Nishmat - The Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women
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"The Hotline is a wonderful innovation that will enhance the well-being of women and strengthen the Jewish home. I believe in its importance.It brings great benefit to Am Yisrael."

Gila Katzav, Israel's First Lady

Call Nishmat's Golda Koschitzky
Women's Halachic Hotline:


In Israel: 02-640-4343
Outside Israel: +972-2-640-4343
Toll free from the United States and Canada:
1-877-YOETZET (1-877-963-8938)

The toll free call is a public service contributed by IDT Corporation, a multinational provider of telecom, Internet, and video services.

Yoatzot Halacha are accessible to women worldwide via Nishmat's Golda Koschitzky Women's Halachic Hotline. Yoatzot staff the hotline daily, including Fridays, and Saturdays after Shabbat. Yoatzot handle questions on nearly every conceivable topic, ranging from fertility problems and medical procedures to sex education for teens. The hotline functions under the supervision of Nishmat Halachic Authorities Rabbi Yaakov Varhaftig and Rabbi Yehuda Henkin.

First Yoatzot Halacha Dr. Deena Cohen Zimmerman and Tovah Ganzel, with (l. to r.) Israel Minister Rabbi Michael Melchior and Yeshiva University President Dr. Norman Lamm

And Visit Our Websites:

Yoatzot provide information and answer questions on all the following websites.

http://www.yoatzot.org The Women's Health and Halacha Website, a community service of Nishmat, provides halachic and medical information about taharat hamishpachah and women's health. The site is available in both English and Hebrew.

http://www.jewishwomenshealth.org Jewish Women's Health provides information on hilchot niddah for medical professionals.

http://www.yoatzot.org/kallahcompanion Kallah Companion is an online curriculum for kallot and kallah teachers, designed to supplement traditional kallah classes.

http://www.yoatzot.org/marriagecompanion Marriage Companion is an online review course for married couples on taharat hamishpachah and women's health.

The rabbinic advisor to the websites is Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin. The medical advisor is Deena Zimmerman, MD, MPH, IBCLC, one of the first graduates of Nishmat's Keren Ariel Institute to be certified as a Yoetzet Halacha.


Rabbi Zvi Lifshitz, Rabbi Yaakov Varhaftig, and Nishmat Dean Rabbanit Chana Henkin certifying Yoetzet Shani Taragin


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Contact: NISHMAT 26a Berel Locker Street, Pat Neighborhood,Jerusalem 93282 ISRAEL
Email: Phone: +972-2-6404333 Fax: +972-2-6404353
Women's Halachic Hotline: +972-2-640-4343 Toll free from the United States and Canada: 1-877-963-8938