One of the most interesting observations based on this text is the interconnection between wine and texts. Here we have the evening organized around four cups of wine, and each cup of wine has a text attached to it. The texts of the first and third cup are ordinary texts, used on other days of the year. The text of the first cup, known as Kiddush, is customarily recited at the beginning of the meal on the eve of every Shabbat and every festival, whereas the text of the third cup, the grace after
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