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At the Jewish Passover meal, the Jewish people leave an empty
chair for the prophet Elijah, in case he happens to come by.

Submitter comment: From being a Girl Scout Leader, my mom had to do research on a
different country every year, and she remembered this little fact
from one of those years.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Movable Date
BELIEF -- Religious hero
BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero

Date learned: 00001980'S

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