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I grew up seeing wine as a symbol of joy, holiness and a tool for elevating the mundane. From the weekly Kiddush (a blessing said over a wine cup) on Shabbat to holidays like Purim, Passover and ...

“Six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be קודש (Holy) to you, a day of complete rest” (Exodus 35;2). “Every person whose heart inspired him came, and everyone whose generous spirit ...

There are many misconceptions about kosher wines. The most common is that they are sweet and of poor quality. In the early 1980s only a few wineries were producing kosher wines and most were sweet.

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AP — If you remember when kosher wine meant mostly cheap and sweet, you probably also know that the second part is no longer true. Today, there are plenty of quality kosher wines being made around the ...

Israel wasted 2.6 million tons of food worth $7.2B in 2024 ...

An article on Passover wines in the April 12 edition of the New York-based newspaper The Jewish Week relates that an “increasingly larger number of kosher wines are non-mevushal, meaning that only ...

There will be no eerie glow coming from your Havdalah candle on Saturday evening, Oct. 31. No boiling or toiling in your Kiddush cup or smell of sulfur in your spice box. Shabbat will be ending, ...

This is the second installment in a new monthly series, “Of Sacred Items And Gorgeous Tchotchkes,” looking closely at the Judaica items that fill our homes. Kiddush is one of those experiences that is ...