Over the course of the seder, we drink four cups of wine. Each cup symbolizes one of the four promises Hashem made to B’ney Yisra’el at the beginning of their journey out of slavery. (Exodus 6:6-7

     1. I will take you out of oppression in Mitzrayim.  
     2. I will free you from slavery.
     3. I will redeem you.
     4. I will make you a people.

Tonight, we make these same promises of abolition, liberation, transformation, and community to each other and to everyone who is enslaved in prisons or oppressed by police today.
 


haggadah Section: Kadesh