#5853 Drink Correctly!
See question above. What is the ideal way to distribute for others from the kiddush cup?
The correct way to distribute Kiddush is as follows: After the completion of Kiddush, the reciter pours the wine from the becher into another cup. He then drinks a m’lo lugmav (mouthfull) from the becher, and the wine in the other cup is distributed.
If a husband and wife are eating alone, and the wife is a niddah, the husband should either 1) put his cup down after drinking a m’lo lugmav and his wife drinks from that cup, or 2) pour wine into another cup and drink a m’lo lugmav from that cup.
His wife should then drink from the becher that he has put down.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: March 22, 2026