This marks the end of our Seder. We've recounted our history, remembered when we were strangers, and reflected on what it means to care for the stranger. We've filled our bellies while digesting the bitter realtity of those who will go hungry tonight. But importantly, we've done none of this alone. Look around the table at our friends and family. We sit here together with a mutual committment to look deeper into the ways that we can lead like Miriam, or be brave like the Egyptian midwives who spared Moses. We can reflect upon the ways that we can elevate and empower our loved ones like Aaron, and how we can nurture and care for the vulnerable in our lives like Batya--the Phaoroh's daughter. We should meditate on what it means to have faith--far from blind, unquestioning faith-- but faith all the same in what we cannot understand, like Moses. We came together tonight to recount a story of our freedom in which each person has the opportunity to embody goodness and impact others through their individual actions. And as we leave tonight, may we be moved to consider those choices and gently hold one another accountable as we move through the world.

Next year, in Jereusalem. Next year, may we be free.


haggadah Section: Nirtzah