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https://yahadut.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/06-31-15.jpg15971080After eating the afikoman, we pour the third cup and, while holding it, we recite Birkat Ha-mazon (23:8-9 above). Right after Birkat Ha-mazon, we drink the third cup and pour the fourth cup. After pouring the fourth cup, it is customary to pour an additional cup as well, called Elijah’s cup. We do not drink this cup. Rather, when everyone is about to go to sleep, we cover it up. The next day, many use this wine for Kiddush at lunch. What is the rationale behind the custom of Elijah’s cup? As explained above (section 6), the Sages mandated drinking four cups of wine, corresponding to the four expressions of redemption used in the Torah’s account of the Exodus. However, there is a fifth expression that describes entering the Land of Israel (Exodus 6:8). The question arises: Is it appropriate for us nowadays to drink this fifth cup? On the ...