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Judaism's rituals to honor new mothers are ever-rooted, ever-changing – from medieval embroidery and prayer to new traditions today

  • Written by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University
Judaism's rituals to honor new mothers are ever-rooted, ever-changing – from medieval embroidery and prayer to new traditions todayJewish mothers have created ways to celebrate childbirth with rituals old and new.Pal Pillai/AFP via Getty Images

Reading the Torah, there is no doubt about motherhood’s important role in Jewish literature and life.

The Hebrew Bible is replete with stories of women who feel incomplete without children, although Orthodox interpretation holds...

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