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Excerpt from “Prayer to Be Said When She Nurses
for the First Time”
Commissioned by Dr. Giuseppe Cohen, translated by Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin in Out of the Depths I Call to You: A Book of Prayers for the Married Jewish Woman

“May it be Your will, Lord my God and God of my forebears, that you provide nourishment for Your humble creation, this tiny child, plenty of milk, as much as he needs.

Give me the disposition and inclination to find the time to nurse him patiently until he is satisfied.

Cause me to sleep lightly so that the moment he cries I will hear and respond. …*

May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to You, my Rock and my Redeemer.”

Reprinted with permission from the translator Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin and the publisher Jason Aronson/Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (This material is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Please contact the publisher for permission to copy, distribute or reprint.)

* For more from this prayer, see this post.

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