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Drinking on Purim.
« on: February 25, 2014, 11:09:14 AM »
.   ד  עֹזְבֵי תוֹרָה, יְהַלְלוּ רָשָׁע;    וְשֹׁמְרֵי תוֹרָה, יִתְגָּרוּ בָם
4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.

ה  אַנְשֵׁי-רָע, לֹא-יָבִינוּ מִשְׁפָּט;    וּמְבַקְשֵׁי יְהוָה, יָבִינוּ כֹל.   
5 Evil men understand not justice; but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

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Re: Drinking on Purim.
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2014, 11:10:27 AM »
Purim - Drinking for clarity - Rav Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane 

http://tzipordror.blogspot.com/2013/02/purim-drinking-for-clarity-rav-binyamin.html 
.   ד  עֹזְבֵי תוֹרָה, יְהַלְלוּ רָשָׁע;    וְשֹׁמְרֵי תוֹרָה, יִתְגָּרוּ בָם
4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.

ה  אַנְשֵׁי-רָע, לֹא-יָבִינוּ מִשְׁפָּט;    וּמְבַקְשֵׁי יְהוָה, יָבִינוּ כֹל.   
5 Evil men understand not justice; but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

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Re: Drinking on Purim.
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2014, 12:57:38 AM »
Personally I cannot stand alcohol. Some may think I sound like a muslim (G-d forbid) in my hatred of alcohol. In my younger days (high-school - college) I did drink quite a lot. I attended one of the top ten 'Drinking Colleges' in the 80s... But for almost 18 years now I do not drink any alcohol except for Kiddush wine (on Shabbat and Yom Tov) and an occasional shot of vodka with my friends from my minyan.

But I do drink when the tradition calls for it. I will drink the four cups on Pesach, and usually I'll drink 2-3 shots of vodka on Purim.... This is not enough to make me 'drunk' but it does satisfy the halachic obligation of Purim...


You shall make yourself the Festival of Sukkoth for seven days, when you gather in [the produce] from your threshing floor and your vat.And you shall rejoice in your Festival-you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, who are within your cities
Duet 16:13-14

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Re: Drinking on Purim.
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2014, 01:01:00 AM »
Rabbi Finkelstein on the topic:




Rabbi Machlis on the topic:

You shall make yourself the Festival of Sukkoth for seven days, when you gather in [the produce] from your threshing floor and your vat.And you shall rejoice in your Festival-you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, who are within your cities
Duet 16:13-14