Jewish Drinking: Recent Episodes
Drew Kaplan
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.
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/
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/
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
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/
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
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/
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
In the 65th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Chaim Litvin shares, in conversation with host Rabbi Drew Kaplan, about distilleries selling their hametz.
For more, see http://jewishdrinking.com/hametzdistilleries/
For the 64th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Prof. Dayan Zev Farber joins Rabbi Drew Kaplan in discussing the origins of the practice of dropping out drops of wine at the Passover Seder.
For more on this episode, show notes and more are available at http://jewishdrinking.com/sederdrops/
In the 63rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Miriam Gedwiser and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss the Talmudic origin of women being formally included in the requirement to drink four cups of wine at the Passover Seder.
The 62nd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Rabbi David Polsky and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discussing the four cups of wine at the Passover Seder as they are discussed in the Mishnah and both Talmuds.
The 61st episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Rabbi David Fried and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discussing medieval Jewish legal decisors' (rishonim) opinions on Purim-drinking.
In this 60th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor Joshua Joel Spoelstra discusses the drinking parties in the book of Esther, with Rabbi Drew Kaplan.
How does Kabbalah approach getting drunk on Purim?
In the 59th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor Vadim Putzu shares the approach of Rabbi Hayyim/Chaim Vital (1543-1620), an early Kabbalist, on the curious topic of Purim drunkenness.
Professor Michael Satlow and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss wine and drinking in the book of Ben Sira for the 58th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show.
The 57th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Professor Mika Ahuvia in discussion with host Rabbi Drew Kaplan about an asparagus beverage mentioned by the early rabbis in the Babylonian Talmud (Berakhot 51a).
The 56th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features guest Rabbi David Polsky in conversation with show host Rabbi Drew Kaplan in discussing rabbinic texts and beyond regarding both praying and providing halakhic guidance under the influence of alcohol.
What is the "the drinking house" in rabbinic literature?
Professor Jordan Rosenblum joins Rabbi Drew Kaplan on the 55th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show to discuss בית משתה in the Mishnah and the Tosefta.
For more, see: http://jewishdrinking.com/rablit/tosefta/drinkinghouse-mishnahandtosefta/
For the 54th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Mollie Lewis from New Riff Distilling joins as the guest and shares information about the distillery, its products, and more
Show notes and more: http://jewishdrinking.com/other-media/video/newriffdistilling/
Joshua Schwartz joins the 53rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show to discuss beer and whiskey in wine containers that had previously contained gentile wine with host, Rabbi Drew Kaplan
Rabbi Chaim Litvin, the Bourbon Rabbi, joins The Jewish Drinking Show to discuss providing kosher supervision to distilleries in Kentucky.
For more, see http://jewishdrinking.com/other-media/video/thebourbonrabbi/
Professor Joshua Kulp returns to the JewishDrinking.com Show to discuss drinking non-wine beverages for Kiddush & Havdallah in Post-Talmudic Literature with host Rabbi Drew Kaplan for the 51st episode of the show.
For more on this episode, see http://jewishdrinking.com/halakhah/hemarmedinah-kulp
For the 50th episode of the JewishDrinking.com video and podcast show, Aliza Lipkin joins with host Rabbi Drew Kaplan to discuss Lot, Lot's daughters, and wine.
Rabbi Josh Yuter joins as the guest on the 49th episode of the JewishDrinking.com show, where he and host Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss midrashim in Bereshit Rabbah 51 on Lot and his daughters' drinking episode in the cave (Genesis 19)
The 48th episode of the JewishDrinking.com Show features Rabbi Andie Cosnowsky in discussing alcoholism and alcohol abuse in the Jewish community
One of the lengthiest discussions in rabbinic literature on wine and drinking occurs on Eruvin 64-65, covering prayer, judging, and more, thus the 47th episode of the JewishDrinking.com show covers it!
In the 46th episode of the JewishDrinking.com show, Rabbi Eli Simpson joins as the guest to discuss Chabad farbrengens.
Note: this episode was shot in January 2020, prior to the COVID-19 outbreak in Ohio.
For the 45th episode of the JewishDrinking.com podcast/video series, Rabbi Avi Finegold stars as the guest in discussing Kiddush Clubs.
In this episode, “Drinking During the Ten Days of Repentance: An Introduction”, Rabbi Drew Kaplan leads an introductory overview of Jewish practices of drinking during the Jewish season of the High Holidays (ימים נוראים), also known as the Ten Days of Repentance (עשרת ימי תשובה).
This episode is the second “Drinks and Discussion”-style episode, wherein Rabbi Drew Kaplan leads a text-based discussion with a live Zoom audience.
As we get ready to celebrate Rosh HaShanah, one can't help but think of apples and honey.
In this episode, we focus both on honey and, as you may expect, drinking fermented honey - mead.
Speaking on bee honey is Rabbanit Amalia Haas, founder of Bee Awesome, and speaking on mead-making is Eli Silins, co-founder/co-owner of Camuna Cellers.
On the newest episode of the JewishDrinking.com podcast, Gabriel Geller joins the show to discuss Kedem Wines and the Royal Wine Corporation.
The latest episode of the JewishDrinking.com Show features Alieza Salzberg Yizhar in our discussing Yalta's wine-destroying incident, as recorded in the Babylonian Talmud on Berakhot 51b
The 40th episode of the JewishDrinking.com podcast series features Rabbi Drew Kaplan leading an online discussion on the topic of drinking during the period from Rosh Chodesh Av through Tisha b'Av, also known as The Nine Days.
In this 39th episode of the JewishDrinking.com Show, Talia Haykin of Haykin Family Cider joins the show to speak about her family's cidery, its being kosher, and more.
Neal Cohen, co-founder of Tip Top Proper Cocktails, a company that produces and sells canned kosher-certified cocktails, joins the 38th episode of the JewishDrinking.com show to share about the company, its story, its products, as well as making the decision to go kosher-certified.
What's the deal with libations in the Torah?
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier joins Rabbi Drew Kaplan on the JewishDrinking.com show to discuss precisely this topic.
Maharat Ruth Balinsky-Friedman joins the 35th episode of The JewishDrinking.com Show to discuss Miriam's Well.
With wine appearing at many Jewish lifecycle events, why?
Rabbi Avi Finegold joins the newest episode of the JewishDrinking.com show to discuss this topic
In this episode of the JewishDrinking.com show, Eli Gurevich of Tosefta Online joins the show to discuss what good guests say and what bad guests say as found in Tosefta Berakhot 6.5. We also discuss Ben Zoma, the speaker behind this statement.
In this episode of the JewishDrinking.com podcast, Dr. Vadim Putzu discusses introductory concepts of wine in Kabbalistic thought
Chaim Grafstein joins us on the newest episode of the JewishDrinking.com show to discuss the Moroccan Jewish drink of mahia
The newest episode for the JewishDrinking.com podcast features Joel Haber discussing an introductory overview to Jewish drinking in history.
Professor Stan Mirvis shares his research and knowledge of Jews' involvement in the 18th century Caribbean rum trade on the 30th episode of the JewishDrinking.com podcast
Professor Loren Spiegel joins the JewishDrinking.com podcast as a guest to discuss a third century mosaic in Sepphoris that contains not only depictions of drinking, but also cultural attitudes on it.
In this JewishDrinking.com episode, Professor Jennie Ebeling discusses the role of women in beer-brewing during Biblical times, as well as archaeological finds relating to beer-brewing in ancient Israel.
Beer...in the Bible? Yes, in this episode, Dr. Michael Homan joins the JewishDrinking.com podcast to discuss beer in the Bible
In this episode of JewishDrinking.com: The Show, Professor Jordan Rosenblum joins host Rabbi Drew Kaplan in discussing how beer became acceptable to be used for Havdallah in the Babylonian Talmud.
Rabbi Alana Suskin joins Rabbi Drew Kaplan for the 25th episode of JewishDrinking.com's podcast & video series for a discussion of the danger of demons with the four cups of wine at the Passover Seder, according to the rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud.
In this 24th episode of the JewishDrinking.com podcast/video series, Dr. Joshua Kulp joins the show to discuss whiskey as the catalyst for the contemporary notion of selling chametz in one's home.
On this episode of JewishDrinking.com: The Show, Rabbi David Fried joins in for a discussion of a rabbinic text in the Talmud that discusses how many cups of wine are to be drunk at a mourner's house (Ketubot 8b).
On this episode of JewishDrinking.com: The Show, Professor Adam Teller shares knowledge of his research into Jews involved in the liquor trade in 17th and 18th century Poland
Prohibition was a trying time for the United States of America - how did the Jews respond to Prohibition?
Professor Marni Davis, author of "Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition" is the featured guest on this episode
Rabbi Eli Simpson shares Hasidic wisdom (especially from a Chabad point of view) on drinking on Purim in this 20th episode of JewishDrinking.com: The Show, including discussions on Hasidic takes on Talmudic passages concerning Purim.
Professor Jordan Rosenblum joins Rabbi Drew Kaplan for a discussion of the Purim-drinking sugya on Megillah 7b in the Babylonian Talmud, for the 19th episode of the JewishDrinking podcast
On the 18th episode of JewishDrinking.com: The Show, Rabbi Ayalon Eliach discusses his take on Rava's views on Mordechai, wine, and Purim, providing a fresh perspective on Rava's statement that one should get drunk on Purim.
Rabbi Eli Simpson shares his knowledge on drinking in Hasidic thought for the newest episode of JewishDrinking.com: The Show!
Jay Rosen of Sheik It Up joins JewishDrinking.com: The Show to discuss ideas for Tu b'Shevat cocktails, as well as to discuss the contemporary cocktails scene in Israel
In this episode of JewishDrinking.com: The Show, guest Professor Roger Horowitz speaks about the history of Manischewitz wine, as well as Kedem wine's effect on the kosher wine market in America.
Featured guest Professor Jordan Rosenblum shares in a conversation about Rav Papa, the "beer baron" of the Babylonian Talmud
In the latter half of the 2010s, as craft beer grew greatly in the United States, various kashrut concerns came with that growth, as various adjunct ingredients were added to beers. With the rise in questions regarding kashrut of beers, Rabbi Avrahom Pressburger created KosherCraftBeer.com to help kosher-keeping consumers informed on which beers in the marketplace were certified kosher and which beers may be problematic kosher-wise. Rabbi Pressburger joins Jewish Drinking: The Show to discuss how beer and kashrut have come up over the past several years.
Professor Glenn Dynner shares his research regarding Jewish tavernkeepers in 18th and 19th century Poland and the various factors influencing that situation, on this episode of JewishDrinking.com: The Show.
What is the Book of Judith and how does wine play a role in the story in the book?
Joining JewishDrinking.com: The Show as a featured guest, Professor Caryn Tamber-Rosenau speaks about this topic with host Rabbi Drew Kaplan.
As mentioned in this episode, Prof. Tamber-Rosenau's book Women in Drag: Gender and Performance in the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Literature is available for purchase: https://amzn.to/36XJ5oK
What does the Jewish tradition have to offer for guidance on drinking on Hanukah?
Rabbi Ben Shefter joins Rabbi Drew Kaplan on this episode of "JewishDrinking.com: The Show" to discuss drinking on Hanukah
Rabbi Dr. Avraham Walfish joins Rabbi Drew Kaplan on the newest episode of JewishDrinking.com: The Show to discuss a broad overview of wine in the Mishnah
With so much to discuss about Lot's drinking with his daughters in the book of Genesis, this is the second consecutive week that JewishDrinking: The Show features a discussion on this scandalous incident. This week's episode features Rabbi Eryn London in conversation with Rabbi Drew Kaplan about the incident.
Host of JewishDrinking.com: The Show, Rabbi Drew Kaplan, discusses the incident in the book of Genesis of Lot's drinking with his daughters, with Aaron Roller, co-host of The Portion podcast.
Rabbi Drew Kaplan and Professor Tanhum Yoreh discuss Rav Pappa's statement in the Talmud concerning a potential problem with wastefulness when choosing wine over beer.
Rabbi Drew Kaplan discusses with Professor John Bergsma the very first incident in the Bible of drinking and getting drunk, and the interpretive challenge of what Ham did to Noah.
Rabbi Drew Kaplan discusses Weird Tanakh Facts, a Biblical drinking game in beta version, with its creator, Rabbi Daniel Epstein.
For the second episode of Jewish drinking, Rabbi Drew Kaplan discusses drinking on the holiday of Sukkot, with a preview of next week's episode.
Introducing the #1 resource on the Internet for Jewish drinking texts, JewishDrinking.com. Rabbi Drew Kaplan, the founder, discusses what the website is and what it will feature.