Lifecycles

Endings and Beginnings: A Modern Psalm | Reading

By Debbie Perlman, z"l

Wishes for hope, optimism, and new possibilities

Blessing the Graduate | Prayer

From Kolot

Modern blessings for a daughter or son

Blessing for Adult Milestones | Prayer

By Rabbi Elliot Rose Kukla

Such as children leaving home, birthdays, graduation, retirement, moving

Talmud Berachot 17a | Reading

Lawrence Kushner, Translator

"May your eyes sparkle with the light of Torah and your ears hear the music of its words" — a prayer for our children based on a talmudic passage

World of Your Dreams | Song

Lyrics and music by Debbie Friedman, based on Talmud Berachot 17a

"May you live to see your world fulfilled"

Shehecheyanu | Prayer

Traditional prayer recited upon reaching a joyous occasion