Category: Tanakh

Lot & His Daughters

The story of Lot and his daughters (Gen. 19:30-38) is certainly an interesting Biblical drinking story. Here are the episodes of The Jewish Drinking Show concerning this story: Ep. 7 – “Lot Gets Drunk with His Daughters”, featuring Aaron Roller (13 November 2019) Ep. 8 – “Discussing Lot’s Drinking with His Daughters”, featuring Rabbi Eryn […]

Drunkenness in the Bible: Top Four Mentions of Drunkenness in Books of the Bible

While drunkenness happens, how does it actually appear in the Bible? Here is a list of top four books of the Bible in which drunkenness is mentioned the most. Please note that the word for drunk, שכור, or drunkenness, שכרות, is similar to the word for beer, שכר, which appears 23 times in the Bible. […]

Pharoah’s Cupbearer and Baker as Cultural Conflict of Wine vs. Beer, featuring Dr. Jon Greenberg [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #116]

A story we encounter in the book of Genesis that, at first glance, may seem to have something to do with drinking could also be seen as having a lot to do with drinking. I am speaking about that concerning Pharoah’s cupbearer (drinks-master) and his baker, whom Joseph meets in jail and interprets their dreams. […]

Nadav & Avihu Offering a Strange Fire

When we encounter the reference to Nadav’s and Avihu in this week’s Torah portion, we see something that is quite consistent with the way that their deaths are described, which is due to them offering a strange fire: “וַיָּ֣מָת נָדָ֣ב וַאֲבִיה֣וּא לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֡ה בְּֽהַקְרִבָם֩ אֵ֨שׁ זָרָ֜ה לִפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ בְּמִדְבַּ֣ר סִינַ֔י וּבָנִ֖ים לֹא־הָי֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם And Nadav […]

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