Requested Quote: Cynthia L. Hallen: Among orthodox Jews, a husband is not allowed to watch his wife going through the labor of childbirth. He sits in the corner of the deliver room with his back turned so that she will not feel embarrassed or immodest in herunavoidable hour of agony. He does not abandon her, although she may feel very much alone. The woman recites or sings psalms as she endures contractions. When the pain becomes too great for her to continue singing, the husband takes over, reciting psalms for her. Although Zion cannot see the Lord in the time of her probation, when she weeps, he weeps with her; when she sings, he rejoices with her. Redeeming the Desolate Woman, Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, 1:46)
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