The Haftara for the first day of Rosh HaShana (Shmuel I:1:1-2:10) tells the story of Chana and how she yearned for a child. In Shmuel I:1:9-11 we read:

Chana stood up after eating in Shilo and after drinking; Eli the Kohen was sitting on the chair, near the doorpost of the Lord’s Sanctuary. Wretched and bitter, she prayed to the Lord, weeping all the while. She then made a vow and said, “Lord of Hosts, if You look down with sympathy on the misery of Your handmaid and recognize me; if You do not forget Your handmaid and grant Your handmaid a son, I will give him to the Lord all the........

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