Let us all refill our cups.

Glass is lifted for all to see.

This is the cup of hope.

The seder tradition involves pouring a cup for the Hebrew prophet Elijah. For millennia, Jews opened the door for him, inviting him join their seders, hoping that he would bring with him a messiah to save the world.

Yet the tasks of saving the world - once ascribed to prophets, messiahs and gods - must be taken up by us mere mortals, by common people with shared goals. Working together for progressive change,we can bring about the improvement of the world, tiqqun ha-olam - for justice and for peace, we can and we must.

Let us now symbolically open the door of our seder to invite in all people of good will and all those in needto work together with us for a better world. Let us raise our fourth cup as we dedicate ourselves to tikkun olam, the improvement of the world.

Barukh atah Adonai, Eloheinu melekh ha'olam, borei pri ha'gafen.


haggadah Section: Hallel