num_pages: 406
description: A National Jewish Book Award WinnerPsychologist and folklorist Michele Klein draws upon many rich sources—prayers, folktales, folk remedies, as well as biblical, rabbinical, and mystical literature—to explore childbirth from a specifically Jewish context.
language: English
title: A Time to Be Born: Customs and Folklore of Jewish Birth
titlecomplete: A Time to Be Born: Customs and Folklore of Jewish Birth
ratings_count: 9
publisher: JEWISH PUBLICATON SOCIETY