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210. Passover Wine - March 20, 2021

TINW Torah Study

English - March 20, 2021 21:00 - 5 minutes - 3.78 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
Judaism Religion & Spirituality jennifer jaech biblical origins torah study tara keiter Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed


The Torah tells us that on Passover we should eat unleavened bread and bitter herbs. But the Torah makes no mention of drinking four cups of wine. Four! That's a lot of wine. The ancient Rabbis said drinking the wine was an obligatory part of the Passover celebration. Rabbi Jaech led us on an exploration of where that tradition might have started.