Third Cup
A Blessing for Survival
We've made it this far, the seder is almost done! As pesach reminds us. Jewish history is full of stories of persecution and liberation. It is a heritage of survival, resiliance, and resistance. But trauma cannot be healed quickly, even by finding meaning in stories of survival. After we were liberated from Egypt, we had to wander the desert for 40 years before reaching the promised land, so that a generation would pass and new foundations would be laid by people no londer carrying this trauma. In our modern, capitalist society, there is neither time nor the space to wander in the wilderness. The history that is unfolding around us today is one in which the traumas of the twentieth century, far from healed, are carried forward and inflicted on other vulnerable peoples.
We raise this third cup in solidarity with all peoples still sufferint under persecution and oppression, and commit to stand with them in their struggles. We celebrate our own survival, and we also pray for the time and space to heal from our collective traumas.
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