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Is Bourbon or other whiskey a “food” for purposes of Shalach Manos. I’m sure nobody ever returned a gift of Bourbon, but that does not answer the question.
You need 2 minim.
ok. so bourbon and scotch
It definitely is considered a manah because it is made from grain. The question would be if arak or some other types of non food based liquors would count
Why not?
Magen Avraham, Mishna Berura say drink is ok – obviously as one minShimon
why would that be a question?
It is if it’s the glaze on steak or wings.
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Some people have health problems that prevent them from drinking even a small amount of liquor.
I strongly believe that the less liquor we drink, the more fortunate we are.
This is not just my personal opinion; it is support by numerous quotes from:
Tanach, Talmud, Rishonim & Acharonim, and mussar books.does blended whiskey count as two?
what is the minimum (and maximum) shiurim?To unommin, re RebZeira. That was the previous year…..
I don’t consider bourbon to be a food but Scotch is one of my favorite foods. Bottles of any single malt Scotch are much appreciated as shloch manos. For the 2nd item kichel or herring will do, anything except p’tacha.
Water is not a manah, even though we make a bracha on water. I wonder whether something with little to no nutrition can be counted as a manah. Tequila, arak, 96, etc might not be enough to be yotzeh
Bourbon and scotch have no nutritional value. They are, however, made from things that do have nutritional value, which is what I think you meant. If it is, then arak is sometimes made from rice, and I think the agave plant is edible as well. 96 wouldn’t be considered a min, because the roiv of it is pure alcohol.
Square,
To the best of my knowledge, those quotes generally were not speaking about Purim
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