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Are psilocybin mushrooms permitted/prohibited/advocated in Jewish law or tradition?
What does Jewish law or tradition have to say about magic mushrooms? Or in general, about any hallucinogen.
Is it forbidden to consume psilocybin mushrooms or other hallucinogens? Is it advocated? ...
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How to get drunk on Purim and still pray?
There is a halachic problem, as has been discussed previously, with praying while being drunk. If someone gets drunk on Purim, how does he manage to fulfill the mitzvah to pray three times a day?
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Prohibition on paskening halacha when one is drunk
The Gemorah in Beitzah 4a says that Rav wouldn't give a drasha on Yom Tov after eating the seudah because when he would give a drasha he would be moreh halacha (give over halachic rulings) and this is ...
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Why did Noach plant a vineyard?
The first mention the torah makes of wine and vineyards is in Gen 9:20-21, when Noach plants a vineyard and then gets drunk on wine after the flood. What prompted him to plant a vineyard as, ...
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Only nine sober men in a minyan
Do nine sober men and one drunk man constitute a minyan? While I know that one should not be davening if they are drunk (tipsy as well?) but does that negate the fact that there are ten (or more) men ...
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Understanding the story of Rabba and Rav Zeira
The Gemarah (Megillah 7b)describes how Rabba and Rav Zeira celebrated Purim together. While intoxicated Rabba kills (slaughters) Rav Zeira. The next day he resurrects him. The next year Rabba invites ...
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Drinking on Purim OTHER THAN at the required “Festive Meal” (Seudas Mitzvah)
A source from this question quotes the Rema that one should be "joyous" on the night of Purim as well as the day. That citation doesn't explicity address getting intoxicated.
This site quotes many ...
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If sleeping suffices for “ad d'lo yada”, why drink?
The Shulchan Aruch (OC 695:2) writes:
One must become drunk on Purim until he doesn't know the difference between "arur Haman" and "baruch Mord'chay".
The Rama (ad loc.) adds:
But some say ...
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Birkat Kohanim in Mussaf on Simchas Torah?
MB 669 seif koton 17 says in the name of the Levush that the custom is that the Kohanim do not bless the people at Mussaf on Simchas Torah because there is a likelihood that the kohanim may be ...
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Drunk person doing schechting
If a Shochet under the influence of alcohol slaughtered meat is the meat kosher for consumption or does the fact that he is drunk make him equivalent to a Shoteh (a mentally incompetent person) ...
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Drunken Davening
Can one daven Drunk and what is the Level of drunkenness that disallows one from Davening?
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Can you use Liquor to fulfill Ad Dlo Yoda?
Can you use liquor instead of wine for the mitzvah of Ad Dlo Yoda?
Is there any Posek who allows you to be yotzeh specifically with Liquor?
