שְׁפֹ֤ךְ חֲמָתְךָ֨ אֶֽל־הַגּוֹיִם֮ אֲשֶׁ֪ר לֹא־יְדָ֫ע֥וּךָ וְעַ֥ל מַמְלָכ֑וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּ֝שִׁמְךָ֗ לֹ֣א קָרָֽאוּ׃
גיס אױס דײַן גרימצאָרן אױף די פֿעלקערװאָס קענען דיך ניט, און אױף די קיניגרײַכןװאָס רופֿן ניט דײַן נאָמען.
Sermons Unto My People
The holiday of Passover is the holiday of Eliyahu the Prophet in particular. When we, God willing, will sit at the Seder in another few days, we will see the cup of Eliyahu before us. The door will open, and the honorable Eliyahu himself will come in as we greet him with, welcome! Then he hears our gut-wrenching and heart-breaking prayer, "Pour your wrath upon the nations that did not know You and upon the kingdoms that did not call upon Your Name! Since they have consumed Yaakov and laid waste his habitation (Psalms 79:6-7), etc." And it is not only the holiday of Passover, but rather also Shabbat Hagadol (the Shabbat before Passover) that is dedicated to Eliyahu the prophet. So in that day's haftara, we speak only about him. But why.