![Suggestions for Four Cups of Wine at the Passover Seder, featuring Brad du Plessis [Episode #97 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Brad-DuPlessis-4-Cups-at-Passover-Seder-Suggestions-600x338.png)
Suggestions for Four Cups of Wine at the Passover Seder, featuring Brad du Plessis [Episode #97 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
Looking for suggestions on selecting wines for your Passover Seder? While you could check out suggestions for very specific wines,* how might you go about selecting different wines for each of the four cups minimum at the Passover Seder? To provide insights for these questions, the 97th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Brad du […]
Nighttime Purim-Drinking?
It is great to see a rabbinic colleague discussing drinking contemporary Jewish life in a widely-read publication. The article in question was last week in the Forward by Rabbi Winberg about drinking on Purim. There’s a lot to unpack in that essay and, as you can imagine, it would be great to have a fuller […]
Why Did 14th Century Purim Parodies Arise When They Did?
In this clip from the 95th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Adam Rosenthal lays out three possible factors for the rise of Purim parodies in the 14th century: This clip is also available on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
14th century Purim Parodies featuring Rabbi Adam Rosenthal
When Purim rolls around, it’s often celebrated as an occasion for levity and silliness, with a special focus on – you guessed it – drinking. As such, the 95th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show welcomes Rabbi Adam Rosenthal to discuss 14th century Purim parodies that are all about drinking. Rabbi Rosenthal is presently employed […]
Rabbi David HaLevi “TaZ” Segal’s Novel Opinion on Purim-Drinking
In this clip from the 94th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi David Fried and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss Rabbi David HaLevi “TaZ” Segal‘s novel opinion on Purim-drinking: This clips is also available on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.
Rabbi Moshe “RaMA” Isserles on Purim-Drinking
In this clip from the 94th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi David Fried and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss Rabbi Moshe “RaMA” Isserles‘ opinion on Purim-Drinking: This clips is also available on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.
![16th-17th Century Rabbis on Purim-Drinking (Early Aharonim), featuring Rabbi David Fried [Episode 94]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/David-Fried-Early-Aharonim-on-Purim-Drinking-1-600x338.png)
16th-17th Century Rabbis on Purim-Drinking (Early Aharonim), featuring Rabbi David Fried [Episode 94]
With Purim on the horizon, it’s time to discuss Purim-drinking! Specifically, how have various rabbis discussed this matter? Having discussed medieval rabbis’ normative writings previously on The Jewish Drinking Show, I’m excited to welcome back Rabbi David Fried to discuss significant rabbinic normative writings in the 16th-17th centuries on this matter. Rabbi Fried teaches Judaics at […]
Purim-Drinking Resources Page Launched
With Purim on the horizon, I realized it might be helpful for people to not have to search all around the website searching for content on Purim. As such, I am excited to announce the launch of a page on Purim-drinking resources, which includes links to episodes of The Jewish Drinking Show, video clips from […]
![Rava’s Innovative Requirement of Purim Day-Drinking [Megillah 7b]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Ravas-innovative-Purim-day-drinking-requirement-Megillah-7b-600x338.png)
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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Hanukah Resources [2021 Edition]
As today is the first day of Hanukah, here are some resources for you regarding drinking on Hanukah. Episodes of The Jewish Drinking Show First up is the “Drinking on Hanukah” episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, followed up by the related “Wine in the Book of Judith” episode of The Jewish Drinking Show. Hanukah-Themed […]