Elijah the Prophet (Eliyahu ha-Navi) Passover Seder

Elijah the Prophet (Eliyahu ha-Navi) being fed by ravens from "Descriptive catalogue of a collection of objects of Jewish ceremonial Objects"

By Cyrus Adler, Immanuel Moses Casanowicz, Ephraim Benguiat, Smithsonian Institution
Published 1901 23 pages Original from Harvard University 1899 Descriptive catalogue of a collection of objects of Jewish ceremonial Objects.

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Each Passover, a special cup of wine is filled and put on the seder table. During the Seder, the door of the house is opened and everyone stands to allow Elijah the Prophet (Eliyahu ha-Navi) to enter and drink. At every bris, a chair is also set aside for Elijah. At the conclusion of Shabbat, Jews sing about Elijah, hoping he will come "speedily, in our days...along with the Messiah, son of David, to redeem us." - jewishvirtuallibrary.org

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1 Kings 17 2 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”

5 So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook

Elijah in the Desert by Washington Allston (1779–1843) editing by sookietex More about this image and story at Public Domain Clip Art - http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com/2008/04/elijah-prophet-eliyahu-ha-navi-passover.html

Each Passover, a special cup of wine is filled and put on the seder table. During the Seder, the door of the house is opened and everyone stands to allow Elijah the Prophet (Eliyahu ha-Navi) to enter and drink.