Stories of Light Then my wife woke me and it was evening, and she said to me: "Why don't you celebrate the Seder like all other Jews?" Said: "What do you want with me? I am an ignorant man, and my father was an ignorant man, and I don't know what to do and what not to do. But one thing I know: Our fathers and mothers were in captivity in the land of the Gypsies and we have a God, and God led them out, and into freedom. And see: now we are again in captivity and I know, and I tell you that God will lead us to freedom too." And then I saw before me a table, and the cloth gleamed like the sun, and on it were platters with matsah and eggs and other dishes and bottles of red wine. I ate of the matsah and eggs and drank the wine, and gave my wife to eat and to drink. And then I was overcome with joy, and lifted my cup to God and said: "See, God, I drink this cup to You! And do You lean down to us and make us free!" - Hassidic story retold by Martin Buber ***

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