Tears of Sorrow, Seed of Hope (2nd Edition): A Jewish Spiritual Companion for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss - Softcover

Cardin, Rabbi Nina Beth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580232337 ISBN 13: 9781580232333

Publisher: Jewish Lights, 2007

Synopsis

A spiritual companion for those grieving infertility, pregnancy loss, or stillbirth, bringing solace from Jewish tradition. "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."―from the Introduction Enables those frustrated and pained in their attempts at parenthood to mourn the loss of a pregnancy or infertility through the prayers, rituals, and meditations of the Jewish tradition. This new edition―updated and expanded―includes guided questions and pages on which to add personal reflections of your own emotions and experiences along the path toward parenting.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Many people who endure the emotional suffering of infertility, pregnancy loss, or stillbirth bear this sorrow alone. Pregnancies that end too early are hidden; failed attempts at conception are barely mentioned. Many women and men long to find solace in religious ritual and tradition to ease the emptiness felt from a loss that is without a face, a name, or a grave.

At last, there is a source that acknowledges and encourages expressions of their grief, and offers comfort in the moments of their pain.

Providing companionship and strength for healing from others who also have grieved, this spiritual companion enables you to mourn within the words and ways of Judaism. Drawing deeply on the wellspring of comfort found in traditional Jewish texts and prayer, it offers readings and rituals created especially for parents struggling with the uncertainty and sorrow of pregnancy loss and infertility--providing a source of compassion, healing, and hope.

This new edition invites you to add your stories, memories, and insights to a growing body of ritual and tradition, with guided questions and blank pages on which to tend to your grief through writing and reflecting, leading to the first light of healing.

About the Author

Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin is widely recognized as an inspiring and innovative leader in reclaiming and fashioning spiritual resources from Jewish tradition, and in making those resources relevant to our lives. She was the founding associate director of the National Center for Jewish Healing and currently serves as an educational consultant to several local and national organizations. She translated and edited Out of the Depths I Call to You: A Book of Prayers for the Married Jewish Woman, an eighteenth-century book of prayers about Mikveh (ritual bath), pregnancy and childbirth; and is the author of Tears of Sorrow, Seeds of Hope, 2nd Edition: A Jewish Spiritual Companion for Infertility and Pregnancy Loss; The Tapestry of Jewish Time: A Spiritual Guide to Holidays and Lifecycle Events; and Mourning a Miscarriage, a LifeLights™ pastoral care pamphlet (Jewish Lights). Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin is available to speak on the following topics:

• Environmentalism and Sustainability
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• Bible's Model for a Just Economy: Blending Private Interests and Public Good
• Art of Dwelling: How We Make Our Homes and How Our Homes Make Us
• Art of Modern Ritual

About this edition

• Publisher: Jewish Lights
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1580232337
• ISBN 13: 9781580232333
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208