Noah’s Drinking [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 162nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Drew Kaplan and Dr. Rebekah Welton discuss Noah’s wine-drinking in Genesis 9:20-24 (more broadly, Genesis 9:18-27):
Pshats For Shots Parashah Sheet Up For Noah
Having started a new project of producing weekly parashah sheets last week, this week’s parashah sheet on Parashat Noah is now available!
What Did Noah Begin Doing with a Vineyard Upon Disembarking From the Ark?
In the course of the first story of drinking in the entirety of the Bible, we see Noah disembarking from the ark and doing something with regard to a vineyard: וַיָּ֥חֶל נֹ֖חַ אִ֣ישׁ הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה וַיִּטַּ֖ע כָּֽרֶם Noah, man of the soil, [something] to plant a vineyard. It’s unclear how to translate the word ויחל here, […]
Exploring Noah’s Getting Drunk: What Did Ham Do To Noah?
In the very first instance of drinking wine in the Bible (Gen. 9), we read of Noah drinking, getting drunk, and then his son, Ham, doing something to him. What did Ham do to Noah? In this episode of Jewish Drinking: The Show, I (Rabbi Drew Kaplan) discuss this Noah-Ham incident with Professor John Bergsma, a […]