Tears of Sorrow, Seeds of Hope

"This book begins where the others leave off. While the doctors do what they must do, when it is time for us to wait, or hope, or cry, or sleep, or pray, it is time for this book. The passages found within are drawn from the rich pool of spiritual responses that Judaism possesses. They reach out to us and embolden us to join our voices to the ancient prayers designed to get us through the night."

Preface to the Second Edition	p. 9
Acknowledgments	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
Using this book	p. 22
A word to friends and family who are buying this book for loved ones	p. 24
In the Beginning	p. 25
Love poems	p. 25
Prayers of hope	p. 28
Mikveh prayers: a cool, private place	p. 32
Give Me a Child: Prayers for Conception	p. 37
Poems of fear, poems of hope	p. 40
Prayers and rituals for a Friday night	p. 45
Prayers for a childless man	p. 51
Segulot: fertility folkways	p. 53
Prayers for the Holidays	p. 59
Prayers for Rosh Hashanah	p. 60
Prayers to be said between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur	p. 63
Prayers and rituals for Sukkot	p. 65
Song for Hanukkah	p. 69
Prayer for Tu B'shevat	p. 69
Ritual for Passover	p. 70
Shavuot	p. 71
Prayer for Rosh Chodesh	p. 72
Mourning Loss	p. 7
The stain	p. 76
Mourning miscarriage	p. 78
Therapeutic loss	p. 108
For those unable to conceive	p. 112
Helping God Help Us: Prayers for Medical Intervention	p. 115
Prayers to be said before an examination	p. 116
Prayers to be said before a procedure	p. 119
Prayers of love	p. 120
A red stone	p. 121
Remembering Our Love: Prayers for Husband and Wife	p. 125
Pregnancy	p. 129
Upon becoming pregnant	p. 130
Prayers to be said throughout the pregnancy	p. 132
Prayer to be said upon entering the seventh month	p. 138
Prayer to be said upon entering the ninth month	p. 139
Prayers for a woman in labor	p. 141
Prayer of thanks for a healthy delivery	p. 144
Stillbirth and Death	p. 147
Funeral for a stillborn	p. 149
Remembering	p. 152
Lament of a grandparent	p. 153
Friends	p. 154
Waters of healing	p. 156
Finding Peace	p. 157
Words of comfort for a woman who cannot conceive	p. 159
Prayer of renewal for husband and wife	p. 160
On accepting infertility	p. 161
Ritual for adoption	p. 166
Epilogue-Eve and Deborah: Of Mothers, Mamas, Mothering	p. 171
Laws and Practices Surrounding Stillbirth and Neonatal Loss	p. 174
Notes	p. 182
Journal Pages	p. 189
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