The Jewish Drinking Show
By Drew Kaplan
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Episodes: 187
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Judaism has a lot to say about drinking - so...what does it say? This podcast focuses on Biblical, Rabbinic, and Halakhic texts dealing with alcohol-consumption.
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Kosher Vermouths on the Market Going Into 2026, featuring Mendy Mark [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #187]
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Philo on Drinking & Drunkenness, featuring Rabbi Dovid Campbell [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #186]
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Drinking Imagery as Sexual Metaphor in the Talmud, featuring Rabbi Dr. Gail Labovitz [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #185]
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Medieval Jewish Legal Authorities (Rishonim) on Kiddusha Rabbah, featuring Rabbi David Fried [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #184]
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Indigenous Wine Grape Varieties to Israel, featuring Professor Shivi Drori [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #183]
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Biblical Eschatological Abundance of Wine, featuring Professor John Anthony Dunne [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode 182]
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Yiddish Drinking Songs, featuring Rokhl Kafrissen [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #181]
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Medieval Jewish Wine Poetry, featuring Prof. Ronnie Perelis [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #180]
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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One Jew's Journey from Alcoholism to Sobriety, featuring Matthew Check [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #179]
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Rabbi Yair Ḥayim Bacharach on Jews Drinking Gentile Wine, featuring Rabbi Aryeh Klapper [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #178]
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Rabbi Yeḥezkel Landau's Responsum on Isinglass in Mead, featuring Rabbi Elli Fischer [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #177]
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Shmaltz Brewing Transitions Through Experimentation, featuring Rabbi Jesse Epstein [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #176]
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May 13, 2025 |
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A Kosher Wine Concierge Service in Israel, featuring Eli Freedman [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #175]
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May 08, 2025 |
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Shul Kiddushes, featuring Prof. Michal Shaul [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #174]
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May 01, 2025 |
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Teenagers in Hospitals in Israel on Purim, featuring Dr. Eric Scheier [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #173]
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Women Drinking on Purim? featuring Rabbanit Debbie Zimmerman [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #172]
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Wine and Drinking in the Book of Daniel, featuring Prof. Caryn Tamber-Rosenau [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #171]
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Biblical Beverages, featuring Professor John Anthony Dunne [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #170]
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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The Jew Who Owned George Dickel Whisky, featuring Clay Shwab [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #169]
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Drunken Shema [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #168]
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Drunken Birkat HaMazon [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #167]
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Drunkenness in the Babylonian Talmud, Part 2 [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 166]
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Drunkenness in the Babylonian Talmud, Part 1 [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 165]
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Drunkenness in the Talmud Yerushalmi [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 164]
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Drunkenness in Early Rabbinic Literature [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode 163]
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Drunkenness in the Bible, featuring Dr. Rebekah Welton [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #162]
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Dukhening Under the Influence [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 161]
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Drinking in the Guide for the Perplexed, featuring Rabbi Dr. Phillip Lieberman [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 160]
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Rav Moshe's Teshuvot on Whiskey, featuring Rabbi Dov Linzer [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode 159]
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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The L'ḥayyim Episode, Featuring Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode 158]
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Shiloh Winery, featuring Amichai Luria [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 157]
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Israel's First Vineyard-as-a-Service: Anava Vineyards, featuring Nadav Jesselson [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #156]
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Rosh Chodesh Clubs, featuring Yossie Horwitz [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode 155]
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May 22, 2024 |
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Drinking Between Glasses of Wine at the Passover Seder [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #154]
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Considering a Recent Explanation of Dropping Wine at the Passover Seder with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Ron [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 153]
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Two Twentieth Century Rabbis on Purim-Drinking: Rabbi Kook & Rabbi Hutner, featuring Rabbi David Fried [The Jewish Drinking Show ep. 152]
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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The Purim Katan Episode [The Jewish Drinking Show, ep. 151]
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Drinking During Mourning [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode 150]
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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The Rebellious Son (Ben Sorer Umoreh), featuring Dr. Rebekah Welton [The Jewish Drinking Show, ep. 149]
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Boone County Distilling, featuring Josh Quinn [The Jewish Drinking Show, ep. 148]
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Starting a Kosher Wine-Importing & Distributing Business, featuring Ami & Larissa Nahari [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode 147]
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Man Seders, featuring Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Sinensky [The Jewish Drinking Show, ep. 146]
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Jerusalem’s First (& Only) Distillery, featuring Bennett Kaplan [The Jewish Drinking Show ep. 145]
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Creative Brewing in Israel, featuring Shmuel Naky and Ephraim Greenblatt [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 144]
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Creating a Brewery in Jerusalem, featuring Ephraim Greenblatt and Shmuel Naky [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 143]
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Drinking In/Out of Sukkot [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 142]
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Contemporary Beer Trends in Israel, featuring Doug Greener [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode 141]
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Contemporary Wine Trends in Israel, featuring Adam Montefiore [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 140]
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Israel’s First Whiskey Distillery, featuring Gal Kalkshtein & Tal Chotiner [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 139]
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Producing Kosher Wine in European Wineries, featuring Jay Buchsbaum [The Jewish Drinking Show ep. #138]
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Drinking in the World to Come in Second Temple Literature? featuring Prof. Claudia Bergmann
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Terms for Beverages in Geonic Literature, featuring Prof. Phil Lieberman [ep. 136 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Compulsive Libationers of the Talmud?, featuring Prof. Sacha Stern [ep. 135 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
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May 16, 2023 |
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Cincinnati Kiddush Club Scotches, featuring Yossi Francus [episode 134 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
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May 12, 2023 |
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Yiddish Drinking Terms, featuring Dr. Jordan Finkin [episode 133 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
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May 02, 2023 |
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Reform Responses to Prohibition, featuring Rabbi Zachary Goodman [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #132]
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Four Cups and the Holocaust, featuring Professor Samuel Levine [Episode #131 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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The Innovation of Ḥametz-Selling and Its Aftermath, featuring Dan Rabinowitz [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #130]
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Four Cups at the Seder and Consciousness, featuring Rabbi Zac Kamenetz [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #129]
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Thornton Distilling & Dead Drop Spirits, featuring Ari Klafter [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #128]
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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18th &19th Century Rabbis on Purim-Drinking (Later Aharonim), featuring Rabbi David Fried [Episode 127 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Massekhet Purim: An 18th Century Talmudic Parody, featuring Professor Richard Sarason [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #126]
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Kiddush Club Experiences, featuring Udi Zinar [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #125]
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Kiddush Clubs as Mens' Clubs, featuring Dr. Michal Shaul [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #124]
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Lives of Tavernkeeping Jews in 18th & 19th Century Poland, featuring Prof. Glenn Dynner [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 123]
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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A Jewish Tavern: Lehrhaus, featuring Rabbi Charlie Schwartz [Episode 122 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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America's Kosher Brewery & Bakery: Long Beach Beer Lab and Long Beach Bread Lab, featuring Harmony & Dr. Levi Fried [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 121]
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Shirah Wines, Featuring Shimon and Gabriel Weiss [The Jewish Drinking Show, Episode #120]
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Tzafona Cellars & Kosher Ice Wines, featuring Rabbi Avraham Gislason [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #119]
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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KOVAL Distillery, featuring Dr. Sonat Birnecker Hart [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode 118]
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Shmaltz Brewing, Featuring Jeremy Cowan & Jesse Epstein [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #117]
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Pharoah's Cupbearer and Baker as Cultural Conflict of Wine vs. Beer, featuring Dr. Jon Greenberg [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #116]
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Kosher Wine in Medieval Provence, featuring Dr. Pinchas Roth [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #115]
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Making Cocktails on Shabbat, featuring Dan Rabinowitz
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Talmudic Parables of Wine with Looks, featuring Dr. Elana Stein Hain [The Jewish Drinking Show episode 113]
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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The Term חבורה (havurah) in Tannaitic Literature, featuring Dr. Orit Malka [Episode 112 Of The Jewish Drinking Show]
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Wine and Shemittah, featuring Rabbi Ezra Friedman [Episode 111 of The Jewish Drinking Show]
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Byzantine-Era Winery in Yavneh
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Jacob Ner-David of Jezreel Valley Wines and VinSent
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Wine in Israel
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Covenant Wines featuring Jeff Morgan
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Golden Moon Distillery
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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DEKō Cocktails, featuring Dan Rabinowitz
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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The Niddah Harchakot Episode
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May 31, 2022 |
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Jewish Addiction Awareness, featuring Marla Kaufman
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May 24, 2022 |
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Jewish Recovery, featuring Rabbi Ilan Glazer
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May 16, 2022 |
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American Orthodox Attitudes to Grape Juice During Prohibition and Beyond, featuring Dr. Yaakov Weinstein
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May 10, 2022 |
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19th Century Raisin Wine in America - featuring Professor Jonathan Sarna
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May 03, 2022 |
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Demons And The Four Cups Of Wine At The Passover Seder [Redux] Featuring Professor Sara Ronis
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Wine in Medieval Haggadah Art
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Suggestions for Four Cups of Wine at the Passover Seder, featuring Brad du Plessis
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Promised Land Beverage Co.: KFP Cider, Kosher Vermouths, & More, featuring Yoni Schwartz
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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14th Century Purim Parodies
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Early Aharonim (16th-17th Century Rabbis) on Purim Drinking
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Modern Israeli Wine History, Part 2: 1970s-Present featuring Adam Montefiore - episode #93
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Modern Israeli Wine History, Part 1: Early History featuring Adam Montefiore - episode #92
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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"Beer is Man's Life": TaZ on Hadash
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Rav Hai Gaon on Music in the Drinking House, featuring Rabbi Daniel Isaac
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Wine for 12th Century Jewish Traders in the Indian Ocean, featuring Professor Elizabeth Lambourn
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Jews in American Distilling History, featuring Maggie Kimberl - The Jewish Drinking Show episode #88
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Drinking in the Hayyei Adam, featuring Dashiell Ferguson - The Jewish Drinking Show episode #87
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Homa's Day in Court, featuring Noam Sachs Zion
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Taverns in the Talmud?
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Rabbi Moshe Isserles' Responsum on Gentile Wine, featuring Professor Marc Shapiro
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Medieval Rabbis on Gentile Wine, featuring Prof. David Freidenreich
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Kiddush in Kabbalah, featuring Professor Rabbi Joel Hecker
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Kosher Cocktail Enthusiasts, with Dovid Statman
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Cocktails in Mochers Magazine with Yissie Steinhart
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Pandemic Pivoting in Israel - with Joel Haber
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Pandemic Liquor Sales, featuring Mendy Mark
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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The Jews and Booze Facebook Group
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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The Kamtza and Bar Kamtza Episode
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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The Ammonite Wine Midrash, featuring Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Pre-Pandemic Liquor Sales, featuring Mendy Mark
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Psalms 104:15 in the Babylonian Talmud featuring Professor AJ Berkovitz
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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Episode 72: The Wine Festival in the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Episode 71: Libation Wine in the Mishnah and Tosefta
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May 25, 2021 |
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Episode 70: Maharal of Prague on Jewish & Gentile Wine
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May 11, 2021 |
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Episode 69: Drinking and Drashing: Another Jewish Drinking Podcast
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode 68: Wine at Bris Milah
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Episode 67: Yeshiva High School Students Binge-Drinking
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Episode 66: Maimonides on Kiddush and Havdallah
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Episode 65: Distilleries Selling Their Hametz
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Episode 64: The Origin of Drops of Wine at the Passover Seder
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Episode 63: Women's Inclusion with the 4 Cups of Wine at the Seder in the Talmud
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Episode 62: The Passover Seder's 4 Cups of Wine in the Mishnah and Talmud
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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Episode 61: Medieval Jewish Legal Authorities (Rishonim) on Purim-Drunkenness
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Episode 60: Drinking Parties in the Book of Esther
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Episode 59: An Early Kabbalistic Approach to Purim-Drinking
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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Episode 58: Wine in Ben Sira
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Episode 57: Angels and Asparagus: Discussing a Curious Talmudic Beverage
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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Episode 56: Praying (& Providing Guidance) Under the Influence
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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Episode 55: The Rabbinic Drinking House (בית משתה) in the Mishnah and Tosefta
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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Episode 54: New Riff Distilling
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Episode 53: Beer and Whiskey in Wine Containers That Previously Contained Gentile Wine
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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The Bourbon Rabbi
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Non-Wine Beverages for Kiddush & Havdallah
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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Lot, Lot's Daughters, and Wine
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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Lot and His Daughters' Drinking Episode in the Midrash (Bereshit Rabbah)
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Alcoholism in the Jewish Community
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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A Significant Rabbinic Discussion on Wine & Drinking: Eruvin 64-65
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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The Farbrengen Episode
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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The Kiddush Club Episode
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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Drinking During the Ten Days of Repentance: An Introduction
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Honey and Mead
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Kedem Wines
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Yalta's Wine-Destroying
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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Drinking During The Nine Days
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Haykin Family Cider
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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Tip Top Proper Cocktails
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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The Libation Episode
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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Miriam's Well
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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Wine at Jewish Lifecycle Events
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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What Do a Good Guest & Bad Guest Say
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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Introduction to Wine in Kabbalah
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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The Mahia Episode
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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An Introductory Overview to Jewish Drinking Through The Ages
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May 26, 2020 |
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Jews' Involvement in the 18th Century Caribbean Rum Trade
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May 18, 2020 |
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What a Third Century Mosaic in Sepphoris Can Tell Us About Jewish Drinking Attitudes in the Third Century
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May 12, 2020 |
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Women and Biblical Beer-Brewing
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May 07, 2020 |
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Beer in the Bible
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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How Beer Became Acceptable for Havdallah in the Babylonian Talmud
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Demons and the Four Cups of Wine at the Passover Seder
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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Whiskey As the Catalyst for Selling of Chametz
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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How Many Cups of Wine to Drink in a Mourner's House - 10 or 14?
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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Jews in the 17th and 18th Century Liquor Trade in Poland
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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Jews and Prohibition
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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Purim-Drinking in Hasidic Thought
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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Drinking on Purim in The Talmud
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Rava, Mordechai, and Purim
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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Drinking in Hasidic Thought
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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Tu b'Shevat Cocktails and the Contemporary Cocktail Scene in Israel
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Manischewitz Wine, Kedem Wine, and More
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Rav Papa - The Talmud Bavli's Beer Baron
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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Kosher Craft Beer in the late 2010s
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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Jewish Tavernkeepers in 18th & 19th Century Poland
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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Wine in the Book of Judith
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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Drinking on Hanukah
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Wine in the Mishnah
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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Discussing Lot's Drinking with His Daughters
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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Discussing Lot and His Daughters' Drunkenness
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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Beer, Wine, and Bal Taschit in the Talmud
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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What Happened to Noah When He Got Drunk?
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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A Jewish Bible Drinking Game?
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Drinking in the Book of Ecclesiastes
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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Drinking on Sukkot
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Introducing JewishDrinking.com
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Sep 18, 2019 |