supports testing women who study halacha

Back in April a group of women who study halacha petitioned the Supreme Court to force the Rabbanut to allow them to take the Rabbanut tests for semicha that are offered to men, even if just to be able to confirm their level of knowledge of the material, separate from the certification for public positions..

Legal Counsel for the Rabbanut has now written his opinion that the position of the Rabbanut is following generations of tradition that does not certify women to the Rabbinate, and the recognition of knowledge on its own is not within its purview, ...