Re: Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder


Yisroel Markov wrote:
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:31:27 +0000 (UTC), "Steve Goldfarb"
<slg@xxxxxxxxx> said:

In <e2sc7n$ia4$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> backon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Bzzt! Foul called on the play. You can't do that. There is a custom to
spill out drops of wine. There is also, by some people, a custom to

The custom of spilling out drops of wine is also ancient (at least 700
years). Who says there isn't ???

Well, you did, actually. The point is that spilling wine and using a
finger to dispense wine are, at least as a premise, two distinct acts.

IMHO the act in question is "get some wine out of your cup." Then,
there are several variant on how exactly to do it. Who knows three? I
know three! Three ways to get rid of some wine in your cup - spilling
a few drops (not so few when kids are involved), removing with a
finger (index or pinkie), removing with the wrong end of a fork or
spoon.

If the cup is full enough, you can tap the plate it's on.

If you take a straw and blow at the wine on a shallow angle, you can
get some drops out.

You can flick the side of the cup (extreme care is needed if it's made
of glass).

You can use a bendy straw to create a syphon effect. Raising and
lowering the end that isn't in the wine can result in spillage.

There should be a contest or something.

Lisa

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