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FOR FERTILITY

וּניֵהֹלֱא ָיְי ךיֶנָפְלִּמ ןוֹצָר יִהְי ,וּנֵתוּמִּאְו וּניֵתוֹבֲא יֵהֹלאֵו הֶזַּה ןַמְזַּה יַלָע אֵהְיֶּשׁ .ןוֹצָרְו ,דֶסֶח ,הָנוּמֱא ,תוּניִתְמ לֶשׁ ןַמְז

,םִיַמָשׁ תוֹרְצוֹא חַתְּפִי יַח לֵא״

,םִיָמ וּלְזִּי וֹחוּר בֵשַּׁי ״.הָדֵע ךֵרָבְתּ ןוֹצָר יֵמְשִׁגְבּ

הָמָדֲאָה תֶא הֶוַּרְמ םֶשֶׁגַּהֶשׁ םֵשְׁכּ ,יִרְפּ הָנֶּמִּמ ַחיִמְצַמוּ יִנֲא םַגּ הֶכַּזֲא ךָכּ הָמָדֲא אָמִּאְכּ תוֹיְהִל .ןֶטֶבּ יִרְפִבּ ךֵרָבְּתִהְלוּ הֶנָבִּי דֶסֶח םָלוֹע יִתְּרַמאָ יִכּ״ ״.םֶהָבּ ךְתָנוּמֱא ןִכָתּ ,םִיַמָשׁ ,ךֶעְרַז ןיִכאָ ,םָלוֹע‑דַע״ May it be Your will, Adonai, our God And the God of our ancestors, That this time be a time of patience, trust, kindness, and favor.

“May the living God open the treasures of heaven. May Adonai’s spirit bring rain. May the community be blessed With favorable rain.”20 Just as the rain saturates the earth, And brings forth fruit, May I be like mother earth, Blessed with fruit of the womb. “I declare, ’Your enduring loving‑ kindness sustains the world; In the heavens, You establish Your faithfulness.’”21 “You said, ’I will establish your offspring forever,

20 From aselection of traditional Sephardi prayers and poetry, called Tikkun HaGeshem, said after Sukkot (Musaf of Shemini Atzeret) upon adding prayers for rain into the prayer service. 21 Psalms 89:3.

״.הָלֶס ךֲאְסִכּ רוֹדָו‑רֹדְל יִתיִנָבוּ אֵרָקִּהְל וּניֵמָיְבּ הָרֵהְמִבּ יִנֲא םַגּ הֶכְּזֶאְו .אָמִּא

.הָלִּפְתּ ַעֵמוֹשׁ ָיְי הָתּאַ ךוּרָבּ From generation to generation, I will confirm your place. Selah!”22 May I also merit, Soon, in the forthcoming days, To be called “mother.” Blessed are You, Adonai, who hears prayers.

— Yael Shafir Garibi, Zichron Yaakov,

Israel

22 Psalms 89:5.