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The Jewish Drinking Show

Drew Kaplan

Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 190

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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Medieval Jewish Legal Authorities (Rishonim) on Kiddusha Rabbah, featuring Rabbi David Fried [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #184]

Episode 184

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 • Duration 36:46

Introduction
Following the mention of kiddusha rabbah (קידושא רבה) in the Talmud, how did the Rishonim, the medieval normative legal authorities, discuss it? That is exactly the topic of the 184th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, featuring sixth time guest, Rabbi David Fried.

Biography of Guest
Rabbi Fried teaches Judaic Studies at the Upper School of The Ramaz School. He is also an editor and frequent contributor at The Lehrhaus. He lives in New Jersey with his wife Molly and their three sons, Elchanan, Saadia, and Aharon. He earned his rabbinic ordination from YCT Rabbinical School. Amongst his five other appearances on The Jewish Drinking Show, one of them was also on the Rishonim, Rishonim on Purim-Drunkenness.

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Time Stamps
0:00 Welcome
0:36 Introduction to Rabbi David Fried
1:06 Introduction to the Topic
2:00 The Talmudic Drinking Story
8:10 How the Rishonim Consider the Parameters of Kiddusha Rabbah
22:32 How the Rishonim Dealt With the Potential of Non-Wine for Kiddusha Rabbah
35:46 Wrapping-up
36:41 L'chaim

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Indigenous Wine Grape Varieties to Israel, featuring Professor Shivi Drori [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #183]

Episode 183

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 • Duration 40:20

Introduction
Grapes in Israel for the use of wine are nothing new. While it had been known that they were certainly ancient, especially as we read of the delegation of scouts in the 13th chapter in the book of Numbers finding massive bunches of grapes, recent work by Professor Elyashiv "Shivi" Drori has uncovered dozens of previously undocumented indigenous varieties of wine grapes in Israel, about which he shares on the 183rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show.

Biography of Guest
Prof. Drori, a professor of chemical engineering and biotechnology at Ariel University, heads the university’s Samson Family Wine Research Center, Israel’s premier academic institute dedicated to grapevine and wine research. In addition to his research credentials as an agronomist, plant geneticist and oenologist, Drori is also the chief winemaker at Gva’ot Winery, a boutique producer whose wines have earned global acclaim.

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Shul Kiddushes, featuring Prof. Michal Shaul [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #174]

Episode 174

Thursday, May 1, 2025 • Duration 36:51

Intro
Having previously welcomed Professor Michal Shaul to discuss kiddush clubs on the 124th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Prof. Shaul has since published an article, "Happy Hour: The Communal Kiddush and Its Roles in the Synagogue World", Jewish Culture and History, Vol. 25, Iss. 3 (2024) (published online in October 2023), as well as a Hebrew article on kiddush at shul, "הציבור מוזמן לקידוש לאחר התפילה': הקידוש כמחולל וכמשקף את קהילת בית הכנסת' 'Kiddush to Follow' - The Kiddush as Creator and Reflector of the 'Synagogue Community'", כנישתא, Vol. 5 (2024). Surprisingly, despite multiple episodes of The Jewish Drinking Show, this episode is the first to focus on kiddush in synagogues.

Biography of Guest
Prof. Shaul is a senior lecturer in the Department of History at Herzog College. She won the Shazar prize for research in Jewish History (2016). Her book Holocaust Memory in Ultraorthodox Society in Israel was published in Hebrew (Yad Ben-Zvi and Yad Vashem, 2014) and English (Indiana University Press, 2020). Her work about different aspects of the religious commemoration of the Holocaust has been published in various journals, e.g., Yad Vashem Studies, Jewish Culture and History, Journal of Israeli History, and many more. During 2016-2018, she was a scholar-in-residence at . While living in Melbourne, Prof. Shaul was exposed to the central role of the communal kiddush in shul and started to study it, yielding the first chapter of her Kiddush study project on kiddush clubs.

Rabbi Moshe Isserles' Responsum on Gentile Wine, featuring Professor Marc Shapiro

Episode 84

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 • Duration 27:27

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.

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Medieval Rabbis on Gentile Wine, featuring Prof. David Freidenreich

Episode 83

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 • Duration 46:36

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 Center for Small Town Jewish Life. After receiving a B.A. from Brandeis University, he earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University and rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary. His award-winning first book, Foreigners and Their Food: Constructing Otherness in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Law, explores attitudes toward adherents of foreign religions expressed in ancient and medieval laws about sharing food.

For those interested in gaining a sense of how the early rabbis dealt with gentile [libation] wine, you can check out episode #71 of The Jewish Drinking Show, “Gentile Libation Wine (יין נסך) In The Mishnah And Tosefta”, featuring Prof. Avram Shannon.

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Kiddush in Kabbalah, featuring Professor Rabbi Joel Hecker

Episode 82

Thursday, November 4, 2021 • Duration 37:56

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.

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Kosher Cocktail Enthusiasts, with Dovid Statman

Episode 81

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 • Duration 45:15

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

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Cocktails in Mochers Magazine with Yissie Steinhart

Episode 80

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 • Duration 38:30

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/ ‎

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Pandemic Pivoting in Israel - with Joel Haber

Episode 79

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 • Duration 44:28

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

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Pandemic Liquor Sales, featuring Mendy Mark

Episode 78

Tuesday, October 5, 2021 • Duration 34:52

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

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