Exploring Jewish drinking wisdom
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 […]
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 […]
In this clip from the 93rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Adam Montefiore describes significant advances in Israel’s wine industry in 1976:
In this clip from the 93rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Adam Montefiore articulates why he believes that one can symbolize Israel with wine:
Following-up from the previous episode of The Jewish Drinking Show on an early history of modern Israel’s wine history, Adam Montefiore shares about Israel’s wine history from the 1970s to the present for the 93rd episode of the show. Adam Montefiore is a wine industry insider turned wine writer, who has contributed to the advance […]
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 […]
With Purim and Passover around the corner, it should be no surprise that upcoming episodes of The Jewish Drinking Show feature discussions on these topics. Since the last time I published the upcoming tentative schedule encompassing December-February, I wanted to update you that episode #92 on Modern Israeli Wine History, publishing on this week is […]
While we take wineries for granted in Israel, there had to be a first one in modern Israel’s history. In this clip from the 92nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Adam Montefiore shares his knowledge on Carmel, the first commercial kosher winery in Israel: If you’re interested, this video clip is also available on […]
How did Israeli grape-growers deal with their first Shemitah year after Jews began owning vineyards in Israel in the 19th century? In this clip from the 92nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Adam Montefiore shares his knowledge on this challenge: If you’re interested, this video clip is also available on other platforms: LinkedIn Facebook […]
What has been modern Israel’s history of wine? For the 92nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Adam Montefiore is the featured guest to discuss the early history of this topic. There is so much to discuss on this topic that the next episode (#93) will be recent history (stay tuned!). Adam Montefiore is a wine […]
![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)
![Advances in Israel’s Wine Industry in 1976 [Video Clip]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Advances-in-Israels-Wine-Industry-in-1976-600x338.png)
![Symbolizing Israel with Wine🍷 [Video Clip]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Symbolizing-Israel-with-Wine-thumbnail-600x338.png)
![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)
![Israel’s First Commercial Kosher Winery: Carmel [clip from ep. 92]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Israels-first-commercial-Kosher-winery-thumbnail-600x338.png)
![Struggling with Shemitah 1888-1889 [clip from ep. 92]](https://jewishdrinking.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Struggling-with-Shemitah-1888-1889-thumbnail-600x338.png)
