Armisael

Angel of the womb invoked to aid pregnancies and childbirth. The Talmud gives a prescription for difficult pregnancies that instructs the recitation of Psalm 20 nine times in the presence of the pregnant woman. The psalm is repeated another nine times if there is no relief. If there is still no relief, Armisael is invoked in this prayer: “I conjure you, Armisael, angel who gov- erns the womb, that you help this woman and the child in her body to life and peace. Amen, Amen, Amen.”