Lifecycles

A Ritual for Deciding to Have Children | Ritual Component

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

A Kavanah for Conception | Prayer

By Gershon Ellison

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

Ritual for Conception | Ritual Component

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

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

By Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin

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

A Bracha for Insemination | Prayer

Rabbi Melissa Klein

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