Tues. Jan 12 2021 – 8PM IST 1PMET Nishmat Yoetzet Halacha Rachel Weber Leshaw is a young mom who has recently personally explored and experienced the halachic questions of breastfeeding and pumping on Shabbat. Rachel will talk Torah, science and practical experience with Nishmat Yoetzet Halacha Dr. Deena Zimmerman. Not only is Deena a Yoetzet… Read More
“There is a table in Gan Eden with three seats. Your grandfather, the Gaon Rav Yosef Eliyahu Henkin, ztz”l, and your only talmid (student) to master your entire Torah, our beloved son, Rav Eitam Shimon, hy”d, sit there learning together. Now you have joined them.” – Rabbanit Chana Henkin at the funeral of her beloved… Read More
It takes maturity to realize that physical pleasures do not always leave us feeling good Read More
International Diabetes Day is recognized yearly on November 14. In Israel, there are over 430,000 people diagnosed with diabetes and according to medical estimates, there are tens of thousands of people who remain undiagnosed. Living with diabetes (a metabolic disorder characterized by high blood sugar levels), requires a significant change in lifestyle, including dietary changes… Read More
The Jerusalem Post HEALTHY LIVING / Women’s Health Nov. 2020 Nishmat, the Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women opened its doors in Sept. 1990. A group of English speakers in Israel approached Rabbanit Chana Henkin to open a school which would open the highest reaches of Torah learning to women—and give members of… Read More
Nishmat Yoetzet Halacha Nechama Price, Director of Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Study for Women (GPATS), begins her revealing new book, Tribal Blueprints: Twelve Brothers and the Destiny of Israel, with Rachel and Leah, two of the four mothers of Jacob’s sons, joined later by Bilha and Zilpa, Jacob’s “secondary wives.” She brings… Read More
TIMES OF ISRAEL THE BLOGS Lisa Septimus Are our black neighbors comfortable? Do we stop ourselves from making racist jokes and refuse to tolerate them at all? Examining our own conduct is our first step forward I bought my house 12 years ago from a very nice family. They had many friends and seemed clean… Read More
Written by Yoetzet Halacha Atara Eis, Director of Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center and U.S. Yoatzot Halacha Fellows Program Imagine you’re on business or vacation in an exotic location, and you’re scheduled to immerse in the mikveh. You have one problem – no access to a kosher man-made mikveh for immersion. Perhaps you call me, a… Read More
Our English-Language Kallah Teacher Course, taught by Yoatzot Halacha Hadassa Klein and Yoatzot Halacha Dr. Deena Zimmerman, launched last night in Modi’in. Participants include women from Givat Shmuel, Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Chashmona’im, and more…! B’hatzlacha! Read More
The Jerusalem Post / JPost.com’s “Halachic Handbook for the coronavirus pandemic” shares some of the guidelines we’ve recently posted for mikveh use during the pandemic. See Nishmat Guidelines >>
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