Wine

A special status is accorded to wine and grape products, and thus we must be especially vigilant

A fun exploration of the uses of wine at Jewish rituals including Shabbat, festivals, weddings and more. L’chaim!

What kind of wine? How much? And when is it imbibed?

After completing the circumcision, as he dipped his finger in the wine to place a drop in the baby’s mouth, the Chatam Sofer called out: "When wine goes in, secrets come out." Seventy years were to pass before the significance of the great sage's words ...

Surely there are other, more refined and more spiritual ways of celebrating and showing joy?

When a thing is what it is, it's the same from the inside looking out and from the outside looking in

When we are "thirsty", when we desire to be united with G-d in a way that transcends the limited scope of our thoughts and feelings, we derive pleasure from "water", from kabbalas ol...

How are we to reconcile the loftiness of Rosh Hashanah with the mundane subject of a significant part of its prayers? Chanah's prayer offers the response to this profound question.

It came to pass that one Sukkot, the honor of pouring the water on the altar was given to a Sadducee priest; but instead of pouring the water into its prescribed bowl in the southwest corner of the altar, this priest spilled it on his feet . . .

Wine has no secrets: when a thing is what it is, it's the same from the inside looking out and from the outside looking in