It is traditional to set a glass of wine on the Passover table for the Prophet Elijah, whose return to earth it is believed will announce the coming of the Messiah - the time of universal peace and freedom. When the door of the house is ritually opened each year in the hope that he will appear, this hymn is sung - here, in Frank's arrangement, in both the original Hebrew and in Yiddish. At our Passover meal, we also open the door of our house to invite in the homeless and the hungry to join us, a reminder that the final redemption is tied to our acts of generosity and justice in this world.
