Whatever we think about our interpretation of the law, if a minor (under 21) gets drunk and causes an accident, the civil law will comes down VERY HARD on him and possibly also the person who gave him the liquor, religious observation or no religious observation. The law (as it applies to Orthodox Jews)was intended not to interfere with parents giving their minor children kiddush on Shabbos and Yom tov, and THAT’S ALL.
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