It is customary for pregnant women and women seeking to become pregnant to offer prayers to Rachel, Judaism’s mater dolorosa. Specifically, women visit Rachel’s tomb in Bethlehem, wrap a red cord around the tomb, then cut it into smaller pieces which they tie around their own wrists. This ritual for a pregnant woman is based on this custom.
A ritual to be performed in a women’s group focusing on the new mother
A ceremony for a woman about to give birth, based on the Navajo custom of the blessingway
The couple uses the metaphor of tashlich (casting bread upon the water) as renewal to transform their suffering
Preparing for the procedure on the night before
A seder intended for the eve of the Intermediate Sabbath of Passover when Jews traditionally chant or recite the Song of Songs.
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