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The Gemara (Eruvin 64a):
אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל שתה רביעית יין אל יורה
R. Judah stated in the name of Samuel: He who has drunk a quarter of a
log of wine must not give a [halachic] ruling.
The Rambam (Hil. Bias Mikdash 1:3):
וכשם שאסור לכהן להכנס למקדש מפני השכרות כך אסור לכל אדם בין כהן בין
ישראל להורות כשהוא שתוי
And just as it is ...
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Most solutions to this question involve either a compromise on drunkenness, or on prayer. Either you can follow one of the opinions which allow you to fulfil the obligation of drinking without actually getting drunk (Rema, M"B) or an opinion that allows you to pray while drunk (see @Gershon Gold's citation from Nitei Gavriel. I didn't know there was a ...
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This question is hard to answer the same for everyone. People function differently when they drink. Nitei Gavriel Hilchos Purim 73:3 discusses one who will be unable to preform the required Mitzvos should either not drink, or drink only a bit at the Seuda. Nitei Gavriel Hilchos Purim 73:5 also mentions one should be careful not to drink so much, that he will ...
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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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Rav Shmuel Kamentsky holds one can use anything (kovetz Halachos perek 18:11).
He discusses many sources including the Tur, Shulchan Aruch, Chayei Adam, and more poskim. He also cites the Aruch Hashulchan 695:5 with a savorah of one could use יי"ש but shouldn't for other reasons. He also discusses Minchas Elazar 695 בשבילי דוד and the קהילות יעקב.
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Even if there is a "psychedelic community" in Israel that approves of "magic mushrooms," that is not an indication that Judaism approves of it. In nearly every country there is a small group of people obsessed with psychedelic drugs, and they pretty much approve of them all. Since they are ideologues, they have no credibility. Don't listen to them.
These ...
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Shulchan Aruch, OC 235:4, reads:
One who reads the evening "Sh'ma" after the rise of amud hashachar [roughly: "dawn"] before sunrise has not fulfilled his obligation, unless he was compelled [to read it so late]: for example, if he was drunk, sick, or the like.
Mishna B'rura 31 comments:
Even if he got drunk after the time of reciting "Sh'ma" has ...
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R' David Silverberg discusses some non-literal interpretations:
The Maharsha explains that Rava urged Rabbi Zeira to drink during the Purim festivities, to the point where Rabbi Zeira took seriously ill. Rava then prayed on his colleague's behalf and Rabbi Zeira recovered from his intoxication. According to this reading, the Gemara relates this story ...
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It is acceptable to proceed with chazarat hashatz, etc. if one of the 10 men making the minyan is still davening the silent shmoneh esrei, or even if one is asleep and cannot be woken, as long as there are still 6 men paying attention. This may not be a completely analogous case, and I could not find a definitive answer to your question, but I would guess ...
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