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Introduction The 63rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Miriam Gedweiser in conversation with Rabbi Drew Kaplan about the Talmudic inclusion of women for the four cups of wine at the Passover Seder. Guest Bio Miriam Gedwiser teaches Talmud and Tanach at the Ramaz Upper School and is on the faculty of Drisha. Miriam […]
Episode Introduction Why did the rabbis institute a minimum of four cups of wine at the Passover Seder? In the 62nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi David Polsky and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss what the rabbis in the Mishnah and both Talmuds have to say about why we have this minimum. Guest Bio Rabbi […]
Righteous Road Craft Spirits has just released a new liqueur that is kosher for Passover. Fifth Cup (30% ABV) is made from a blend of apricots, figs, dates, pistachios & almonds, and is certified kosher for Passover by the Orthodox Union. According to their Righteous Road’s website, Fifth Cup is meant taste reminiscent of renewal […]
Introduction With Purim taking place at the end of this week, drinking on Purim is curiously an interesting topic of discussion. With the Talmudic statement to get drunk on Purim (for more on this topic in the Talmud, see this episode featuring Prof. Jordan Rosenblum), how do the medieval Jewish legal authorities deal with this […]
In this clip from the 60th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, “Drinking Parties in the Book of Esther”, Professor Joshua Joel Spoelstra and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss the different purposes of the drinking parties in the book of Esther:
Just this week, I changed over the way the URLs work for this website. After 17 months of one set-up, I have switched it over to a new arrangement. This, unfortunately, is leading to a lot of links incorrectly working😢 For instance, the most recent episode of The Jewish Drinking Show was posted as http://jewishdrinking.com/holidays-and-festivals/purim/drinkingpartiesesther/ although […]
In this clip from the 60th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, “Drinking Parties in the Book of Esther”, Professor Joshua Joel Spoelstra and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss how Esther’s wine parties change the direction of the book of Esther:
In this clip from the 60th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, “Drinking Parties in the Book of Esther”, Professor Joshua Joel Spoelstra and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss the different purposes of the drinking parties in the book of Esther:
Amongst its starting lineup for Passover releases, Royal Wine, the world’s largest purveyor of kosher wines and spirits, has announced it will be including a couple of labels from NBA All-Star Amaré Stoudemire, amongst other Passover releases: Stoudemire Origins 2018 and Stoudemire Clarity Rosé 2020 – After establishing a line of kosher wines produced in […]
Introduction The 60th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features a discussion on the drinking parties in the book of Esther, featuring first-time guest Professor Joshua Joel Spoelstra. Guest Bio Professor Spoelstra is a professor of World Religions at Piedmont College, the Pastor at Downtown Community Fellowship in Clemson, SC, and whose dissertation was “Life-preservation in Genesis […]
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