Exploring Jewish drinking wisdom
While there is a well-known tannaitic teaching that one says a blessing – 讘讜专讗 驻专讬 讛讙驻谉 (Creator of the fruits of the vine) – over wine (mBerakhot 6:1), one of the interesting blessings that is created during the period of the amoraim is that over drinking different wine (bBerakhot 59b): 讗诪专 专讘 讬讜住祝 讘专 讗讘讗 […]
Having聽begun a discussion聽of drinking on聽Purim, (and what got me re-interested in this topic), I wanted to do an initial post on which beverage one should drink in order to intoxicate oneself on Purim. 聽 聽聽 Curiously, in neither聽Rabbi Jacob, son of Asher‘s聽Four Divisions1聽nor in聽Rabbi Joseph Karo‘s聽Set Table2聽is any specific beverage mentioned in order to intoxicate, […]
With聽Purim聽occurring two months from today, my mind turned over shabbat towards one of the most well-known aspects of the festival:聽drinking.聽 The amusing thing about drinking being a(n in)famous aspect of the holiday is that it was not initially a main part of the festival – it was not a聽Tannaitic聽element (the primary ones were reading the聽megillah, […]
If one were to open the聽Shulhan Arukh聽on the topic of saying the聽讘专讻转 讛诪讝讜谉聽(grace after meals) with a cup (for instance, see Berakhos 51a), one would find that聽Rabbi Yosef Karo聽wrote the following (OH 182.1): 讬砖 砖讗讜诪专讬诐 砖讘专讻转 讛诪讝讜谉 讟注讜谞讛 讻讜住 讗驻讬诇讜 讘讬讞讬讚, 讜爪专讬讱 诇讞讝讜专 注诇讬讜, 讜诇讗 讬讗讻诇 讗诐 讗讬谉 诇讜 讻讜住 诇讘专讱 注诇讬讜 讗诐 讛讜讗 诪爪驻讛 […]
