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-The mitzvah of four cups of wine is rabbinic. <ref> chazon ovadia pesach page 1. However, rav shlomo kluger in shu"t kinat sofrim 95 holds that it is from the Torah. </ref>
+There is a Rabbinic mitzvah to drink four cups of wine at the Seder. <ref> Chazon Ovadia (pesach page 1). However, Rav Shlomo Kluger in Sh"t Kinat Sofrim 95 holds that the obligation of the four cups of wine is from the Torah. </ref>
+==Amount to Drink==
+# Haggadah Kol Dodi (Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, 5730, pg 4) writes that the Reviyit for the four cups (using the method of measuring a large egg) should be 3.3oz.
+# Magen Avraham 472:11 writes that it's preferable to have the cup of wine in one drinking. Haggadah Kol Dodi (Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, 5730, pg 4) writes that this only applies to the majority of the cup and not the whole cup because a person can't swallow more than a KeBaytzah.
 ==What type of wine==