[Avodah] Aruch HaShulchan and pouring wine at the Seder

[Akiva Miller via Avodah]

R' Ben Bradley wrote:

> it seems to me that the current widespread minhag is for
> everyone to pour for everyone else, which would avoid the
> concern of the ArHaSh.
>
> 1. Am I right that this is most people's practice?

The ArtScroll Haggadah says (in the instructions for Kiddush), "The
participants fill each others' cups", without mentioning any minhagim to
the contrary.

Rabbi Dovid Ribiat, in Halachos of Pesach, on pg 468, cites Haggada Kol
Dodi (Rav Dovid Feinstein) 7:2, writing:

> The Ramoh (473;1) specifies that the leader of the Seder
> should not fill his own cup, but should allow others to pour
> for him, as this displays cheirus (freedom).
>
> Although the wording of the Ramoh seems to imply that this
> requirement only applies to the host and leader of the Seder,
> the general custom is to do this for all the participants.
> Most people therefore pour the wine for each other at each
> juncture of the Four Cups.

Akiva Miller


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