The Jewish Drinking Show

Music and drinking - two things that we often find go together really well. Yet, Rav Hai Gaon found music in the drinking house to be a problematic matter, which would have lasting consequences. Featured on this episode of The Jewish Drinking Show (episode #90), discussing a couple of rabbinic responsa of Rav Hai Gaon's is Rabbi Daniel Isaac, who is currently completing his PhD (his dissertat...

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Maggie Kimberl joins The Jewish Drinking Show as a guest for episode #88, as she discusses significant Jews in American distilling history. Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.com l'chaim!

The 87th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Dashiell Ferguson discussing drinking in Rabbi Avraham Danziger's חיי אדם (Hayyei Adam "A Person's Life"). For show notes and more: http://jewishdrinking.com/hayyeiadam Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.com l'chaim!

The 86th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features guest Noam Sachs Zion in a conversation with host, Rabbi Drew Kaplan, as they discuss the story involving Homa coming to Rava's court to seek wine. For show notes and more, see: http://jewishdrinking.com/homacourt/ Here is the Talmudic story, as it is in the Babylonian Talmud, Ketubot 65a: Abaye’s wife, Ḥoma, came before Rava after Abaye d...

The 85th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features first-time guest, Professor Laura Lieber, in a discussion on the phrase בי כובי in the Babylonian Talmud. For more on this episode:   http://jewishdrinking.com/ barrelhousetalmud Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.com l'chaim!

The 84th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Professor Marc Shapiro discussing one of the most famous cases of Jewish censorship, that of Rabbi Moshe Isserles; responsum #124.  In this episode, Professor Shapiro and host, Rabbi Drew Kaplan, discuss the responsum, as well as its being censored in certain printed editions of Rabbi Isserles' responsa. Support the show Thank you for list...

With gentile wine being seen as off-limits in the times of the Mishnah and Talmud, how did post-Talmudic rabbis advise on this matter? Joining the 83rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show is Professor David Freidenreich. Prof. Freidenreich is the Pulver Family Professor of Jewish Studies at Colby College , where he serves as director of the Jewish Studies program and associate director of the Cent...

Discussing Kiddush in Kabbalah on the 82nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show is first-time guest, Professor Rabbi Joel Hecker. In this episode, we focus on what the author of the Zohar writes about Kiddush requirements. Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.com l'chaim!

Dovid Statman joins host, Rabbi Drew Kaplan, on The Jewish Drinking Show for episode #81 to discuss the Kosher Cocktail Enthusiasts Facebook group. For show notes and more, see http://jewishdrinking.com/koshercocktailsfb/ The Kosher Cocktail Enthusiasts Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/koshercocktails Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions,...

For the 80th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Yissie Steinhart, the cocktails columnist for Mochers magazine, discusses creating kosher craft cocktails, his column in Mochers magazine, and more. For more information on this episode, see http://jewishdrinking.com/ mocherscocktails / ‎ Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach o...

How has the alcohol industry in Israel pivoted during the COVID-19 global pandemic? Returning to the show is tour guide Joel Haber, who discusses how breweries, distilleries, and more have pivoted during this time period. For more: http://jewishdrinking.com/pivotisrael Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDr...

Mendy Mark is the featured guest on the 78th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show to discuss pandemic liquor sales, having previously discussed Pre-Pandemic liquor sales on episode #74 For more on this episode, see  http://jewishdrinking.com/ pandemicsales Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.com l&a...

The 77th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features first-time guest, Josh Mann, discussing the Jews and Booze Facebook group. For the Facebook group, you can visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/jewsandbooze For more on this episode, see http://JewishDrinking.com/JABFB Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@Jewi...

The 76th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Rabbi Noah Ferro and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discussing the drinking story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza, as told in the Babylonian Talmud on Gittin 55b For more on this episode,  see http://jewishdrinking.com/ barkamtza /   Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrin...

In the 75th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, first-time guest Rabbi Reuven Chaim Klein and host Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss a midrash involving Ammonite wine. For more on this episode, see http://JewishDrinking.com/ammonitewine Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.com l'chaim!

For the 74th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Mendy Mark discusses pre-Pandemic liquor sales with Rabbi Drew Kaplan. For show notes and more, see http://JewishDrinking.com/prepandemicsales #TheJewishDrinkingShow #JewishDrinking Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.com l'chaim!

In the 73rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor AJ Berkovitz and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss how the Biblical verse of "וְיַ֤יִן ׀ יְשַׂמַּ֬ח לְֽבַב־אֱנ֗וֹשׁ wine cheers the hearts of men" (Psalm 104:15) gets used in the Babylonian Talmud. #psalms #Bible #Talmud Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at D...

The 72nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Professor Marvin Sweeney in conversation with Rabbi Drew Kaplan about the wine festival in the Dead Sea Scrolls. For show notes and more, see http://jewishdrinking.com/dssfestival/ ‎ Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.com l'chaim!

In the 71st episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor Avram Shannon discusses libation wine (יין נסך) in the Mishnah and Tosefta with Rabbi Drew Kaplan. For show notes and more: http://jewishdrinking.com/libationwine1/ Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.com l'chaim!

The 70th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Rabbi Michael Bernstein and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discussing Maharal of Prague's writing on Jewish and gentile wine. For more, see http://JewishDrinking.com/MaharalWine Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.com l'chaim!

In the 69th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Drew Kaplan welcomes Gabe Snyder and Amanda Weiss, hosts of the Drinking and Drashing: Torah with a Twist podcast for a conversation both about their own podcast, as well as starting up a Jewish drinking podcast. For more, see: http://jewishdrinking.com/danddshow/ Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions...

What's the deal with wine at a bris milah? For the 68th episode of The Jewish Drinking show, mohel Rabbi Hayim Leiter discusses the bris milah ceremony and wine's role in the ceremony with Rabbi Drew Kaplan. For show notes and more, see http://jewishdrinking.com/wineatbrismilah Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach o...

In the 67th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Dr. Rivka Press-Schwartz joins Rabbi Drew Kaplan in discussing a survey of binge-drinking amongst yeshiva high school students in America. For show notes and more, see http://jewishdrinking.com/hsbinging/ Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.com l&apo...

In the 66th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Dan Margulies joins Rabbi Drew Kaplan in a discussion on Maimonides' views on Kiddush and Havdallah for Shabbat Support the show Thank you for listening! If you have any questions, suggestions, or more, feel free to reach out at Drew@JewishDrinking.com l'chaim!