Refill your cup. As we pass Elijah’s cup around the table, pour some of your wine into the cup to fill it. Just as Elijah’s cup can only be filled through our contributions, deliverance and redemption will only come when we all work to make it a reality.

In the Torah, Elijah was a fierce defender of God to a disbelieving people. At the end of his life, rather than dying, he was carried away to heaven while still alive. 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.

Open the front door to invite Elijah in.

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

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

Elijah the prophet, the returning, the man of Gilad: return to us speedily, in our days with the Messiah, son of David.


haggadah Section: Bareich
Source: HaggadahOfOurOwn.com