The Four Cups of Wine

Leaning

This is a Rabbinic Mitzvah: Pesachim 117b

Each Cup is considered a Mitzvah unto itself: Pesachim 109b-110a

The purpose is Publicity of the Miracle: Pesachim 112a

One must even go to the Communal Kitchen, if he is that poor, to get the 4 Cups: Pesachim 99b, 112a

Women are also required, as they were part of the Miracle: Pesachim 108a-b

Small Children: Pesachim 108b-109a

The Cups must be drunk in the manner of Freedom: Pesachim 108b, 117b

Requiring an amount of wine which would be diluted for a "good" cup; a "Reviit" Amount: Pesachim 108b

Requiring the taste of wine: Pesachim 108b

Requiring the appearance [redness] considered to be definitive of wine: Pesachim 108b

Percentage of the Cup which must be consumed: Pesachim 108b

If one drank them all together: Pesachim 108b

If one drank them without dilution: Pesachim 108b

Drinking wine between the 1st and 2nd Cup: Pesachim 108a

Drinking wine between the 3rd and 4th Cup: Pesachim 108a, 117b

Order of Kiddush beginning Shabbat and the Blessing on the wine, if Pesach is on Friday night: Pesachim 114a

Poured before the recitation of "Mah Nishtanah": Pesachim 116a

Used for the Cup for the Blessing after the Meal: Pesachim 117b

The Blessing on this cup is Used to complete the Hallel-Prayer: Pesachim 117b, 118a

The Different meanings of the earlier and later pairs of Cups: Pesachim 108a



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