Tears of Sorrow, Seeds of Hope: A Jewish Spiritual Companion for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss
"This book begins where the others leave off. While the doctors do what they must do, when it is time for us to wait, or hope, or cry, or sleep, or pray, it is time for this book. The passages found within are drawn from the rich pool of spiritual responses that Judaism possesses. They reach out to us and embolden us to join our voices to the ancient prayers designed to get us through the night."\ Enables those frustrated and pained in their attempts at parenthood to mourn the loss of a...
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"This book begins where the others leave off. While the doctors do what they must do, when it is time for us to wait, or hope, or cry, or sleep, or pray, it is time for this book. The passages found within are drawn from the rich pool of spiritual responses that Judaism possesses. They reach out to us and embolden us to join our voices to the ancient prayers designed to get us through the night."Enables those frustrated and pained in their attempts at parenthood to mourn the loss of a pregnancy or infertility through the prayers, rituals, and meditations of the Jewish tradition. This new edition-updated and expanded-includes guided questions and pages on which to add personal reflections of your own emotions and experiences along the path toward parenting.
Preface to the Second Edition 9Acknowledgments 11Introduction 13Using this book 22A word to friends and family who are buying this book for loved ones 24In the Beginning 25Love poems 25Prayers of hope 28Mikveh prayers: a cool, private place 32Give Me a Child: Prayers for Conception 37Poems of fear, poems of hope 40Prayers and rituals for a Friday night 45Prayers for a childless man 51Segulot: fertility folkways 53Prayers for the Holidays 59Prayers for Rosh Hashanah 60Prayers to be said between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur 63Prayers and rituals for Sukkot 65Song for Hanukkah 69Prayer for Tu B'shevat 69Ritual for Passover 70Shavuot 71Prayer for Rosh Chodesh 72Mourning Loss 7The stain 76Mourning miscarriage 78Therapeutic loss 108For those unable to conceive 112Helping God Help Us:Prayers for Medical Intervention 115Prayers to be said before an examination 116Prayers to be said before a procedure 119Prayers of love 120A red stone 121Remembering Our Love: Prayers for Husband and Wife 125Pregnancy 129Upon becoming pregnant 130Prayers to be said throughout the pregnancy 132Prayer to be said upon entering the seventh month 138Prayer to be said upon entering the ninth month 139Prayers for a woman in labor 141Prayer of thanks for a healthy delivery 144Stillbirth and Death 147Funeral for a stillborn 149Remembering 152Lament of a grandparent 153Friends 154Waters of healing 156Finding Peace 157Words of comfort for a woman who cannot conceive 159Prayer of renewal for husband and wife 160On accepting infertility 161Ritual for adoption 166Epilogue-Eve and Deborah: Of Mothers, Mamas, Mothering 171Laws and Practices Surrounding Stillbirth and Neonatal Loss Rabbi Stephanie Dickstein 174Notes 182Journal Pages 189
