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Passover’s Most Distinguished Visitor
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
Says the Haggadah, eat the Matzos
And bitter herbs
And four cups of wine for each at the Seder
And also a cup for the most distinguished visitor
At every Seder —
A cup of wine for Elijah,
The most distinguished visitor!
* * *
He comes to every Seder.
To you, Mr. Goldfarb. and you Mr. Finkelstein and Mr. Aaron
And Mr. Slomowitz and Mr. Benjamin.
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Motitreal, Omaha, Si. Paul,
Los Angeles, Atlanta.
He comes to every Seder —
Not using the train, not using the bus.
Elijah has always been a flyer
Swifter than a jet plane.
* * *
The year around he is a roving ambassador.
God's trouble shooter
Helping people in their distress.
A poor man has nothing to eat, a child is sick, a mother
Weeps. Elijah is off in a jiffy to help.
The cry is hardly out before Elijah puts on his
Wings. Roger! And he’s at the scene.
But you don’t know he is there.
He has a hundred disguises.
The Talmud says one clue to his presence is if there is joy
Around the scene. If a dog barks joyously, for instance, it’s
Pretty good evidence Elijah is around with his helping hand.
* # #
So many tales are told about him.
Once he came to a man whose family was destitute.
And said: “Sell me as a slave and you will have money for your
Wife and children.’’
The poor man resisted but Elijah insisted and so the poor man
Sold Elijah as a slave to a Prince.
The Prince discovered that Elijah was an architect and promised
Him his freedom as soon as he helped build a new palace.
Would you believe it that before nightfall on the same day
A gorgeous palace with all the latest improvements rose on the
Prince’s ground and Elijah was immediately freed.
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Once the soldiers of the tyrant Hadrian
Were pursuing Rabbi Meier.
They came upon a man they suspected
But they were thrown off the scent
Because with him was a painted woman of the street.
They knew Rabbi Meier would not travel in such company.
But in fact it was Rabbi Meier.
But the disreputable lady was no lady at all.
It was Elijah in one of his disguises.
* * *
In Heaven, Elijah also has work,
Many chores. In his spare time, he waves divine garlands
Out of the prayers ascending to Heaven.
And he escorts newcomers in Heaven to their places.
When the Messiah comes, Michael will blow a trumpet
And Elijah will introduce the Messiah:
‘Ladies and gentlemen, the day of evil has vanished and salvation
Has come to the world; I give you, ladies and gentlemen ..
Then the dead will rise and the primal light which shone before
Creation will reappear.
So it says in the ancient books.
To this Elijah, the most distinguished visitor at the Passover
Seder,
We raise the cup of wine and say, Lechaim.
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