Elijah's cup

Today in the Unicorn class, we continue prepping for our classroom Passover Seder, by creating and disscusing the purpose of Elijah's cup.  The children had the chance to sit down and decorate the cup by modge podging it with different colors and pieces of tissue paper.  During this time that the children were sitting at the art table, we were able to discuss the story and importance of Elijah's cup in a more in depth manor.  During our morning meeting in the beginning of the week, when we were planning the project with the children, we were able to give an overview of the story of Elijah's cup.  Many students shared that their families leave their front doors open for the prophet and that we can leave our classroom door open during our seder too.  One of the points that we talked about was that Elijah's cup represents the promise of freedom. It symbolizes a time which has not yet come, but for which we look towards and pray. The cup of Elijah is a cup from which we do not drink until the world is whole and at peace.