A Time to Be Born: Customs and Folklore of Jewish Birth

A Time to be Born, unlike other books about childbirth, draws upon Biblical and rabbinical sources, prayers, folk-tales, folk remedies, mystical literature, as well as the author's own field work, to explore childbirth from a specifically Jewish context.

A Time to be Born demonstrates where Judaism has proved open to adaptation and change, highlights the Jewish social conscience, and discusses recent efforts to infuse Jewish relevance into all aspects of childbirth, from Jewish communities around the world.