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  • In the previous chapter I described tzar giddul banim, the pain of raising children.

    The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010

  • Judaism teaches us that the agonizing transition of adolescence is all part of what is called tzar giddul banim, the necessary pain of raising children.

    The Blessing of a B Minus Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2010

  • Those who came sincerely converted, and therefore it is said, “she would suckle children [banim],” that they would be built [shenitbanu] in Israel.

    Sarah: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009

  • The passage continues with a consideration of the remaining five biblical barren wives; in each instance biblical prooftexts demonstrate both her initial infertile status as an akarah and her ultimate triumph as a mother of children (banim).

    Infertile Wife in Rabbinic Judaism. 2009

  • “He sets the childless woman (akarah) among her household/As a happy mother of children (banim)” (Psalm 113: 9).

    Infertile Wife in Rabbinic Judaism. 2009

  • Ba'u banim ‘ad mashber in Isaiah 37:3 is interpreted by Israelis as ‘children arrived at a crisis' rather than as ‘children arrived at the mouth of the womb, to be born'.

    languagehat.com: HEBREW OR ISRAELI? 2005

  • “Sons” and “daughters” in the original language are quite similar words banim and banot, respectively.

    Solomon’s Song of Love DR. CRAIG GLICKMAN 2004

  • There is a Hebrew phrase, tzar gidul banim, that refers to the ubiquitous pain of raising children.

    THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001

  • It is all part of tzar gidul banim, the pain of raising children.

    THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001

  • There is a Hebrew phrase, tzar gidul banim, that refers to the ubiquitous pain of raising children.

    THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001

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