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Drinking?
Tzvi Ben Roshel1:
Also about drinking, yes it is not technically forbidden, but one of the things it says on people who G-d hates is one who drinks excessivly, and that doesn't even have to do if it is socially or not.
Kushiel:
I have so far stopped having more than 3 drinks in a sitting, and am looking for a Synagogue I would like to talk to a Rabbi at.
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--- Quote from: Kushiel on July 09, 2008, 10:41:16 AM ---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.
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well, given that I don't have an alcohol problem, your post has tempted me to have a whiskey, or red wine.
I might look for some beer but I think I drank it all. I never normally liked beer but I found one I quite liked. Can't remember what it was called though. will have to rediscover it! cheers!
Alot of jews have a gene called something like Ax2x2 which causes a situation in a person where too much alcohol just makes you fall asleep .It doesn't make you go wild. European jews tend to have it, and chinese I think , not sure about sephardic jews. Most jews prob couldn't do 8 beers! 4 whiskeys maybe! I do know some jews that can have 8 beers no problem. I find gentiles can't do whiskey.
I did read somewhere that a young person is dissuaded from alcohol since it adds to the fire that is already there. But for an old person it can be beneficial, to warm them up.
Tzvi Ben Roshel1:
"Alot of jews have a gene called something like Ax2x2 which causes a situation in a person where too much alcohol just makes you fall asleep "
;D I guess that explains a lot. I dont know why, maybe its this or maybe its because its Shabb-t, but friday night it always happens. I drink and eat well, then I sit a little and chill out and then boom im sleepin. But the thing is that it doesn't happen on Shabb-t day when I also drink.
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maybe you get a good meal on shabbos day but not on friday /shabbos night ;-)
If you drink on an empty stomach it has more effect.
The kiddush on shabbat day might help.
A gentile friend once pointed out to me me that you never see a fat alcoholic. (it is for this reason). By alcoholic, I mean somebody who has really ruined his health from it. (thouhg I must say, I think I knew one once.. It is rare. And the ones on tv shows are always thin)
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