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Fertility, Pregnancy & Adoption

The longing for children shaped the lives of our matriarchs, and it continues to bring joy and sorrow to the lives of many people today. Medical advances have helped with infertility. However, those undergoing treatment often suffer during the process and crave a spiritual element to counterbalance the arduous clinical procedures. Miscarriages bring their own kind of loss and sorrow. On the other hand, the experience of pregnancy, the drama of giving birth, and the miracle of adoption are occasions for joy and wonder.We offer prayers for those who want to conceive, prayers for childbirth, rituals for parents preparing to adopt, mourning ceremonies for miscarriages and much more.

Photo by Rabbi Roni Handler

A Ritual for Deciding to Have Children

Affirmation of wedding blessings when a couple decides to have children. [more]

Found In: Starting a Family

Tags: conception

A Kavanah for Conception

A prayer to be recited by a couple upon deciding to have children [more]

Found In: Starting a Family

Tags: conception, tzedakah

Ritual for Conception

The author suggests adding an unlit candle to the Shabbat candlelabrum each week until the baby is born. [more]

Found In: Friday Evening, Starting a Family

Tags: candle lighting, conception

A Prayer for a Child: to be recited before entering the mikveh

Describes the practice of going to a mikveh (ritual bath) as it relates to the desire for conception [more]

Found In: Starting a Family

Tags: conception, mikveh

A Prayer for Insemination

A prayer to be read by the partner of a woman being inseminated with donor sperm in the doctor’s office [more]

Found In: Starting a Family

Tags: conception, LGBTIQ

Ceremony Before a Vasectomy

Preparing for the procedure on the night before [more]

Found In: Preventing Pregnancy

Tags: vasectomy