Supporting Women’s Wellness and Halacha
Many women do not menstruate for a number of months postpartum, especially if they are breastfeeding. This has implications for the laws of vesatot.
Many women do not menstruate for a number of months postpartum, especially if they are breastfeeding. This has implications for the laws of vesatot.
Most women experience physical and emotional premenstrual symptoms, as well as some degree of period pain.
Heavy bleeding, irregular bleeding, or intermenstrual spotting can be due to various medical causes, and can present special challenges in the area of niddah.
A healthy diet is an essential element of prenatal care. Halacha acknowledges a pregnant woman’s special nutritional needs and concerns.
Yoatzot Halacha Fertility Counselors offer personal consultations to women and couples who seek halachic guidance along their fertility journey.
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The research arm of Nishmat’s Yoatzot Halacha builds upon the learned experience of Yoatzot in the field and the rulings of Nishmat’s Rabbanim. The Institute publishes source-based halachic discussions, with both updated medical information and sensitivity to women’s concerns, in accordance with the standards of the Yoatzot Halacha.
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