🌀 The third cup of wine is filled.

Together we take up our third cup of wine recalling the third promise of redemption.

וְגָאַלְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בִּזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה.

V’ga’alti etchem biz’roa n’tuyah.

I will redeem you with an outstretched arm.¹

🌀 hosts:

Together we thank our guests for joining our Seder — our journey towards liberation is only possible with open hearts and minds in learning, with song — revisiting old questions and finding new possibilities.

🌀 guests:

Together we thank our hosts for including us in their observance—we hope that their openness is mirrored by our own willingness to accept the tasks of furthering our freedom.

We thank generations of our forebears who have brought us to this day.

We thank the brave peoples of the world who have struggled and sacrificed to make it a better place in which to live. As we extend our outstretched arms to one another, we know we will  bring redemption closer.

We dedicate this cup of wine to our ancestors who, from generation to generation, escaped from slavery, struggled against oppression and tyranny, maintained a vision of hope, and provided us a legacy of liberty and freedom.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵנוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן.

Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha’olam, borei p’ri hagafen.

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all space and time who creates the fruit of the vine

🌀 All drink the third cup of wine. Fill the fourth cup of wine.

O Freedom

O Freedom!

O Freedom!

O Freedom over me!

And before I’d be a slave

I’d be buried in my grave

And I’ll fight for my right to be free!

No more killing….

No more hunger….

No more homeless….

Footnotes

¹ Exodus 6:6