Cover of When the Baby Finally Sleeps and You Reach for HaShem

Some seasons you are scraped hollow, and you do not know how to say your own soul still matters.

Jewish Journal for New Mothers

When the Baby Finally Sleeps and You Reach for HaShem

Written for the one who keeps giving everything and wonders whether their own soul is still being cared for.

A 140-Day Reflective Jewish Journal

  • 140 daily reflections
  • One line of Tehillim with a plain-English gloss beneath it
  • Guided journaling space on every page
  • Five honest minutes a day
  • Paperback & eBook

Instant eBook download · paperback ships worldwide · a quiet place to return to each day

Look inside

Actual pages from the printed journal

Interior page 1Interior page 2Interior page 3

How each day works

The same gentle structure for all 140 days

1Opening Line
2A Line of Tehillim
3Plain-English Gloss
4A Gentle Question
5Room to Write
6Closing Meditation
Why 140 days? A season is not crossed in a week. 140 days gives a quiet daily
practice the time to become part of an ordinary life — one line of Tehillim at a time.

Why this journal is different

Most journals This journal
Tell you how you should feel Sit with you, asking nothing of you
Read once, then set aside A daily place to return to for 140 days
General words of comfort One line of Tehillim, glossed in plain English
Rush you toward an answer Move at the pace your season actually keeps

Who it’s for

This is for

  • Honest about the hard hours. Weeping may linger for the evening here; the book does not rush you toward joy before the morning comes
  • Anyone who wants a daily practice without pressure
  • Those marking a season, and gift-givers

This is not for

  • Anyone wanting a quick, read-once book
  • Readers who don't want to write anything down
  • Those after halachic instruction or study notes

An established series

10journals in the series
140days in each
1,400guided reflections
5–10minutes a day

Part of a growing library of reflective Jewish journals from Higgayon Press.

The story behind it

Why this journal exists

Some mornings you arrive with nothing left to say, and the Tehillim say it for you.

Honest about the hard hours. Weeping may linger for the evening here; the book does not rush you toward joy before the morning comes.

Published by Higgayon Press, creator of the 140-Day Reflective Jewish
Journal series. Our journals are designed to be completed, not merely read — pairing a single line
of Tehillim, a plain-English gloss, and guided reflection into a daily practice.

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Five honest minutes a day. One line of Tehillim at a time.

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