Category: Hasidism

The Four Cups of Wine as Elevating One’s Passion and One’s Strength [Video Clip]

In this clip from the 129th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Zac Kamenetz shares on Rav Nachman of Breslov’s approach to the four cups of wine at the Passover Seder elevating one’s passion and one’s strength to perform mitzvot:

Four Cups at the Seder and Consciousness, featuring Rabbi Zac Kamenetz [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #129]

Introduction With Passover only a couple of weeks away, including the four cups minimum of wine at the Passover Seder, how has the transformative experience of alcohol-consumption been considered in the Jewish tradition? To share a teaching of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), as written by Rabbi Nathan Sternhartz (1780-1844), on this topic is Rabbi […]

The Farbrengen Episode

As previously mentioned, the fourth and final podcast & video episode of September 2020 is on Farbrengens. A common practice of Lubavitcher Hasidim (also known as Chabad), Farbrengens are a gathering of Chabad Hasidim, which involves drinking. Returning to the show is Rabbi Eli Simpson, who has previously appeared on the show discussing Drinking in […]

Podcast Episode 20: Purim-Drinking in [Lubavitcher] Hasidic Thought

In the 20th podcast/video episode, Rabbi Eli Simpson returns to the show to share Hasidic and Lubavitcher Hasidic thinking on drinking on Purim. It’s no secret that Chabad Hasidim drink on Purim (as do all Hasidim), so what deeper insights do they have into drinking on Purim? And despite discussing the texts on Megillah 7b […]

Drinking in Hasidic Thought

The newest episode for JewishDrinking.com: The Show is the very first guest episode not on Skype, with the guest and host both sharing the same camera screen! The “Drinking in Hasidic Thought” episode features guest Rabbi Eli Simpson, a maggid shiur at Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, and is available both in podcast form and video form:

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