WOMEN AND THE TORAH

Torah 36 in "Likutei Moharan" begins with the words, "Now, the principle is that every Jewish soul is rooted in the seventy souls of the House of Yaakov. And the seventy souls of the House of Yaakov are rooted tin the seventy faces of the Torah."

But we know that among those seventy souls of the House of Yaakov, there were three women: Dinah bas Yaakov, Serach bas Osher, and Yocheved. I think this teaches us that there definitely are women who are rooted in the Torah and have their portion in the Torah. Of course, they are few in quantity - only 3 women for every 67 men, but they do exist. So every woman who feels a personal connection to the Torah and is driven to share this connection with others can hope and believe that she is one of those three.