The Early 3rd Century Rabbinic Debate About Friday Night Kiddush at Synagogue
As kiddush consists of saying two blessings – one over wine and one over sanctifying Shabbat – what happens when it is said not at meal? While it may have been taken for granted during Tannaitic (early Rabbinic) times that the Shabbat Sanctification (קידוש היום (commonly referred to as simply קידוש, kiddush)) is to take […]
Where do the rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud get the concern for demons with even numbers?
In this clip from the 99th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor Sara Ronis discusses where do the rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud get the concern for demons with even numbers? This clip is also available on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
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Demons and the Four Cups of Wine at the Passover Seder [Redux] featuring Professor Sara Ronis
With Passover arriving at the end of this week, it’s a great time to revisit the Talmudic concern of demons when consuming an even number of cups of wine. Having previously discussed this topic on episode 25 of The Jewish Drinking Show, I am excited to revisit this topic with Professor Sara Ronis, whose forthcoming […]
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Rava’s Innovative Requirement of Purim Day-Drinking [Megillah 7b]
When Rava articulated “סְעוּדַת פּוּרִים שֶׁאֲכָלָהּ בַּלַּיְלָה — לֹא יָצָא יְדֵי חוֹבָתוֹ” (Megillah 7b), what did he mean that one has not fulfilled one’s obligation for the celebratory Purim feast by only eating/drinking at night? Although I have previously written that Rava is not “saying that it is wrong or otherwise inappropriate to enjoy a […]
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Purim-Drinking Resources [Daf Yomi – Megillah 7b]
Are you either preparing for the upcoming Daf Yomi for Megillah 7b or already there and looking for resources? Here are some helpful resources on Purim-drinking on the daf: essay on drinking on Purim – Megillah 7b “Drinking on Purim in the Talmud” – ep. 19 of The Jewish Drinking Show, featuring Prof. Jordan Rosenblum “Rava, Mordechai, And […]
Homa’s Day in Court, featuring Noam Sachs Zion
The newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show is now out on an intriguing Talmudic incident involving a widow demanding wine in court. Featuring first-time guest, Noam Sachs Zion, we discuss an incident involving Abayye’s widow, Rava, and Rava’s wife, about which he wrote in Wine, Women and the War of the Sexes, which is […]
Taverns in the Talmud? Featuring Professor Laura Lieber
Taverns in the Talmud? Dancing at taverns in the Talmud? Yes, this is certainly a curious topic. We don’t often think about taverns in the Talmud, but I was struck by Professor Laura Lieber’s discussion of the term בי כובי in her “Daru in the Winehouse: The Intersection of Status and Dance in the Jewish […]
The Kamtza and Bar Kamtza Episode
The 76th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features first-time guest, Rabbi Noah Ferro. Rabbi Ferro is the head rabbi at Northern Hills Synagogue-Congregation B’nai Avraham in Cincinnati, and is a 2017 ordinee of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Rabbi Ferro is joined by the host of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Drew Kaplan, […]
The Ammonite Wine Midrash, featuring Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
There is a midrash (rabbinic narrative expansion) involving something known as “Ammonite wine”, which expands upon the incident in Numbers 25:1-3. To discuss this midrash, which can be found in various rabbinic texts, The Jewish Drinking Show welcomes first-time guest Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein. Rabbi Klein has published Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew, as well as the article […]
Psalms 104:15 in the Babylonian Talmud featuring Professor AJ Berkovitz
Intro An intriguing verse appears in the book of Psalms: “וְיַ֤יִן ׀ יְשַׂמַּ֬ח לְֽבַב־אֱנ֗וֹשׁ wine cheers the hearts of men” (Psalm 104:15), which is a felicitous Biblical expression, although how do the rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud use it? For the 73rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor AJ Berkovitz joins the show to discuss […]