Lifecycles

Blessing After the Meal | Prayer

By Rabbi Shefa Gold

An interpretive blessing based on Talmud Berachot 40b

A Chad Gadya for Our Time | Song

Lyrics and recording by Juliet Spitzer

English translation, combined with the traditional Aramaic of this seder song, of a modern-Israeli version addressing the cycle of oppression in our time

Chassal Siddur Pesach | Prayer

Translated by Rabbi Shai Gluskin

Melody from the Hungarian family of Elisabeth Reiner, z"l, at the beginning of the 20th century

Everything Possible | Song

Lyrics and music by Fred Small

A beautiful song, a lullaby, about fully accepting our children and offering them complete freedom to become themselves.

Hamotzi(ah) | Prayer

Traditional blessing over challah using masculine and feminine God-language

The Journey Song | Song

Lyrics by Debbie Friedman and Tamara Ruth Cohen; music by Debbie Friedman

This song, written by Debbie Friedman and Tamara Cohen, for the Ma'yan Seder, describes the spiritual journey of the seder and of our lives.

Kiddush | Prayer

Traditional blessing over wine for Friday night using masculine and feminine God-language

Lechi Lach | Song

Lyrics by Debbie Friedman & Savina Teubal (based on Genesis 12:1-2)

"Lechi lach to a place that I will show you/Lech lecha to a land you do not know…" —song by Debbie Friedman based on God's words to Abraham to seek his destiny.

Lullaby/The Angels' Blessing | Song

By Debbie Friedman

A beautiful lullaby based on the traditional bedtime prayer which features the angels surrounding the sleeping child

Miriam Ha-N'viah | Song

Lyrics by Rabbi Leila Gal Berner

Song for Miriam that can be sung as a counterpoint to Elijah's song

Miriam's Song | Song

Music and Lyrics by Deborah Lynn Friedman

This song, celebrating Miriam's song at the sea, is great for the seder. Give everyone a tamborine! Music and lyrics by Debbie Friedman, based on Exodus 15: 20-21

Mi Shebeirach | Song

Lyrics by Debbie Friedman and Drorah Setel

A moving song that has become the hallmark the Jewish healing movement

Nighttime Prayer: A child's evening prayer | Song

Music and English lyrics by Juliet I. Spitzer from a translation by Judy and John Spitzer

A traditional Hungarian-Jewish prayer translated and set to music

On Children | Song

Lyrics by Khalil Gibran, Music by Ysaye M. Barnwell

Lyrics adapted from the poem "On Children" by Kahlil Gibran author of The Prophet

On Your Way | Song

Music and Lyrics by Juliet Spitzer

To a grown child leaving on travels

Song of Praise: Holy Mother, Shechinah Soul | Song

Music and lyrics by Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael

A modern composition addressing the Shechinah, the Divine feminine

Tivu: A Song of Welcome | Song

Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael

A lively song that welcomes each ancestral guest to the sukkah by name

Unmasking Esther: A Woman's Celebration | Complete Ceremony

A copy of the point-counterpoint reading Ma'yan used in its first Purim celebration. The text includes selections from the Megillah, commentary by Susan Schnur, five songs by Liz Swados, an appeal for women living under the Taliban, and the unrolling of a scroll with stories of how women celebrate Purim in 127 countries.

"A Woman of Valor" for Today | Song

Music and lyrics by Juliet I. Spitzer

A reinterpretation of the traditional, set to music

The Woman's Prayer (La Orasion de la Mujer) | Prayer

Melody by Flory Jagoda, recorded by Susan Gaeta

Traditional Sephardic blessing before lighting candles

World of Your Dreams (Andy’s Bar Mitzvah Song) | Song

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

"May you live to see your world fulfilled"—song by Debbie Friedman based on Talmud Berachot 17a