Was I yotzeh daled kosos?

RebYidd23 – it was last year, but “bumped: to now, because the issue is relevant!

You saw the thread that claims the majority of kiruv events have non-Jews due to intermarraige etc. – which I totally disagree with, but there is a possibility of a goy in the crowd,

Which requires an awareness of the halochos relating to wine that is not mevushal. (Same applies with such wine with the housekeeper/cleaning lady/waiter etc). Many wines on the market are NOT mevushal.

A discussion about the dalad kosos makes people aware of the issues.

marbehshalom – “they werent frum, so why did u use non-mevushal?” They were baalei teshuva, all frum, but he revealed that he comes from a mother who did not convert k’halacha. (He himself believes he is Jewish).

ubiquitin – “If he was Jewish but not shomer Shabbos, can he drink non- mevushal wine? (R’ Bleich had a article on this in tradition a few years back)”

I did not see Rabbi Bleich’s article.

There are many approaches to permit. Firstly he must be mechal shabbos b’farhesia, which has a high standard (more than the simple meaning). Secondly one who recites Kiddush and explicitly recites the words “And the heavens and the earth were completed etc.” cannot be considered a heretic and does not forbid wine by touching it. Although many Poskim agree to this opinion, some disagree. Halachically speaking, Maran Rabbeinu Ovadia Yosef zt”l writes that one who relies on this opinion has on whom to rely.

drink each cup four more times – one cannot be “mosif al hakosos” (between 3rd and 4th cup, and after 4th cup).