@The little I know – the reason i said to assume it is legal is not because i assume that – its just that i dont believe that the legal aspect is at all relevant in the question and i dont want to get sidetracked by it. Also I hate to tell you this but I have happen to have spoken to many rebbeim in many yeshivos over the years and i did not hear even one who is not in favor of it. To the contrary many told me that I was obligated to get drunk. I am not going to say that there arent ways to be mikayem your chiyuv without that as you have seen from the spirited discussion previously on this thread (I myself always take a nap after the seudah). My main point was simple – that the arbirtrary age of 21 has absolutely nothing to do with whether it is ok or not for bochurim to drink. I am sure that there are a minority of rebbeim and/or roshei yeshiva who differ – but if you have ever spent purim in lakewood you would understand my view a bit more.
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