Exploring Jewish drinking wisdom
After having started with Podomatic for hosting The Jewish Drinking Show since its inception in September 2019, the show’s podcasting host is now at Buzzsprout. If you have any issues with your podcast catcher, please email me at Drew [at] JewishDrinking.com.
The Dead Sea Scrolls have been noticeably absent up until now for聽The Jewish Drinking Show. To remedy this situation, the 72nd episode of the show centers on a wine festival in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Featuring Professor Marvin Sweeney, this episode is on the wine festival in The Temple Scroll. Guest Bio Prof. Marvin A. […]
I am excited to share the June 2021 Schedule for The Jewish Drinking Show, which is as follows: June 1 – “The Wine Festival in the Dead Sea Scrolls” featuring Prof. Marvin Sweeney (episode #72) June 8 – “Psalm 104:15 in the Talmud” featuring Prof. AJ Berkovitz (episode #73) June 15 – “Pandemic and Pre-Pandemic […]
In this week’s Torah portion, we read of the Israelites complaining about the food available to eat (Num. 11:4-6): 诪执芝讬 讬址讗植讻执诇值謻谞讜旨 讘旨指砖讉指纸专 讝指讻址謾专职谞讜旨謾 讗侄转志讛址讚旨指讙指謹讛 讗植砖讈侄专志谞止讗讻址芝诇 讘旨职诪执爪职专址謻讬执诐 讞执谞旨指謶诐 讗值郑转 讛址拽旨执砖讈旨只讗执謼讬诐 讜职讗值转謾 讛指纸讗植讘址讟旨执讞执謹讬诐 讜职讗侄转志讛侄讞指爪执芝讬专 讜职讗侄转志讛址讘旨职爪指诇执謻讬诐 讜职讗侄转志讛址砖讈旨讜旨诪执纸讬诐 讜职注址转旨指譀讛 谞址驻职砖讈值芝谞讜旨 讬职讘值砖讈指謻讛 讗值郑讬谉 讻旨止謶诇 讘旨执诇职转旨执謻讬 讗侄诇志讛址诪旨指芝谉 注值讬谞值纸讬谞讜旨 If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish that we […]
Intro A topic that has significantly affected the discourse concerning gentile wine in Judaism from antiquity and up through the present day is that of 讬讬谉 谞住讱 – gentile libation wine. It receives significant treatment in early rabbinic literature, such as the Mishnah and Tosefta of聽Avodah Zarah. To discuss this issue for the 71st episode […]
Introduction & Avoidances In this week’s parashah of Nasso, we encounter the curious instance of the nazir (Num. 6:1-21). This person – man or woman (Num. 6:2) – decides to avoid hair-cutting (Num. 6:5) and contact with corpses (Num. 6:6-8). This person also vows away all drinking – whether wine or beer (Num. 6:3) – […]
While there are no new episodes of聽The Jewish Drinking Show this week (due to the Shavuos holiday), I am pleased to share that聽The Jewish Drinking Show still got mentioned on a podcast this week. The newest episode of聽The Bridging Connections Podcast features a discussion of the Jewish Drinking project, including The Jewish Drinking Show. The […]
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: “讜址讬旨指郑诪指转 谞指讚指郑讘 讜址讗植讘执讬讛郑讜旨讗 诇执驻职谞值郑讬 讬职讛讜指帧讛 讘旨职纸讛址拽职专执讘指诐蜘 讗值吱砖讈 讝指专指譁讛 诇执驻职谞值证讬 讬职讛讜指讛謾 讘旨职诪执讚职讘旨址郑专 住执讬谞址謹讬 讜旨讘指谞执謻讬诐 诇止讗志讛指讬郑讜旨 诇指讛侄謶诐 And Nadav […]
Intro The 70th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Rabbi Michael Bernstein sharing some insights on Jewish and gentile wine from the writing of Maharal of Prague. Guest Bio Rabbi Michael Bernstein is, amongst other things, the rabbi for Gesher L’Torah in Georgia. Episode The episode is available in both audio and video formats […]
While here at JewishDrinking.com, it is easy to feel pride in The Jewish Drinking Show as a unique podcast, but it’s not the only podcast out there on drinking and Judaism. As such, for the newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, we welcome Gabe Snyder and Amanda Weiss of Drinking and Drashing: Torah with […]
