Take the 2-minute tour ×  Inspired by the upcoming holiday of
Pesach, where many minhagim seem to have each person drink from
his own cup, I was wondering about the custom of drinking wine
from the cup upon which kiddush is made on Shabbos (often not
directly from the cup, but the same wine that has already been
"blessed"). Is there any real reason to do this? We are blessing
Hashem, not the wine, correct? (edit: is there possibly a
problem vis-a-vis A"Z in treating the wine as blessed?) Why not
have individual cups of wine pre-poured at every place, and the
leader be motzei everyone? And if so, can the same go for
challah?  share|improve this question related
judaism.stackexchange.com/q/11207/759 –  Double AA Jul 9 '13 at
10:44 add comment  2 Answers  The cup that was used for the
mitzvah has a special blessing attached to it. In particular,
the Gemara (Berachos 51b) states that with the cup of wine used
for the Grace After Meals, it's especially important to give
some to the lady of the house. (And it goes