Michal Tikochinsky

Rabbanit Dr. Michal Tikochinsky is an Israeli scholar who shifted professions from civil law to Jewish text study and education. She studied at Matan Women's Institute and at Bar Ilan University, where she obtained a doctorate with a dissertation analyzing the Minchat Chinukh, a complex Jewish legal text. She has headed a number of advanced women’s learning programs and served in other leadership positions, including as the first woman on the religious board of the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization. Rabbanit Tikochinsky has written extensively on many areas of Bible, Talmud, and Jewish law. A number of her essays on the weekly Torah portion were collected for publication under the title Karati Bekhol Lev.