A time to be born: customs and folklore of Jewish birth
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'A Time to Be Born' is unlike any other book on childbirth in its Jewish Perspective. Michele Klein uses many rich sources, including prayers, folktales, remedies, as well as biblical, rabbinical, and Mystical literature, to explore childbirth's role within Jewish tradition. This book reveals the values, ideas, and behaviors that characterize childbirth among Jews. By bringing a child into the world, new life is celebrated, and for Jews, this birth rests on the central pillars of Jewish life: the sanctity of God, Torah, and of the community. What are the traditional attitudes toward contraception and Abortion? What does our heritage teach us about pregnancy and the means to ensure the safe birth of a baby? What role did midwives play? And what rituals were enacted as part of the celebration of a newborn? All these questions are answered as Jewish beliefs and customes are examined.
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