We will drink the first of four cups of
wine
And give up control
To the wine, to the story, to God.
We are in Mitzrayim, the narrow place,
And God says to us:
And God says to us:
I Shall Take You Out,
I Shall Rescue You,
I Shall Redeem You,
I Shall Take You to Me.
Sanctify the day with the First Cup.
I Shall
Take You Out, sez God,
From the burdens of Egypt.
That's nice. But what about
The
burdens of now?
War, sex
slavery, exploitation, inequality,
Not much
changes.
We better get out from under,
Resist
the oppressor
And make
our own places free.
So drink from the Cup of Sanctification.
The fruit of our hopes and prayers.
The fruit of our hopes and prayers.
Tell the Story of a People's Creation with the Second Cup.
I Shall
Rescue You, sez God,
From someone else's definition
Of you
are, of what you can be.
Inspired
by God, we free ourselves.
Moses or
Abraham Lincoln or Betty Friedan
Freedom
is not something we can be given
Freedom
is something we must create.
So drink from the Cup of Deliverance
The
fruit of our arduous journey.
Thank the chain of work that created the Seder
meal with the Third Cup.
I Shall
Redeem You, sez God
With an
outstretched arm
Scattering
the seeds
To the
earth to the vineyard to the farmworker to the winemaker to the bottle to the grocer,
All for
this glass of wine.
Redemption
is hard work,
Forgivenss
requires self awareness,
Teshuvah ain't for babies.
So drink
from the Cup of Redemption
The
fruit of our many labors.
Praise God's Awesome Glory with the Fourth Cup.
I Shall
Take You to Me, sez God
For a
people
And be
your God
In eternal covenant.
In eternal covenant.
Gosh, can I
get a job description first?
Commitment to obligation
Requires
freedom to choose
And
freedom to disobey.
So drink
from the Cup of Restoration
The
fruit of our Holy Connection
God says to us:
I Shall Take You Out.
I Shall Rescue You.
I Shall Redeem You.
I Shall Take You to Me.
Drink.
Drink.
Amen
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