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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">So a situation came up this past
Shabbat. I was at a friend's house for dinner, and another guest made
kiddush. Just as he finished "mekadesh ha-shabbat", he noticed that
the bottle in front of him, from which the wine had been poured, wasn't
actually grape wine.<br>
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Someone else ran to the kitchen and brought back a bottle of wine, but
he wasn't sure if he should just drink it or if he should say kiddush
over it. I didn't know, either. So I thought I'd throw it out to you
here.<br>
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(As a somewhat ironic sidenote, I asked for the bottle of the non-grape
wine to look at it, and it turned out to be actual grape wine, only
flavored with elderberries, and marked clearly "Borei Pri HaGafen". So
it turned out to be a non-issue, except for the fact that while trying
to figure out what to do, he waited more than toch kdei dibbur before
drinking. But the original question still puzzles me. And yes, I know
the real answer is that you should check to make sure it's appropriate
for kiddush *before* making kiddush, but b'dieved, if that wasn't done.)<br>
<br>
Lisa<br>
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