Nishmat (yeshiva)

Nishmat: The Jewish Center for the Advanced Study of Women is a Modern Orthodox Jewish institution of higher Torah learning for women, or midrasha.nishmat.net It was one of the first places in the world to teach Jewish women Talmud and in-depth Halakha intensely and systematically. Along with Midreshet Lindenbaum it is one of the foremost institutions for expanding the formal religious role of women in the Modern Orthodox world. It is located in the Pat neighborhood in Jerusalem. 
In addition to general programs in advanced Jewish studies, Nishmat has a program to train Yoatzot, advisers in Halakha (Jewish religious law) concerning matters particular to women, such as laws of Niddah (family purity) and health issues.
Nishmat offers text-based learning programs to women of different ages and background. The English-speaking programs offer beginners, intermediate and advanced level shiurim (classes). Nishmat prides itself on chevruta-based (pairs) learning, as well as guided intellectual and spiritual growth.
==References==
==External links==
*Barbara Sofer. "The Human Spirit: Can Women Decide Halacha?" The Jerusalem Post, May 11, 2006
*Rochelle Furstenburg, "The Fourishing of Jewish Higher Education for Women." Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Jerusalem Letter, May 1, 2000
*"Beyond Mikveh", The Jewish Week, May 16, 2006
Category:Modern Orthodox Judaism
Category:Orthodox Jewish schools for women
Category:Jewish seminaries