We now end our Seder meal once again with the proclamation “Next Year in Jerusalem!” And so we ask: what will we do to ensure that Jerusalem lives up to its name as a city of peace? How will we respond as the Jewish state increasingly implements policies that claim this holy city in the name of one people only? Do we dare to dream of a city divided or a city truly united for all its inhabitants? …and if we do believe that Jerusalem must be, once and for all, a true City of Peace, what are we willing to do to make it so?

CLOSING: As we close tonight, go around your table and say goodnight and one thing that you are taking away with you from this evening’s seder.

לְשָׁנָה הַבָּאָה בִּירוּשָׁלָֽיִם

L’shana haba-ah biy’rushalayim

TOGETHER: Next Year in Jerusalem! Next Year in al-Quds! Next year in a City of Peace!


haggadah Section: Nirtzah