"LEADER: We drink the fourth and final cup of wine in honor of peace. The Hebrew word for peace is shalom from the root shalem meaning 'wholeness.' Peace is not the absence of strife but the ability to engage even an enemy without losing sight of the truth that even one's enemy is part of the human family of God.

QUESTION: King David wrote 'Seek peace and pursue it' (Psalm 34:14 NIV). Why did he say both seek and pursue? What is the difference between these?

ANSWER: The ancient rabbis taught that we are to seek peace when peace seems near at hand, and pursue peace when peace seems far away.

QUESTION: How do we seek peace?

ANSWER: We seek peace when we invite those with whom we struggle to sit at our table and share food and fellowship.

QUESTION: How do we pursue peace?

ANSWER: We pursue peace when we leave the safety of our table and meet the other halfway. We pursue peace when, like Jesus, we go even further and seek out the estranged where they live."