[Avodah] Kos Shel Bracha

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>>I would think that the story with Noach proves that the notion  of
praising Hashem over a cup of wine (or perhaps celebrating in  general)
is something innate in the human condition.<<

Tir'u  baTov!
-mi



>>>>>
"Celebrating"?  Was Noach celebrating the "human condition" of  having almost 
everyone you know dead in a world-wide catastrophe, and  desperately wanting 
to escape the pain and grief of it all?  Wine is a gift  of G-d, the gift that 
enables ease of pain, loss of consciousness and respite  from suffering.
 
Wine can /also/ be an elixir that increases joy and spirituality,  but I 
don't think Noach got drunk in order to praise Hashem. 

 


--Toby  Katz
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