clergy
education, Advocacy & Resources for Support
Clergy are on the front lines of Jewish life. How you speak about family building and the care you provide to people facing family building obstacles sets the tone in Jewish community life. You are a doorway for people to come through when they need help and a microphone for advocacy and sensitivity.
Supporting for your Community
Pastoral Care Resources for Infertility & Loss
- Infertility: When the Rabbi Is Pregnant
- Prayer When a Loss is Coming
- Mi-Sh’berakh for an Infertility Experience
- Blessing to Conclude Counseling
- To Send While They are Waiting
- A Blessing for Welcoming a Newborn
- Handout for Premarital Counseling
- When Pregnancy Ends in Loss
Many additional resources for clients are available in the Client Resource Section.
For Your Community
- Guest Speaker/Scholar In Residence – Jewish texts and tradition have a lot to say about family building, infertility, and the issues they raise. Rabbi Solomon is available for Divrei Torah, text studies, guest speaking or panel discussion on everything from infertility, spiritual care, family building options, reproductive issues, women in text, contemporary feminist issues and more.
- Have an idea for a program for your community? Please contact Idit@hasidah.org to arrange a time for a learning program for your community.
Consultations
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Education and Advocacy
Spiritual Care for Infertility
Spiritual Care Training – Strengthen your sensitivity and pastoral care tools!
Clergy play a critical role representing Jewish tradition and providing spiritual care to community members who find themselves facing these issues. This seminar demystifies the experience of infertility, explores the emotional and spiritual issues surrounding it, and provides tools for rabbis to support those experiencing infertility and other family building challenges.
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Holiday Resources
Passover Resources
Fifth Child at the Seder
Choroset Meditation
Sharing the Story -
Infertility in the Seder
High Holiday Resources
Too many to fit on this page! Please check out the High Holidays page full of ideas and resources for you and your community.
Building Awareness
E-brochures, handouts, signage in appropriate places help build awareness and let people know 1) Infertility is real an 2) there is support for people facing challenges having children. Additionally, parents, friends and other can benefit from learning about resources in the Jewish community. Contact Idit@hasidah.org and get brochures, postcards, bulletin signs mailed to you or similar information for newsletters, websites and social media.
