Providing guidance in the pathway of Judaism, Torah and its commandments
as it is illuminated with the deeper light and vitality of the teachings
of Chassidic philosophy.
Protecting the holiness of Jewish Women and their families, through
strengthening their commitments to G-d, and life guided by Torah.
Offering a compassionate resource for mentor companionship and
networking for the Jewish Woman and her family.
Preparing the world for a universal commitment to G-d by encouraging
morality, goodness, and kindness, and by disseminating the teachings of
Torah with its inner dimensions.
Sixteen years ago, in the spring of (5750/1990),
the Lubavitcher Rebbe gave his blessing to a newly formed organization
that would carry his mother’s name – Bais Chana of California Women’s
Yeshiva. Since then, on numerous occasions, additional brochas were
received. The Rebbe stressed the importance that the Yeshiva “should be
a continued endeavor and with an increase.”
With the blessings of the Rebbe, Bais Chana has seen tremendous growth.
From a small group of women attending sporadic classes, it has matured
into an organization with a student list of several hundred women, and
an educational program that is continually expanding. The number of
people who have been positively affected by Bais Chana’s work reaches
well into the thousands.
In the year (5766/2005-2006) alone, hundreds of Jewish women from
throughout California – plus visitors from all parts of the globe, as
well as a sprinkling of men attending special “coed” events – benefitted
from Bais Chana programs. As an organization, Bais Chana is today
dedicated to: • Providing Jewish women with quality education in the
areas of religious tradition, spirituality, the importance and strengths
of the Jewish woman, family values, raising children in Yiddishkeit, and
the Jewish home; • Serving as a resource for Jewish women looking for
guidance, networking and companionship; and • Strengthening the
community by promoting the importance of the Jewish home and family.
While Bais Chana focuses mainly on the needs of the vast numbers of
ba’al teshuva women who did not have the benefit of day school or
yeshiva educations because they came to Torah observance when they were
already past school age, it also reaches large numbers of women for whom
its programs are among their very first exposures to Torah observant
Yiddishkeit. For both groups, Bais Chana’s lively farbrengens, the depth
and breadth of the subjects it presents, and the social overtone of its
events, serve as a Kiddush Hashem . . . encouraging those new to
Yiddishkeit to “keep coming back” while re-educating and rejuvenating
those who are already Torah observant.
Bais Chana’s ultimate goal is to expose Jewish women to the wellsprings
of Chassidus and to disseminate the vital teachings of the Lubavitcher
Rebbe in order to prepare the world for the final Redemption. May the
merit of your continued support of Bais Chana’s vital work help speed
its coming, and may we all merit to see the Rebbe and the Geulah
immediately in our day.
