אליהו הנביא
Many believe that אליהו הנביא
actually appears at every Seder table on Pesach Night. (similar to lehavdil
Sand Klotz) Some think,
we open the door at שפוך חמתך
so אליהו הנביא can
enter and drink from the כוס that was prepared specifically for him.
כוס
של אליהו is not mentioned in
Bavli, Yerushalmi or Shulchan Aruch. The first to mention it is
the חק יעקב ( O Ch. 480).*
1)
The משנה ברורה writes, it is called כוס של אליהו
to remind us, the same way Hashem redeemed us from מצרים, so too will
he
redeem
us and send אליהו with the בשורה of Mashiach’s arrival.
2)
Others say that the reason is because there is a מחלוקת if you need 4 or 5
cups. אליהו הנביא will
solve this dispute.
3)
The ערוך השלחן writes, "Some have a minhag to stand up and say ברוך הבא.
All this is to strengthen the אמונה. In ניסן Hashem
redeemed
us and in ניסן, he will redeem us
again.
Opening the door is also to show our אמונה
in ביאת המשיח in case אליהו הנביא will
appear, we will run out to be מקבל פני
משיח
with
no delay".
None
of the Poskim ever said that אליהו
הנביא actually appears, at the Seder.
Let
us hope that this year he will actually appear at the Seder ויבשר לנו the בשורה of
”הגיע זמן גאולתכם”.
*The Piskei Teshuvos quotes the Maharal (70-80 yrs. before the Ch.Yakov) in Divrei
Negidim.
The
truth is that the Divrei Negidim is a forgery and not from the Maharal but R.
Yidel Rosenberg’s z”l own
invention
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