Seventh-Year Wine for the Passover Seder
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Question
Is it permissible to use seventh-year wine for the four cups at the Passover Seder?
Answer
Seventh-year wine should not be used for the second cup at the Passover Seder because it is poured out during the recitation of the Ten Plagues, which constitutes a waste of seventh-year wine.
Source
Rambam (Terumot, Chapter 11; Shemitah, Chapter 5); Azmera Leshimcha (Shemitah, Issue 3).
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