Psalms 104:15 in the Babylonian Talmud featuring Professor AJ Berkovitz

In the 73rd episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor AJ Berkovitz and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss how the Biblical verse of "וְיַ֤יִן ׀ יְשַׂמַּ֬ח לְֽבַב־אֱנ֗וֹשׁ wine cheers the hearts of men" (Psalm 104:15) gets used in the Babylonian Talmud.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome
• 0:13 Introduction to Professor AJ Berkovitz
• 1:01 Introduction to Psalms 104:15
• 5:13 How did the rabbis deal with the book of Psalms?
• 9:22 Sneak peak at next week's episode
• 10:23 Tannaitic treatment(s) of the verse
• 19:22 Suggestions/ideas?
• 19:56 An overview of the rabbis using Biblical texts
• 21:08 Introduction to the Babylonian Dream Book
• 21:43 Wine in dreams: An Early Amoraic Usage (Berakhot 57a)
• 28:15 Yoma 76b & Sanhedrin 70a: Later Amoraic Usages
• 33:41 Stammaitic Usages (Berakhot 35b & Avodah Zarah 29a)
• 40:35 Wrapping-up