[Avodah] Yayin Mevushal
Zev Sero
zev at sero.name
Sun Jan 9 11:46:49 PST 2011
On 9/01/2011 12:18 PM, Alan Rubin wrote:
> As I understand it, according to many authorities, if a non-Jew
> handles yayin mevushal this does not render it non-Kosher.
That is according to all authorities.
> The grounds
> for this ruling is that cooking would invalidate the wine for avodah
> zara.
Indeed. Presumably this was based on the AZ prevalent in Chazal's day.
Note that there's no reason for a link between what's valid for the
BHMK and what's valid for AZ. We have our rules, they have theirs.
So what follows has no real connection to what came before.
> I am wondering about the logic behind this. There is a link between
> kiddush and libations in the temple. Wine that is invalid for libation
> in the temple might, lechatchilah at least, be unsuitable for kiddush.
> If pasteurising or otherwise heating wine is enough of a mevushal to
> take away the problem of touching by a non-Jew shouldn't that also
> render it unfit for kiddush?
That is the Rambam's opinion, but he's a daat yachid.
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