Can Alcohol Be Avodah Zara?
What’s the possible connection between alcohol and avodah zara? From saké, which plays an integral part in Japanese culture, to Trappist beers, created in monasteries by monks, Rabbi Akiva Niehaus – Director of Kashrus Operations at the cRc and the Rabbinic Coordinator of the Liquor Industry at the cRc discusses the various drinks and their halachic ramifications.
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