16:51:37


[Login]   
[Book List]  
 
Bidding Information
Lot #    15159
Auction End Date    7/18/2006 11:58:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Koso shel Eliyyahu (Cup of Elijah)
Title (Hebrew)    ëåñ ùì àìé'
City    New York
Publisher    Yeshiva Chaim Berlin
Publication Date    c. 1940
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    140 mm. high, light scratching. Inscribed "ëåñ ùì àìéäå îâù îéùéáú ø"çééí áøìéï".
          
Detailed
Description		    Presented as a gift in the Yeshiva's annual Passover fundraising event. The Cup of Elijah designates the cup of wine which is placed on the seder table on Passover eve, but which is not drunk. There was controversy among the rabbis whether the seder ritual required four or five cups. Since, according to traditional belief, all doubtful cases of tradition will be resolved “when Elijah comes,” custom decreed that the fifth cup should be filled but not partaken of (cf. Pes. 118a; Maim. Yad, Hamez u-Mazzah 8:10). Later this custom became associated with the belief that Elijah had not died but had ascended to heaven in a fiery chariot (II Kings 2:11), and that he would return as the forerunner of the Messiah (Mal. 3:23). The festival of redemption from Egyptian bondage was naturally associated with the forerunner of the Messiah, who was expected in this “season of redemption” to herald the coming deliverance (cf. RH 11b). Hence the popular notion arose that the “cup of Elijah” was prepared to welcome the prophet who visited every Jewish home on the Passover night.
          
Reference
Description		    EJ
        
Associated Images
1 Image (Click thumbnail to view full size image):
  Order   Image   Caption
  1   Click to view full size  
  
  
Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
  
Characteristic
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica