A Toast of Thankfulness to Us

To where we’ve each come from, To where we’re going and how we’re changing, To being where we are and who we are

To what we can share, To what we can’t share… yet

To our joys and our struggles, Which in full times connect us, Which in hard times isolate us

To process, and the times we lose sight of process

To pain, to growth, To painless growth, to painful growth, To our efforts, our faith, our determination

To our fears, tears, laughter, hugs and kisses

To wisdom, to study, alone and in groups

To our books and tools, to toys, To materials, raw and fine

To work, to meetings, to sleep

To our eyes, which fortunately read Haggadahs, And see mountains, faces, flowers, bodies and sunshine

To our ears, hands, noses, mouths, toes, knees, and hearts,

To caress, to touch, to our senses

To the times we fall down and pick ourselves up, And the times friends help us up

To the shoulders we cry on, To the arms that hold us

To the strength in each of us, alone

To our work, our play, our loving, our growth,

And to life itself… l’chaim!

We feast!

(We fill the wine cups for the third time, to be blessed and drunk after redeeming the afikomen)


haggadah Section: Shulchan Oreich