Rosh Hashanah 5769/2008 - Jewish Infertility

Seasonal ThoughtsHis Will – Our DesireBy: Y. RoitenbergBefore my bas mitzva, I wanted to know whichposuk corresponds to my name. The appropriateposuk is inserted at the end of Shemoneh Esrei,and can either contain the person’s name, orbegin and end with the identical first and last letters of the name.Only the latter was an option for me as I have a very uncommonand original name. My mother, may she be well and healthy, hasalways been – and still is – praying and saying many kapitlach(chapters) of Tehillim daily. Just a couple of days after asking her,she pointed to my posuk, and with glowing eyes, translated its forme לך כלבבך וכל עצתך ימלא ‏:יתן , “May He grant you your heart’s desiresand fulfill your every plan and wish.”I am named for my mother’s mother who passed away at arelatively young age, after battling for years with a very debilitatingillness. As my mother translated the words, her joy was so obvious.She was delighted that I, her daughter who carries her mother’sname, was assured in this posuk of Hashem’s bountiful blessings. Iimmediately began to include this posuk in Shemoneh Esrei.Some years later when I was at the end of senior-school, the firstArtscroll Siddur was published that includes a list of verses for everyname. There, I found that the suggested posuk for names beginningwith yud and ending with an aleph is בטח בה'‏ עזרם ומגנם הוא ‏.ישראל Bythat time I was already very attached to my personal posuk, andso I continued to say that. A short while later I was accepted intothe seminary of my choice. Years passed quickly, I finished sem andthen went on to teach. I was soon engaged and then married to aben Torah and living my dream life in Eretz Yisroel. I was living the‏.יתן לך כלבבך וכל עצתך ימלא posuk: fulfillment of myShaarei Tikvah Issue 57/ Rosh Hashana 200819rosh hashana_magazine2.indd 1921/09/2008 7:00:23 PM