Elijah

Fill the Cup of Elijah on the table. Traditionally the youngest children open the door for Elijah. 

We now refill our wine glasses one last time and open the front door to invite the prophet Elijah to join our seder.

In the Bible, Elijah was a fierce defender of God to a disbelieving people. At the end of his life, rather than dying, he was whisked away to heaven. Tradition holds that he will return in advance of messianic days to herald a new era of peace, so we set a place for Elijah at many joyous, hopeful Jewish occasions, such as a baby’s bris and the Passover seder.

אֵלִיָהוּ הַנָבִיא
,אֵלִיָהוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּי
אֵלִיָהוּ הַגִלְעָדִי
בִּמְהֵרָה יָבוֹא אֵלֵינוּ
עִם מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן דָוִד
עִם מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן דָוִד

Eliyahu hanavi
Eliyahu hatishbi
Eliyahu, Eliyahu, Eliyahu hagiladi
Bimheirah b’yameinu, yavo eileinu
Im mashiach ben-David,
Im mashiach ben-David

Elijah the Tishbite,
Elijah, Elijah,
Elijah the Gileadite
Speedily and in our days,
Come to us,
With the messiah, son of David,
With the messiah, son of David.


haggadah Section: Bareich