Exploring Jewish drinking wisdom
I hope you have enjoyed the September episodes of The Jewish Drinking Show on Making Cocktails On Shabbat with Dan Rabinowitz, Talmudic Parables of Wine with Looks with Dr. Elana Stein Hain, and The Term חבורה in Tannaitic (Early Rabbinic) Literature with Dr. Orit Malka. As we are in the midst of the fall holidays of Tishrei, this is […]
The newest section to appear on the Secondary Literature page of this website is the Op-Eds section. This section includes opinion pieces on drinking in Jewish life. I have started it with a few pieces, but there must be others out there. If you know of others, please email Drew [at] JewishDrinking.com for ones you […]
In this clip from the 114th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dan Rabinowitz shares about juicing fruits, especially lemons, on Shabbat:
In this deleted clip from the 114th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dan Rabinowitz and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss cocktail suggestions for Rosh HaShanah: For other Rosh HaShanah content, here’s a video clip on drinking on Rosh HaShanah and here’s a list of suggestions for recipes for cocktails on Rosh HaShanah.
As cocktails can offer a delicious enhancement to one’s Shabbat experience, yet there are various challenges that present themselves with regards to proscribed activities on Shabbat, how can one go about making cocktails on Shabbat? To help us navigate these concerns in both keeping to one’s Shabbat observance, as well as enjoying cocktails on Shabbat, […]
In this clip from the 113th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Elana Stein Hain discusses Rabbi Oshaia‘s statement comparing the Torah to three beverages (wine, water, and milk):
Torah is discussed as being compared to wine in the Talmud (Ta’anit 7a), which then causes an intriguing story to emerge involving a parable of wine and how looks are involved. To discuss these Talmudic texts and more, the 113th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Dr. Elana Stein Hain. Dr. Stein Hain is […]
In this clip from the 112th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Orit Malka discusses the rabbinic abstraction of the symposium into the term חבורה in Tannaitic texts, using Mishnah Berakhot 6:6 and Tosefta Berakhot 4:8:
A term that doesn’t seem to have any obvious connection with drinking חבורה (havurah) – yet, it comes up not infrequently within a drinking context in early rabbinic (tannaitic) literature. As such, the 112th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show is dedicated to exploring this connection featuring Dr. Orit Malka. Dr. Malka is a researcher […]
In this clip from the 111th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Ezra Friedman discusses options for shemittah wine:
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![Cocktail Suggestions for Rosh HaShanah from Dan Rabinowitz [Deleted Clip from 114th Episode of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Cocktails-for-Rosh-HaShanah-Dan-Rabinowitz-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-114-deleted-clip-600x338.png)
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![The Term חבורה (havurah) in Tannaitic Literature, featuring Dr. Orit Malka [Episode 112 Of The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Phrase-חבורה-in-Tannaitic-Literature-Orit-Malka-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-episode-112-600x338.png)
![Options for Shemittah Wine [Clip from The Jewish Drinking Show]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/options-for-Shemittah-Wine-Rabbi-Ezra-Friedman-The-Jewish-Drinking-Show-episode-111-clip-600x338.png)