Why Four Cups in Rabbinic Literature?
Episode Introduction Why did the rabbis institute a minimum of four cups of wine at the Passover Seder? In the 62nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi David Polsky and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss what the rabbis in the Mishnah and both Talmuds have to say about why we have this minimum. Guest Bio Rabbi […]
Righteous Road Releases Fifth Cup Liqueur
Righteous Road Craft Spirits has just released a new liqueur that is kosher for Passover. Fifth Cup (30% ABV) is made from a blend of apricots, figs, dates, pistachios & almonds, and is certified kosher for Passover by the Orthodox Union. According to their Righteous Road’s website, Fifth Cup is meant taste reminiscent of renewal […]
Medieval Jewish Legal Authorities (Rishonim) on Purim-Drunkenness
Introduction With Purim taking place at the end of this week, drinking on Purim is curiously an interesting topic of discussion. With the Talmudic statement to get drunk on Purim (for more on this topic in the Talmud, see this episode featuring Prof. Jordan Rosenblum), how do the medieval Jewish legal authorities deal with this […]
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Purposes of Drinking Parties in Esther? [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 60th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, “Drinking Parties in the Book of Esther”, Professor Joshua Joel Spoelstra and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss the different purposes of the drinking parties in the book of Esther:
URLs Change
Just this week, I changed over the way the URLs work for this website. After 17 months of one set-up, I have switched it over to a new arrangement. This, unfortunately, is leading to a lot of links incorrectly working😢 For instance, the most recent episode of The Jewish Drinking Show was posted as http://jewishdrinking.com/holidays-and-festivals/purim/drinkingpartiesesther/ although […]
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Peripety in the Book of Esther [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 60th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, “Drinking Parties in the Book of Esther”, Professor Joshua Joel Spoelstra and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss how Esther’s wine parties change the direction of the book of Esther:
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משתה in the Bible [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 60th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, “Drinking Parties in the Book of Esther”, Professor Joshua Joel Spoelstra and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss the different purposes of the drinking parties in the book of Esther:
Royal Wine Announces Passover 2021 Releases, including Two Amaré Stoudemire Wines
Amongst its starting lineup for Passover releases, Royal Wine, the world’s largest purveyor of kosher wines and spirits, has announced it will be including a couple of labels from NBA All-Star Amaré Stoudemire, amongst other Passover releases: Stoudemire Origins 2018 and Stoudemire Clarity Rosé 2020 – After establishing a line of kosher wines produced in […]
Drinking Parties in the Book of Esther
Introduction The 60th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features a discussion on the drinking parties in the book of Esther, featuring first-time guest Professor Joshua Joel Spoelstra. Guest Bio Professor Spoelstra is a professor of World Religions at Piedmont College, the Pastor at Downtown Community Fellowship in Clemson, SC, and whose dissertation was “Life-preservation in Genesis […]
New YouTube Channel
Since the inception of JewishDrinking.com, all of the episodes and clips from the show have been published to my (Rabbi Drew’s) YouTube channel. While all of the episodes of The Jewish Drinking Show as will all of the clips from The Jewish Drinking Show will remain where they are, going forward, all JewishDrinking.com video content will be […]