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A personal account describing the author’s experience of losing a baby before rituals were developed to encourage mourning
A mourning ceremony for twins who died before birth
Prayer to be recited when pregnancy must be ended therapeutically
A prayer combining contemporary words and Hebrew selections from the High Holy Day Amidah (standing silent prayer)
A prayer to be said in synagogue for a couple who has experienced a miscarriage
Selections and adaptations from a larger ceremony
How one woman infused the tashlikh ritual with a dimension for coping with her loss
Havdalah ceremony after a miscarriage or abortion
A fanciful account, based on the Zohar, a mystical text, describing a baby’s life in the womb, during which time, a candle burns over the baby’s head enabling her to see from one end of the universe to the other and the angels teach her all of Torah.
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