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A brief prayer before undergoing in vitro fertilization
Personal blessing that God will hear our prayers to allow us to perform mitzvot
Affirmation of wedding blessings when a couple decides to have children
A prayer to be recited by a couple upon deciding to have children
The author suggests adding an unlit candle to the Shabbat candlelabrum each week until the baby is born
Describes the practice of going to a mikveh (ritual bath) as it relates to the desire for conception
A prayer to be read by the partner of a woman being inseminated with donor sperm in the doctor’s office
Preparing for the procedure on the night before
To be read at a Simchat Bat or Bris by the mother who has just given birth
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