Q. Hello Rav, I recently attended a Shabbat meal with about 50 guests. There was plenty of wine bottles all around the table. When the host makes Kiddush for us on Friday night and we want to taste the wine, Is there a preference to wait for the little bit they are sending around the table and drink from that (takes a while to hand out to 50 guests so there is a hefsek, but it is also from the wine that the Kiddush was said on) or is better to just drink a bit from the bottles that are right in front of me that I can drink immediately and then later drink the kiddish wine when it gets to me? Thanks
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit'a opinion is that if the wine remains of the Kos Shel Bracha or Kiddush cup will reach one promptly while one is still keeping his mind and attention on them and before his mind strays into different matters, one should wait and drink them. However, if that may take longer, then it is best to drink some of the wine close by and later drink the remains of the Kos Shel Bracha as they arrive.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit'a
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