Water

In washing our hands, we also think of those who don't have access to the basic human right of abundant, clean water.

We keep in mind people deprived of water by the weather in Somalia, in India, in Puerto Rico.

Those deprived of water by human action in places like Flint, Michigan and Beijing, China.

As well as those whose homes have been ravaged by wind and water in Colombia, in California, and elsewhere.

We are concerned for the indigenous peoples around the world, whose water has been polluted primarily by the actions of others.

We are reminded of the homeless here in Massachusetts, whose access to clean, potable water is never assured.

We wash our hands in this water tonight, and accept our responsibilities to those threatened by the presence and absence of water.

We pray that those with the human power to change things do not wash their hands of what the world needs them to correct.

We consider our own part in tikkun olam, healing the world, and what that might mean for water today.


haggadah Section: Urchatz