Bring Nishmat’s Beit Midrash into your home! Join in-depth classes in Tanach, Talmud, Halacha, Jewish Thought and Tefilla with our experienced, brilliant teachers. Improve your knowledge and text-learning skills with women of all ages from around the world. The full list of courses is below. Now the only question is, which one(s) will you choose?
Winter Semester starts the week of February 1, 2026. A full class calendar will be shared following registration.
*Tuesday morning classes take place simultaneously at Nishmat’s campus in Jerusalem and over Zoom.
Intermediate Talmud – Masechet Bava Kama
Responsibility and Liability of the Individual in the Public Domain
Course Details
Our study will focus on the first part of the third chapter of Tractate Bava Kama of the Babylonian Talmud, which is found in the order of Nezekin (Damages). The first subject to come up revolves around a situation in which someone creates an obstacle in the public domain by way of his own body or by way of an object he places there or that he owns and that finds its way there. If damage is then caused to a passer-by, under what circumstances does the first person bear financial responsibility. The second subject concerns a collision between two people or domesticated animals in the public domain in which injury is caused to one by the other. Financial liability is dependent – among other factors – on the relationship between the degree of precaution that was taken in light of the degree of precaution judged to be obligatory.
The two-hour Zoom sessions will be divided between chavruta study of the texts on the one hand, and on the other hand, frontal presentation and class discussion. The frontal presentations will deal both with the skills of critical textual analysis and the legal/moral principles that arise from the texts, as well as – when applicable – the philosophical and theological issues suggested therein.
This is in intermediate level class. It is for women who have learned Talmud before to some extent.
18 sessions beginning February 1
₪1440/$410
Hilchot Shabbat
Course Details
Rav Sperling will be teaching Hilchot Shabbat from the Shulchan Aruch and Mishna Brura, with an emphasis on acquiring both textual and halachic process skills. Students will learn practical Hilchot Shabbat through the “halachic language” and concepts in the text, which will help deepen their understanding and appreciation for halacha. The class is designed for both those students who have opened the Mishna Brura in the past, as well as those who want to “learn how to learn”. (Special attention will be given to help every student acquire the ability to read and translate the source texts).
Students are asked to have a Mishna Brura on Hilchot Shabbat (volume three) at hand during class.
Before the chagim, Rav Sperling will be teaching halachot pertaining to the chagim.
15 sessions beginning February 2
₪450/$130
The Life of David Hamelech
Course Details
In this course we will explore Sefer Shmuel, Tehillim, and Divrei Hayamim using midrash and biblical commentary to understand the life of King David.
This course is available both in person and on Zoom.
16 sessions beginning February 3
₪1200/$345
Discounted price for both Tuesday morning classes, Simi Peters and Rav Da’vid Sperling – ₪1600/$460
Hilchot Shabbat
Course Details
Rav Sperling will be teaching Hilchot Shabbat from the Shulchan Aruch and Mishna Brurah, with an emphasis on acquiring both textual and halachic process skills. Students will learn practical Hilchot Shabbat through the “halachic language” and concepts in the text, which will help deepen their understanding and appreciation for halacha. The class is designed for both those students who have opened the Mishna Brurah in the past, as well as those who want to “learn how to learn”. (Special attention will be given to help every student acquire the ability to read and translate the source texts).
Students are asked to have a Mishna Brura on Hilchot Shabbat (volume three) at hand during class.
Before the chagim, Rav Sperling will be teaching halachot pertaining to the chagim.
This course is available both in person and on Zoom.
16 sessions beginning February 3
₪480/$140
Discounted price for both Tuesday morning classes, Simi Peters and Rav Da’vid Sperling – NIS 1600/$460
Birth of a Nation, Body and Soul: Topics in Sefer Shemot
Course Details
This course will explore Sefer Shemot using midrash and biblical commentary. Among the topics we will discuss are: the nature of slavery, the evolution of Moshe Rabbenu, the revelation at Sinai and the sin of the Golden Calf.
16 sessions beginning February 3
₪480/$140
Women and Halacha
Course Details
In a world that equality is such a central value, women’s place in Halachic Judaism raises a lot of questions. What mitzvot are women exempt from and why? Are women encouraged to learn Torah as men are? Should women be reciting a zimmun? Starting from the verses and halachic discussion in the Talmud, we will go through the different sources and rulings to help shape a better understanding of the value of equality in Halachic Judaism.
Though the class is only one hour and there will be no assigned chavruta time, questions and discussion on the sources is encouraged.
16 sessions beginning February 4
₪480/$140
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