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A certain Roman noblewoman said to Rabbi Yehudah, “A teacher and a drunkard (she assumed he was intoxicated based upon his shiny face)!” He replied, “I do not taste any wine except for that of kiddush and havdalah and the four cups of Passover night. And because of those four cups, I am compelled to bind my temples from Passover until Shavuos. The Gemora notes that his face shone because it is written that a man’s wisdom brightens his face.
We explore the history of wine in the talmud and incidence of alcoholism in the clergy and among Jews.