The rituals in this booklet are intended to support you and offer you opportunities to connect to the themes of Rosh Hashanah no matter where you are along your fertility journey.  The New Year may offer you an opportunity to immerse yourself in greater self care, and allow you new opportunities to reflect upon and process your fertility journey.  As you look back on this past year, and envision the one ahead, consider how you may want to use these rituals and how they may guide you toward the next step in your journey. 

A fertility journey may feel quite lonely, and you may want to grasp onto this prayer which expresses deep longing in the plural.  You are not alone on this journey, and you are held in the heart of so many others who know this path and who wish for your dreams to be fulfilled.  

רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם מַלֵּא מִשְׁאֲלוֹתֵינוּ לְטוֹבָה בְּרַחֲמִים, וְזַכֵּנוּ לָבֹא לְכָל מַה שֶּׁבִּקַּשְׁנוּ מִלְּפָנֶיךָ, שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לִהְיוֹת בְּשִׂמְחָה תָמִיד
 (ליקוטי תפילות חלק ב’ תפילה מ)  

Ribono Shel Olam, malei m’shalotainu le’tovah b’rachamim, ve’zacheinu la’vo lekol ma she’bikashnu m’lfanecha, she’nizkeh le’hiyot bi’simcha tamid. (lekutei tefillah, section 2, prayer 40) 

Sovereign of the Universe (feel free to substitute this phrase as you see fit), fulfill our requests for good in a merciful way, and may we merit to come to experience everything that we have requested and may we discover a life filled with abundant joy. 
May the rituals in this booklet bring you comfort, inspiration, and a pathway toward beautiful new beginnings.


Booklet Section: Introduction