Personal consultations for women and couples seeking halachic guidance along their fertility journey
Consultations are free of charge thanks to generous support from our supporters. A recommended donation of 150 shekel per consultation would help us continue providing services to all, although any amount is welcome. Donate here.
To set up a meeting with a Yoetzet Halacha Fertility Counselor, please fill out the online form or message us on Whatsapp +972-2-640-4330.
In conjunction with the Keren Gefen Fertility Organization, Yoatzot Halacha Fertility Counselors have completed an advanced course of study in the halachic, medical and psychological aspects of fertility. Halachic services are under the supervision of the Nishmat Rabbanim, with whom the yoatzot consult for rabbinic ruling if necessary.
We address halachic issues related to a variety of topics, including:
Fertility Diagnosis, Sperm Analysis, Ovulation Tracking, Ovulation before Immersion, Artificial Insemination, Fertility Preservation, IUI, IVF, Egg Retrieval & Transfer, Pre-implantation Genetic Testing, Pregnancy Loss, Surrogacy, Donor Sperm, and more…
Director
Founder & Director of Keren Gefen and the Hadassah Rimon Mind-Body Fertility Center
Clinical director at Keren Gefen and The Training Center for Mind-Body skills
Senior staff specialist at Shaare Zedek Hospital’s IVF unit and at fertility clinics in Israel
“You were always available and wanted to help with infinite sensitivity, which we needed. Hope you know how significant these moments were for us.”
The Yoetzet Halacha was ready to pick me up and listen while also giving me the information I needed. I would definitely come first to a fertility counselor from Nishmat in the future.
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My Yoetzet Halacha Fertility Counselor explained to me the different solutions that lay before me in this journey and at this important stage of my life I did not feel alone. “
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Yoatzot: Supporting Women’s Wellness & Halacha
I noticed that my cycle was now much shorter and I might be ovulating before I got to the mikveh. The Yoetzet Halacha Fertility Counselor explained how I could get to the mikveh as soon as possible.
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When we got married, we knew we were going to have to do PGD because we were both carriers of the Cystic Fibrosis gene. I met with a Yoetzet Halacha Fertility Counselor who explained the medical procedures as well as the halachic ramifications.
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Every question we had was addressed, and anything halacha-related was carefully answered or referred to the next level. I felt that I had someone holding my hand through a long and otherwise stressful process.
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