Rabbi Drew Kaplan’s Textual Insights
In the printed versions of the Babylonian Talmud, we read the following (Berakhot 59b): ืื”ืจ ืืืกืฃ ืืจ ืืื ื”ืจ ืืืื ื…
Introduction: Appearances Wine appears in four statements inย Avotย โ three dealing with wine as a vehicle for metaphors and one dealing…
Rabbi Yosef Karo, in hisย Set Table, writes straightforwardly (ืฉืืื ืขืจืื ืืืจื ืืขื ืงืื:ื): ืืืื ืืืกืืจืื ืืืืช ืืื ืฉื ืขืืื ืืืืืื…
With Purim upon us this week and the attendant drinking that occurs, it’s fitting to wonder about the appropriateness of…
Recently, someone pointed out to me a curious drinking text related to Purim (Megillah 12a): ืืืฉืชืื ืืืช – ืืื ืืืช…
A rather curious text occurs featuring Abba Shaul discussing his experiences as someone who buried corpses (Niddah 24b): ืชื ืื ืืื…
A fascinating wine-related dispute breaks out over Rabbi Yosef Karoโs (1488-1575) statement (ืฉื”ืข ืื”ื ืงื”ื:ื): ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืื…
I recently came across a rather curious text in the Shulhan Arukh (YD 134:5): ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื…