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A
Kiddush Cup is a cup that is used at the Shabbos
Meal, Havdalah, Passover and Yom Tov. A Kiddush cup
can be a plain and simple cup. However, to beautify
the Shabbat most Jews have a sterling silver cup.
Kiddush (Hebrew: קידוש, literally, "sanctification")
is the act of sanctifying Shabbat (the Jewish
Sabbath) or a Jewish holiday through the act of
reciting a blessing over a cup of kosher wine or
kosher grape juice. Because the Torah speaks of
Shabbat using the language Shamor v'Zakhor, keep it
and remember it, Jews believe that Shabbat law
consists both of what one may not do and what one
must do in order to make the day special. The
ceremony of kiddush before the night meal on both
Shabbat and Jewish holidays, therefore, is regarded
as mandated by the Torah although it does not appear
in the Torah in explicit language; the recital of
kiddush at the morning meal on Shabbat and holidays
is mandated by the Rabbis of the Great Assembly.
Kiddush is not typically recited at the third meal
("Seudah Shlishit") on Shabbat, although Maimonides
was of the view that this should be done and some
follow this custom.
