kos shel Eliyahu

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Pronunciations

kos shel Eliyahu (KOHS shell eh-lee-YAH-hoo) listen

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Definitions

  • n. "A special goblet filled with wine and placed on the seder table for the Prophet Elijah" (JPS).

Example Sentences

  • "The very fact that kos shel Eliyahu is merely placed on the table and not consumed indicates that it is bound up with a level of Divine service loftier than man’s drinking of wine." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • כוס (של) אליהו / כּוֹס (שֶׁל) אֵלִיָּהוּ 'cup (of) Elijah'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa
      • Australia / New Zealand

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

      Alternative Spellings

      kos Eliyahu

Notes

  • Also known in English as Elijah's cup.

    "It is traditional that Elijah's cup look different from a regular wine glass...The cup also symbolically fulfills the ancient injunction to welcome strangers and others who have no seder of their own" (JPS).

    See also kos Miriam.

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