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Old 05-26-2018, 07:50 PM
 
Location: The Ranch in Olam Haba
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It is Muslims and certain Christian sects that have strictures against alcohol, not Judaism. As a matter of fact, on one of the religious holidays, the men are supposed to drink!
Drink? Get plastered per the Babylonian Talmud: One is obligated to drink on Purim until one doesn’t know the difference between ‘cursed be Haman’ and ‘blessed be Mordechai.’
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Old 05-27-2018, 05:21 AM
 
Location: US
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I personally was surprised such an Orthodox house had whiskey!
What do i know...
When I spent Shabbat with my friend in Lakewood, he had Wild Turkey at the table...He and his wife are Chassidic...
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Old 05-27-2018, 08:43 AM
 
Location: Elsewhere
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Drink? Get plastered per the Babylonian Talmud: One is obligated to drink on Purim until one doesn’t know the difference between ‘cursed be Haman’ and ‘blessed be Mordechai.’
I didn't want to be the one to say it!
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Old 06-15-2018, 09:52 PM
 
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A Whiskey Sour was the cocktail to get at kosher Bar Mitzvahs and weddings during the 1960s.
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Old 06-17-2018, 10:13 AM
 
Location: The Ranch in Olam Haba
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A Whiskey Sour was the cocktail to get at kosher Bar Mitzvahs and weddings during the 1960s.
Nahh. Slivovitz was.
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