Why No Meat and Wine in the “Nine Days”
The rhyme and reason behind the well established pre-Tisha B’Av ban on meat and wine is surprisingly vague and inconclusive – especially as Talmudic sources say nothing of the sort, and the tradition doesn't jibe with general mourning and bereavement practices! Tracing the generational evolution of the Halachik documentation provides us subtle hints that can lead us towards a fresh understanding of these dining limitations – allowing us to appreciate the jurisprudence behind the Ashkenazic and Sephardic applications of this kindred prohibition.
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Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the Spiritual Leader and Executive Director of Chabad Flamingo in Thornhill, Ontario, serving one of Canada’s most dynamic Jewish communities. He also serves as Chaplain of the York Regional Police Service. He is an active member of Toronto’s Vaad HaRabbanim (Council of Orthodox Rabbis), and a voting member of the COR Kashruth Council of Canada’s executive rabbinical board. Rabbi Kaplan is featured regularly on many local television and radio shows. He is a sought after speaker, with hundreds of lectures on Chabad.org. He and his wife, Faygie, are blessed with eight children. Artistically endowed, the rabbi enjoys drawing, sketching and creating charcoal portraits.
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George H Waters
Derby
August 2, 2019
As always, Rabbi Kaplan offers real good insight and perspective, and especially here with this particular topic, which I deeply appreciate and fully embrace.
Thank you so much, as I listen and watch your teachings daily :)
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Rivka Frankel
Gateshead England
August 5, 2019
in response to George H Waters:
Me too . Amen to that..
Thank you Rabbi Kaplan.
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A great shiur, and by the way, it's called "warping" the loom, when you "load it up" with the lengthwise threads/yard. Then the actually weaving, is going "in and out" with the weft threads/yarn, the width of the fabric being woven.