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Elijah’s cup

(Eliahu's cup)

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The cup of wine that is placed on the Passover seder table in honor of the Prophet Elijah but is not drunk.

Video

Rabbi Laurence Rosenthal on Elijah’s cup.

Translations

  • Hebrewכוס אליהו
  • GermanElias-Becher
  • RussianБокал Элиягу
  • FrenchCoupe d’Élie
  • DutchBeker of glas voor Elia
  • ItalianCalice di Elia
  • CzechPohár pro Eliáše
  • HungarianÉlijáhu serlege
  • SpanishCopa de Elías
  • GreekΚύπελλο του Ελιγιά
  • PolishPuchar Eliasza
  • Arabicكأس إلياهو
  • Yiddishכּוס אליהו
  • LadinoLa kupa del profeta Eliahu

Bibliography

Avida, Yehuda Leib. Koso shel Eliyahu Ha-Navi’: Naftulei Minhag Be-hitkamuto [Elijah the Prophet’s Cup: Twists in a Progressing Custom]. Jerusalem, 2013.

Brodt, Eliezer. “The Cup for the Visitor: What Lies Behind the Kos Shel Eliyahu?” The Seforim Blog, 2013.https://seforimblog.com/2013/03/the-cup-for-visitor-what-lies-behind/

Steinberg, Bonnie Ann. Elijah’s Cup: A Search for the Origins of a Custom. New York: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Master’s thesis, 1979.

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