Reply To: Being Yotzei Daled Kossos with sleeping

You see, the Rema did not receive this Halacha through Nevuah (for if he did, it would be a bigger problem). He is explaining the Pshat of Ad Deli Yodda mentioned in the Gemara. The Gemara clearly and obviously mentioned this phase as a reference to drinking. To take this idea of not knowing your surroundings as an end all its own is ludicrous. Where in the Megilla is it rooted? Does it commemorate Hamman’s death by experiencing a 1/60 death?

But for those whom this is (somehow) not enough, look in Darkei Moshe where it is much clearer, or in the Rambam he mentions there as a source that writes: ושותה יין עד שישתכר וירדם בשכרותו.

So yes, this is a rant. A well deserved one.