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Kosher wine that is Mevushal, "cooked"*, is fine to touch. The underlying issue is that an enactment was put in place in Talmudic times to prevent Yayin Nesech (wine used for idolotrous purposes) and extended also to prevent intermarriage and out-conversion (meaning that, even if you know that the gentile serving you wine is not going to engage in idolatry, ...
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This holds true for wine that is not mevushal, boiled. If a non-Jew touches an open bottle of mevushal wine, there is no problem. Note, this is not a melacha, that is, an action forbidden on the sabbath, but a separate prohibition related to the laws of kashrut and concerns over idolatry. There is much to be said on the subject (including an explanation of ...
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The Gemara (Bava Batra 97b) says:
סוחט אדם אשכול של ענבים ואומר עליו קידוש היום
One can squeeze a cluster of grapes and say Kiddush on it.
The Shulchan Aruch rules this way in OC 272:2
So it seems that letting the juice ferment is not a prerequisite for ritual use.
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Proper procedure? I don't think there is a preference. Hamotzi does not exempt wine ever (Shulchan Aruch OC 174:1) and if you drank wine before the bread it continues to exempt wine drunk after the bread (:4). Also, the after blessing on the bread exempts the wine, even if wine was only drunk before the bread, and certainly if it was drunk during the meal ...
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You bring up a much more fundamental question than the other answers have dealt with. If the reason to forbid wine touched by certain people is lest they libated part of it to Avoda Zara, then should the wine be forbidden to the toucher himself if he knows that he did not libate it?
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein deals with this question (Igrot Moshe OC V 37:8) ...
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By asking about Shavu'a sheChal Bo, I assume you are looking for a Sephardi perspective. Maran writes (Shulchan Aruch OC 551:10):
ומותר לשתות יין הבדלה וברכת המזון.
It is permitted to drink the wine of Havdalah and Birkat haMazon.
The Rama there notes the Ashkenazi practice of refraining from drinking both of those and instead letting a child ...
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Your question was asked of the Ohr Somayach "Ask the Rabbi" who answers about three things:
1) Extinguishing the havdalah candle immediately after havdalah
2) Extinguishing it in wine
3) Not blowing out candles in general
On 2, he says,
""Wine spilling like water," says the Talmud, "is a sign of blessing."
In order to start the week off right, we ...
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I don't have a source for the following, but it seems logical:
Since your current status is not Jewish, you don't have an obligation in mitzvos. You are merely keeping the mitzvos for educational purposes. The structure of the education is to do exactly what you would do if you were Jewish- which is buy kosher wine and drink it.
To illustrate, a 12 year ...
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The Pischei Teshuva (YD 268:8) quoting the Tiferes L'Moshe writes that in the event that the child reverts to the status of a gentile, all the wine s/he has touched will indeed retain the status of wine touched by a gentile child. He qualifies this by saying that we aren't concerned that it might happen until it does, and we allow the kid to touch our wines.
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The Talmud (Sanhedrin end of 70a) alludes to Adam drinking wine - although it isn't exactly clear how that would work given the time frame - saying that Noach should have stayed away from wine, learning from Adam with the sin of the Eitz Hadaas which was caused by wine - according to the opinion that the tree was a grape vine.
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Rivivos Efraim Orach Chaim 2 - 137 attributes this Minhag to the Baal Kneses HaGedola 261 with the following two reasons. One is not to drink wine that the name of the Makos were mentioned on. Also since it is disgusting since he dipped his finger into it.
Sefer Mekorei Minhagim - 44 mentions this in the name of the Arizal.
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From the Baal Hatanya's Haggadah:
ויכוון, שהכוס הוא סוד המלכות, ושופך מהיין שבתוכו סוד האף והזעם
שבה על ידי כח הבינה לתוך כלי שבור סוד הקליפה שנקראת ארור
One should have in mind that the cup represents sod hamalchut (the secret of sovereignty), and the wine that is being poured into the broken vessel represents the secret of anger and ...
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I've been part of a group that did Hashgacha on a production of grape concentrate for the OU. The grapes are untouched by non-jewish hands from when the are loaded into the crusher until after the juice is boiled.
The run was specifically for Grape Juice Concentrate. The grapes were taken directly from the field to the crusher and were completely processed ...
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The question and the answers mostly deal with the spiritual aspects of wine. I am not disagreeing with them. But, it should also be remembered that although wine is a vegetarian product, it still must be prepared in accordance with the laws of kashrus. In other words, all equipment and any additives need to be in accordance with kashrus. The equipment ...
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Mechilta Parshas Yisro 18:9 says that in the well of Miriam you were able to taste honey, milk, new wine, old wine.
ר׳ אלעזר המודעי אומר בטובת הבאר הגיד לו אמר לו באר שנתן לנו המקום אנו
טועמין בה טעם דבש טעם חלב טעם יין חדש טעם יין ישן
Perhaps this was the way Nadav and Avihu were Shetuyai Yayin.
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The Nosei Keilim are asking why in 125:1 the Mechaber says the wine left in the vessel is forbidden, while in 124:14 and 124:8 he says that it is permissible.
The Be'er HeTev (125 S"K 1) offers an answer. He says that the Mechaber holds that when you actually pick up the vessel and pour everything becomes Assur, even what is left in the vessel. This is ...
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I believe, quite frankly, that the question is based on the incorrect assumption that the Sages instituted a prohibition against tasting anything after the last bite of Matzah (which we colloquially call the Afikomen). This is not correct, as can be demonstrated by the simple fact that that's not how the Seder, arranged by the Sages, goes.
The Mishnah ...
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A number of points:
Kilaei Zeraim applies to things that grow from the ground. Mushrooms do not qualify.
Kilaei Zeraim is frobidden only if you plant it intenionally OR if you leave it that after you find it and it grows to maturity.
Kilaei Zeraim requires at least TWO different types of seeds to be planted in addition to the vine itself. The prohi
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