Tag: Gaonim

Rav Hai Gaon on Music in the Drinking House, featuring Rabbi Daniel Isaac – The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #90

Music and drinking – two things that we often find go together really well. Yet, Rav Hai Gaon found music in the drinking house to be a problematic matter, which would have lasting consequences. Discussing a couple of rabbinic responsa of Rav Hai Gaon’s is Rabbi Daniel Isaac, who is currently completing his PhD (his […]

Medieval Rabbis on Gentile Wine, featuring Prof. David Freidenreich

With gentile wine being seen as off-limits in the times of the Mishnah and Talmud, how did post-Talmudic rabbis advise on this matter? Joining the 83rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show is Professor David Freidenreich. Prof. Freidenreich is the Pulver Family Professor of Jewish Studies at Colby College, where he serves as director of […]

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