[Avodah] Chrein

[Daniel Israel]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:52:26 -0700 Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:
>Daniel Israel wrote:
>> A & C Walters <acwalters at bluebottle.com> wrote:
>
>>> sofek brochos lekulo, but many (Chasidim) are soimech on the 
>Ta"z 
>>> to make Kiddish shabos morning with only a shneps gleizel of 
>whisky)
>
>> If one relies on a b'erech 3 fl. oz. revi'is, that's a standard 
>> double shot.  Is a "shneps gleizel" smaller than that? 
>
>In my experience, a shot glass holds between 30 and 45 ml.
>
>According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_glass
>in the USA a single shot is 1.5 ounces, and a one-ounce glass is
>called a "pony shot".  If this is the case, then a "double shot"
>would indeed be a revi'is.  But I don't recall ever seeing such a
>glass, and if I did I don't think I'd call it a "kelishek" or
>"shnaps glezel".

Usually if I serve a double shot, I put it in a rocks glass, which 
is 6-8 ounces.  My point was not the glass, per se, but that a 
revi'is of whiskey is not an unreasonable amount to drink.  I just 
don't know if there is a reasonable cup to put it in so that one 
could have kos maleh and still no more than a 3 oz. revi'is.  Hence 
my question as to the size of a shneps gleizel.  Ain hachi nami 
that a typical shot glass would be a very mekiel shiur, while a 
normal kiddush cup would be a lot of shnaps.

Is there a difference between a "shnaps gleizel" and a "shot glass"?

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Daniel M. Israel
dmi1 at cornell.edu