The Exodus as a metaphor - and the extensive history of Passover observance - speak volumes to me about Jewish experience of living in the world, about a history of anti-Semitism, and Jewish response to it. I can connect to Passover tradition as a creative response to the challenges of persecution since late antiquity.

This Elijah’s Cup pattern is part of my Knitted Seder project. With the continued conflict in Israel-Palestine, it seems appropriate to initiate this tikkunknitting project with Elijah’s Cup, the material expression of hope for an age of peace.
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