Four Cups of Grape Juice
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Question
Who holds that one must drink specifically wine and not grape juice? And which stringency is preferable: to drink the entire cup by mixing with grape juice or to drink most of the cup with pure wine?
Answer
Hello Rabbi,
The Gaon, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (in the book 'Kol Dodi') and the Gaon, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (in the book 'Ashrei HaIsh') hold that one should ideally not drink grape juice because it does not express freedom like wine. However, even according to their view, if it is difficult for someone, they may drink grape juice.
Mixing with grape juice in the measure of 'meziga' is certainly permitted.
In our times, the measure of 'meziga' is less than most of the cup, even according to the Rema.