I’m referring to the elite seminaries in Israel, where the brightest of the bright frum girls go. They’re not shteiging over takfu cohen, but a lot of the machshava quotes heavily from Torah shebaal peh, including Gemara and zohar. Gemara is the line that most of them don’t cross over, but it’s almost semantics considering how far they’re going with Torah Shebaal Peh. The dividing line given in shulchan aruch (pre-Chofetz Chaim) is Torah shebiksav vs. torah shebaal peh. The chofetz chaim allowed torah shebiksav, dinim and mussar. The line, however, gets blurred with these seminaries. There is more to torah shebaal peh than just gemara. If I recall correctly, those who are makpid on learning torah shebiksav at night are allowed to learn Ramban and Rashi because they’re torah shebaal peh. Furthermore, my wife learned Maharal in seminary. I’ll check up the Igros tonight, along with the original likutei halachos if I can hunt it down. Again, I’m not advocating teaching gemara to girls, although if they want to learn it on their own, then halacha clearly allows it.
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