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As an aside on the issue of use of wine
for religious purposes, the following story was related to me some years
ago. If it is not true it should be. During Prohibition, there was
an exception for sacramental wine, which covered not only wine used for mass
but wine used on the Sabbath by Jews. Rabbis, anticipating a broader
prohibition, wrote an opinion that grape juice was just as acceptable as wine
for Sabbath Kiddush—however they wrote the opinion in Hebrew so that
government officials would not realize that this was a permissible option. ************************************* From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Graber Question. In the
mainstream branches of Christianity, is there any holiday where persons have a
religious obligation to get drunk. I'm fairly, though not 100% confident
that many Jews believe there is a religious obligation to drink to excess on
Purim. Assume I am right, might one infer the following. Religious
practices such as Seder Wine will merit protection to the extent they have
analogies to Christian practices (communion wine). To the extent they are
different, they are unlikely to be protected. I should emphasize, that I
do not think Doug was making this claim, but am worried that this might be a
possible outcome. Mark A. Graber. |
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