Maimonides on Dukhening Under the Influence [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 161st episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, we discuss Maimonides’ creative framework for the limits of how much kohanim may drink prior to providing the priestly blessing:
Maimonides and Mourning [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 150th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, I also add an omitted text from the episode, comprising two significant texts to consider from Maimonides on drinking during mourning:
Tosafot on Purim Katan (14 Adar I) [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 151st episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, we discuss on Tosafot on the topic of Purim Katan (14 Adar I):
The Purim Katan Episode [The Jewish Drinking Show, ep. 151]
With the 14th of the first Adar coming up in just a few days, how is this day to be celebrated? After all, it is still kind of like Purim. Indeed, it has become known as Purim Katan – the little Purim. The newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show focusses on exactly this topic. […]
The Response to Honey in Kosher Wine in Medieval Provence [clip from episode #115]
In this clip from the 115th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Pinchas Roth discusses the harsh response for Provençal rabbis to Maimonides’ suggestion that adding honey to Jewish wine prevents it from becoming vulnerable to gentile touch, thereby rendering it unfit for Jewish consumption:
Kosher Wine in Medieval Provence, featuring Dr. Pinchas Roth [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #115]
One of the trickiest aspects when it comes to kosher wine and Judaism is when it comes up against gentile touch. While we can talk about it broadly from the Mishnah (& Tosefta) and throughout the Talmud, and we have even discussed it broadly when it comes to Medieval rabbis on the topic, how was […]
Clips From Episode 83: Geonim and Maimonides on Gentile Wine
Interested in some clips from the recent episode of The Jewish Drinking Show? You’re in luck! Here are a couple of clips from the 83rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, featuring Professor David Freidenreich: Geonim on Gentile Wine Maimonides on Gentile Wine
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 […]