Questions tagged [grapes-wine]
halachos and customs applicable to grapes & wine
23
questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
5
votes
0
answers
73
views
Containers and wine
Is there any outer container (a frame or box, perhaps) into which an open bottle of non-mevushal wine can be placed that will shield the bottle in such a way that, if a non-Jew (or heretic) casually ...
3
votes
0
answers
57
views
On the relative densities of liquids
The Mishna, Shabas chapter 19, describes beating wine with oil (to make a healing ointment for a circumcision) as something that can be done a day in advance and therefore may not be done on Shabas. ...
3
votes
0
answers
76
views
Best raisins to make raisin wine for kiddush?
Raisin wine.
SO O Ch 272 (6) quotes the Tur to say
יין צמוקים מקדשים עליו (והוא שיש בהן לחלוחית קצת בלא שרייה) (טור):
Kiddush may be recited over raisin wine (provided some moisture can be
squeezed ...
3
votes
0
answers
118
views
Prohibition of Meat and Wine on the 9th of Av
Is there a specific prohibition against the consumption of meat and wine of the 9th of Av besides for the general obligation to fast?
This question makes a difference in the case of someone who is ...
3
votes
0
answers
323
views
Champagne and hechsher
I have heard (without a source) that some who were makpid to purchase only wines with hashgachot would consume wine from Champagne without a hechsher, probably because gentiles typically do not use ...
3
votes
0
answers
118
views
Can I get fruit juice from the street juice truck if the non-Jewish owner occasionally squeezes grapes?
There are several non-Jewish owned fruit trucks near work. Occasionally, the non-Jew squeezes grapes to make fresh grape juice. I understand that the grape juice prepared by a non-Jew is non kosher.
...
3
votes
0
answers
140
views
Is wine from a Miracle Machine subject to Stam Yenam?
This article describes a kickstarter for a machine to make wine quickly out of grape juice concentrates. My question is twofold:
Is such wine subject to stam yenam?
Is it even Borei pri hagafen?
3
votes
1
answer
337
views
Early Shabbos during 9 days
Is it permitted to bring in Shabbos early during the 9 days and make Kiddush? I know that the prevailing custom for Havdallah is to do it over something other than wine, but obviously this cannot be ...
2
votes
0
answers
63
views
If Using *Chamar Medinah* for Dalet Kosos, is an Alcoholic One Preferred?
As discussed previously, the Maharil ("father of Ashkenazic customs") says it's okay to use mead at the Seder if someone has no wine (or presumably is deathly allergic to it), and the Ramah ...
2
votes
0
answers
52
views
Machshirin and being satisfied with wetting
Mishnah Machshirin 3:3 explains that a loaf of bread which is placed over the top of a wine cask and absorbs wine fumes is considered hechsher. But why is this the case, because there is no reason to ...
2
votes
0
answers
105
views
Why does the Jerusalem Talmud speak of only white wine grapes being offered at the temple?
According to Asaph Goor, the Jerusalem Talmud, Bikkurim, chapter 1, Halacha 3, contains a discussion on the question of the propriety of vine offerings to the Temple. It strictly enjoins that only ...
2
votes
0
answers
71
views
Does the Yerushalmi mention drinking wine on Friday after bathing
Related to this question. The Otzar Yad Chaim in the picture below quotes the Bartenura who mentions a minhag to drink until tipsy before going to shul Friday night.
The seffer then says the ...
2
votes
0
answers
39
views
Nozir who completes his vow: why different permissions in written Torah and Mishna.
A nozir is forbidden grape products, haircutting and to become tomei from a dead body.
After successful conclusion of his nezirus, he goes through a process ending with the waving of his korban as ...
2
votes
0
answers
147
views
Drinking socially during the Three Weeks
Is there any problem with drinking socially during the Three Weeks?
Background: My Rav held that large social gatherings even without music give a person more Simḥah than privately listening to music,...
1
vote
1
answer
70
views
Aerating wine on shabbos
Is it permissible to use an aerator (non battery operated) on shabbos?
What about a decanter?
1
vote
0
answers
42
views
May wine be substituted with grape juice for Yom tov
According to the Talmud in Masechet Pesachim, there is a mitzvah to drink wine on Yom Tov for Simchah Yom Tov. My question is, can grape juice substitute for wine on Yom Tov?
1
vote
0
answers
228
views
Why does the mohel fill his mouth with a small amount of wine during the Metzitzah B’peh of a bris?
While not all Jews practice this aspect of circumcision, some include a ritual known as Metzitzah B’peh (the oral suction of blood from the boy's wound)
I'm aware that the Gemara indicates this was ...
1
vote
0
answers
41
views
Kiddush on Grape Juice Jello
May one use grape juice or wine that was turned into Jello for Kiddush? Does concentration matter, for example, if the cup was already full of wine, and a bit of jello was added?
I saw a related ...
1
vote
0
answers
66
views
Grape juice vs. Diluted Wine
Here it mentions that it is better to mix wine and grape juice than to have plain grape juice. How about mixing water with wine; is the diluted wine still more preferable for kiddush and havdalah? (...
1
vote
0
answers
52
views
Wine barrels covered in animal fat
In Yoreh Deah siman 121 when talking about hecksher kelim, the Rema says:
הַגָּה: יֵשׁ מְקוֹמוֹת שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ הֶתֵּר לָשׂוּם יַיִן בְּכֵלִים שֶׁנִּסְרֵיהֶם מְדֻבָּקִים בְּחֵלֶב, מִשּׁוּם שֶׁטֶּבַע ...
1
vote
1
answer
122
views
Should all white wine be avoided in accordance with the Talmudic suggestion to avoid "white tilia wine"?
The Gemara in Gittin 70a says:
Mar 'Ukba said: If a man drinks white tilia, he will be subject to debility.
R`Hisda said: There are sixty kinds of wine; the best of all is red fragrant wine, the ...
0
votes
0
answers
56
views
Question regarding the laws of Brachos
If one drank half a Revi’is of wine, and then drank a Revi’is of water, and then recited “Borei Nefashos”, with the intention of drinking another half a Revi’is of wine afterwards, should he recite “...
0
votes
0
answers
126
views
Blessing on wine in "sheva brachos" without minyan at chuppah
In the absence of a minyan at the wedding (chuppah), some poskim offer to read from all 7 "Sheva Brachos" only the last one - "Asher Bara". However, isn't it necessary in this case ...