Exploring Jewish drinking wisdom
The new issue of the Oneg Shabbas parashah sheet, the unofficial parashah sheet for kiddush clubs, is now available. This issue has a d’var Torah on the parashah, a piece on who drinks the four cups at the Passover Seder, and a look both back and ahead at Passover-related episodes of The Jewish Drinking Show.
The new issue of the Oneg Shabbas parashah sheet, the unofficial parashah sheet for kiddush clubs, is now available. This issue has a d’var Torah on the parashah, a piece on how much to drink on Purim, and a little on this week’s episode of The Jewish Drinking Show.
In this clip from the 127th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi David Fried and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein‘s conclusion on Purim-drinking in his Arukh HaShulhan:
In this clip from the 127th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi David Fried and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss Rabbi Elijah Spira‘s focus on wine-drinking for Purim in his Eliyah Rabbah:
Intro Having discussed medieval rabbis’ normative writings previously on The Jewish Drinking Show, as well as 16th-17th century rabbis’ normative rabbis on Purim-drinking on The Jewish Drinking Show, I’m excited to welcome back Rabbi David Fried to discuss significant rabbinic normative writings in the 18th-19th centuries on this matter. (Here is the source sheet we used […]
The new issue of the Oneg Shabbas parashah sheet, the unofficial parashah sheet for kiddush clubs, is now available. This issue has a d’var Torah on the parashah, a piece on what to drink on Purim, and a little on this week’s episode of The Jewish Drinking Show.
This past weekend, somehow the matter of libations in the Bible came up and someone said there would be a lot in Leviticus; however, it turns out that the book with the most mentions of libations (נסך) is actually the book of Numbers. (For more on libations, you can check out “The Libations Episode” of […]
Introduction As Purim is a time for not only merry-making and drinking, but also for some silliness, there have also been Hebrew parodies written for Purim, including, as we have discussed before, 14th century Hebrew parodies. Moving closer to our time, the very amusing Massekhet Purim, a Talmudic parody for Purim in the 18th century, […]
Looking to support lone soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces while possibly getting some whiskey out of it? A few whiskey connoisseurs have come together to give away five tasty bottles of whiskey in support of M’ever LaYam‘s 2023 Purim Care Package drive supporting 200 lone soldiers. In the giveaway are two bottles of Rossville […]
The new issue of the Oneg Shabbas parashah sheet, the unofficial parashah sheet for kiddush clubs, is now available. This issue has a d’var Torah on the parashah, for whom Purim-drinking is in the lead-up to Purim, and a little on this week’s episode of The Jewish Drinking Show.
![Oneg Shabbas Parashah Sheet for Ki Tissa [10-11 March 2023]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Oneg-Shabbas-10-March-2023-600x257.png)
![Oneg Shabbas Parashah Sheet for Tetzaveh [3-4 March 2023]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/onegshabbas34march.png)
![Arukh HaShulhan’s Conclusion on Purim-Drinking [Clip from 127th Episode of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Arukh-HaShulhans-Conclusion-on-Purim-Drinking-clip-from-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-600x338.png)
![Eliyah Rabbah’s Focus on Wine for Purim [Clip from 127th Episode of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Eliyah-Rabbahs-Focus-on-Wine-for-Purim-600x338.png)
![18th &19th Century Rabbis on Purim-Drinking (Later Aharonim), featuring Rabbi David Fried [Episode 127 of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/18th-19th-Century-Rabbis-on-Purim-Drinking-Later-Aharonim-featuring-Rabbi-David-Fried-Episode-127-of-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-600x338.png)
![Oneg Shabbas Parashah Sheet For Terumah [24-25 February 2023]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/onegshabbasvol2iss5-600x248.png)
![Massekhet Purim: An 18th Century Talmudic Parody, featuring Professor Richard Sarason [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #126]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/18th-century-Purim-parody-Richard-Sarason-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-episode-126-600x338.png)
![Oneg Shabbas Parashah Sheet For Mishpatim [17-18 February 2023]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/oneg-shabbas-parashah-sheet-header-mishpatim-2023-600x266.png)