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Kushiel:
Obviously i am aware that drinking is not forbiden by Jewish law, but as someone raised in a particualy "non-jewish" environment of working class australia, I was wondering if there was a specific prohibition to having perhaps a few too many drinks with some mates, for example having 8 or 10 beers at a pub with your mates on the weekend. Forgive my ignorance, but the parent i live with dosnt really care about Halakha either way so i'm pretty ignorant about the more complex issues.

~Hanna~:
I know for a fact there is one particular Jewish Sect that allows getting drunk one day a year.... :)

Kushiel:
With me its more a case of once a weekend, like a good way to let off steam. I guess i should find a Rabbi and ask them.

Tzvi Ben Roshel1:
Sorry to say you cant drink with gentiles socially.
 And to Hanna- its not a sect, everyone has a mitzva to drink a little on Purim, many drink a little, some get a little drunk, some just take a nap.
  And about even drinking at home, if your parents are not Shomer Shabb-t, you need to buy kosher (obviously) Wine that is MEVUSHAL, which is cooked or pasturized (not sure, but it will say Mevushal on the bottle).

Harzel:
Drinking culture is very foreign to the Jewish culture. In Israel we had very little alcoholism, and alcohol consumption is still much lower then in any western country. Things begun to change due to the immigration from Russia as the Russian Jews (and non Jews) brought with them a drinking culture. And also due to globalism, Young Israelis like to imitate the western habit of social drinking.

If you try to keep kosher, you should know that wine is not kosher unless it has a hechsher from rabbis. most other acloholic drinks like beer and spirits  are kosher.

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