Exploring Jewish drinking wisdom
With Rosh HaShanah coming at the end of the week, you may be interested in various cocktails to celebrate and bring in the new Jewish year. Having been curious about options, here are some cocktails I found around: The Dvash 72 Ingredients: 2 tsp. honey syrup (see note below) ½ tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice […]
As we get ready to celebrate Rosh HaShanah, one can’t help but think of apples and honey. In the newest episode of the podcast and video series, we focus both on honey and, as you may expect, drinking fermented honey – mead. Speaking on bee honey is Rabbanit Amalia Haas, foundress of Bee Awesome, as […]
Introduction The regality and pageantry that accompanies the Friday night kiddush (sanctification) is a glorious and enjoyable way to enter in and celebrate Shabbat, demarcating it as a special sanctuary in time. However, in addition to this initiating kiddush, there is another kiddush on Shabbat. “The Great Sanctification” This daytime kiddush’s name is called Kiddusha […]
Taking the rest of August off for a little summer break, JewishDrinking.com’s podcast and video series will resume after Labor Day with episodes on Lubavitcher Fabrengens, Honey/Mead, Kiddush Clubs, and a “Drinks and Discussion” episode on drinking during the Ten Days of Repentance (including Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur). The Honey/Mead episode features Rabbanit Amalia […]
On the topic of Drinking During the Ten Days of Repentance, the next “Drinks & Discussion” will be taking place by Zoom. Just as the previous “Drinks & Discussion” session on the topic of Drinking During the Nine Days was turned into a podcast/video episode, so, too, will this session. This is an opportunity to […]
In the newest episode of the JewishDrinking.com podcast & video series, Gabriel Geller joins the show to discuss Kedem Wines, also known as the Royal Wine Corporation. Geller is the Royal Wine Corporation’s Director of Public Relations & Advertising, and speaks on the history of the company, including their creation of such popular wines as […]
On the newest release amongst the podcast/video episodes, Alieza Salzberg Yizhar joins the show to discuss a particular incident in the Talmud where Yalta destroys 400 jugs of wine (see below for text from the Babylonian Talmud on this incident). She teaches Talmud at the Conservative Yeshiva and courses in Jewish History and Literature at […]
For the 40th episode in the JewishDrinking podcast/video series, this episode is something different: a live Zoom discussion with whomever wanted to show up. Having only posted about this opportunity yesterday and shockingly getting a few people to join in, it was an enjoyable discussion on drinking during “The Nine Days”, from Rosh Chodesh Av […]
Now that the nine days have begun, I have begun to see questions popping up in online spaces asking about various alcoholic beverages to be consumed from Rosh Hodesh Av through the 8th day of the month of Av (The Nine Days). One thing that is clear is what Rabbi Yosef Karo (1488-1575) wrote in his […]
Talia Haykin of Haykin Family Cider joins the newest episode of the podcast & video series to discuss her family’s cidery, their kosher-certified status, and more: Also, if you were interested, here is an excerpt from the episode of a discussion on Haykin Family Cider being kosher-certified:
