Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Zutot; Perspectives on Jewish Culture
Angaben zur Quelle:
18 (2021) 89-107
Schlagwort(e):
Elijah In rabbinical literature
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Zweifel, Eliezer,
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Levinsohn, Isaac Baer,
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Elijah ben Solomon,
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Margolioth, Ephraim Zalman ben Menahem Mannes,
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Haskalah History 19th century
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Seder
Kurzfassung:
The Passover Cup of Elijah is often explained as an expression of rabbinic uncertainty regarding a fifth cup mandated by some opinions in the Babylonian Talmud. The explanation is based upon other talmudic passages which mention halakhic uncertainties that will be resolved by Elijah when he eventually comes to herald the long anticipated redemption. The explanation is commonly attributed to the Gaon of Vilna; however, no historically reliable source supports this attribution. This explanation was first published by the great maskil, Isaac Ber Levinsohn, and was attributed to the Gaon of Vilna by Eliezer Zweifel. An alternate shift of attribution was to R. Ephraim Zalman Margolioth. Attribution to a great rabbinic authority helped the explanation gain circulation and approval among the general rabbinic audience to the present day.
DOI:
10.1163/18750214-bja10020
URL:
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