The Second Virtual Global Health and Halacha Conference was held in May 2022 in partnership with Mizrachi Canada and included sessions in both English and French. The first “Noshemet” Online Conference took place at the same time in Hebrew. Over 4500 registered worldwide. 

Nishmat and OU Press with Maggid Press publish the English translation of Nishmat Ha-Bayit. Authored by a team of seven Yoatzot Halacha scholars, the book was edited by Rabbi Yehuda Henkin z”l and Rabbanit Chana Henkin. Nishmat Ha-Bayit is an authoritative source of the psak of Rav Henkin z”l as well as that of Rav […]

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Thirty-six Yoatzot Halacha complete a course, offered in partnership with Sharsheret, preparing them to specialize in halachic and hashkafic aspects of breast & ovarian cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Yoetzet Halacha Fertility Counselors present ten webinars in Hebrew on different topics related to the fertility journey, including fertility preservation, ovulation before the mikveh, IVF, surrogacy, and prayer. Over 300 people register for these webinars.

Research Institute Fellow Yoetzet Halacha Sarit-Chein Kroitoro prepares a booklet for halachic authorities on the intersection of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and taharat hamishpacha.

The first virtual global Health and Halacha conference held in partnership with Mizrachi Canada. Close to 4000 participants from all over the world choose from over 40 sessions on a wide variety of topics connected to  family, health, and halacha.

 With the outbreak of COVID, Nishmat Yoatzot Halacha websites publish guidelines and FAQs addressing questions of mikveh safety, taharat hamishpacha, and women’s health during the pandemic.

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Together with Keren Gefen, Nishmat trains and certifies a cadre of the most experienced and scholarly Yoatzot Halacha as Fertility Counselors. They provide a religiously expert supportive female address to help couples navigate the challenging process of fertility treatment.

Nishmat publishes Sefer Nishmat HaBayit, a volume of responsa on the topics of pregnancy, birth and family planning. Written by members of the Women’s Halachic Research Institute, edited by Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbanit Chana Henkin, and sponsored in memory of  Marcos Katz, the book gives voice to the experience and scholarship of Yoatzot Halacha.

Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center partners with the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus to offer an online kallah teacher training program. Yoetzet Halacha Shoshana Samuels leads the 16-part webinar series for 15 OU-JLIC educators.

The US Yoatzot Halacha fellowship opens its first class offering distance learning. Women from communities across the US and Canada now have the opporunity to become Yoatzot Halacha.

“… the introduction of Yoatzot Halacha trained and certified by Nishmat, has resulted in a substantial increase in the number of hilchot nidda and related sheelot posed by women, who are asking far more sheelot than ever before, and receiving responses from a cadre of dedicated, knowledgeable and committed women.”

Yoatzot Halacha Nathalie Loewenberg begins answering questions on Nishmat’s new French website, French telephone hotline, and within the community. She gives classes and lectures in Israel – and in France, where she travels several times a year.

Knesset member Shuli Mualem presents a certificate of appreciation to Dr. Deena Zimmerman and Tirza Kelman, recognizing the directors of www.yoatzot.org for their invaluable work advancing women’s health.

Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter of Yeshiva University, addresses the graduates: “Today is a Yuntif! Thanks to the dogged determination and ferocious tenacity of Rabbanit Chana Henkin, we have merited in our time to see the emergence of women as formidable Torah Scholars.”

Nishmat receives a government contract to train mikveh attendants throughout Israel. Yoetzet Halacha Rotem Glasser designs and leads the course. Topics include first aid, communications skills, women’s health, OCD, fear of water, sexuality, domestic violence, and spirituality.

Rabbi Yona Reiss, Av Beit Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council, says, “These remarkable women are poised to play a pivotal role in promoting taharat hamishpacha, facilitating happy and healthy marriages, and enabling the birth of more beautiful Jewish children in the world…”

Lauren Levin becomes the first Yoetzet Halacha in England. She is appointed community educator and head of the women’s division at Finchley Synagogue in London, widely known as Kinloss.

Nishmat’s Women’s Halachic Research institute selects five outstanding Yoatzot Halacha as research fellows. Led by Michal Roness and Noa Lau, they engage in in-depth analysis of contemporary medical-halachic questions.

Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center establishes a Yoatzot Halacha Fellows Program in the US. Faculty include Rabbi Kenneth Auman (Dean), Rabbi Gedalyah Berger (Senior Lecturer), and Yoetzet Halacha Atara Eis (Director). Over 50 mainstream Orthodox rabbis sign on to the honorary rabbinic committee in support of Yoatzot Halacha.

An online Taharat Hamishpajá course in Spanish is dedicated in honor of Nancy Harris Friedberg by her children. Yoetzet Halacha Goldie Katz Samson answers questions in Spanish.

Nishmat launches yoatzot.org in Hebrew, dedicated in memory of Louise Khakshouri. Yoetzet Halacha Tirza Kelman directs the site and Rav Yaacov Warhaftig provides halachic supervision.

Nishmat creates an online review course for women and couples, dedicated in memory of Blima Rivka Adel bat Daniel.

Dr. Felix Glaubach establishes Nishmat’s Miriam Glaubach Center to honor his cherished wife, Dr. Miriam Glaubach. The Center’s mission is to enhance women’s observance of the laws of taharat hamishpacha and bring the expertise and compassion of Nishmat’s Yoatzot Halacha to Jewish communities across North America.

Nishmat creates an online curriculum for brides, dedicated by Nancy Harris Friedberg in memory of her grandmother, Fannie Harris. In 2008, an expanded online review course for women and couples is dedicated in memory of Blima Rivka Adel bat Daniel.