Hayyei Sarah
The author brings to life the Genesis tale of Sarah, Abraham, and Hagar by locating Sarah and Abraham’s infertility as the central factor motivating the characters’ behavior
Barren (Uri)
Contemporary Israeli prayer expressing desire for a child
Kaddish for the End of Biological Fertility
A moving prayer in which the author, working off the traditional kaddish, mourns her inability to birth a child
A Longing for Children
This essay on grieving the inability to bear children relates the author’s dialogue with her deceased grandmother about whether she has the permission to mourn
Prayer before an Examination
This prayer aims to bring a spiritual presence to the potentially sterile and technological experience of a doctor’s visit
Prayer for Those Having Difficulty Conceiving
Prayer for those having difficulty conceiving
Prayers for Artificial Insemination
Biblical verses used to form three prayers before, during, and after artificial insemination
Round
A contemporary poem on the desire to conceive
A Tashlikh Ritual for Accepting Infertility
The couple uses the metaphor of tashlich (casting bread upon the water) as renewal to transform their suffering
Tekhine for a Woman Experiencing Infertility
A prayer, fashioned after traditional tekhinot, women’s prayers, for a child
