What’s the possible connection between alcohol and avodah zara? From saké, which plays an integral part in Japanese culture, to Trappist beers, created in monasteries by monks, Rabbi Akiva Niehaus – Director of Kashrus Operations at the cRc and the Rabbinic Coordinator of the Liquor Industry at the cRc discusses the various drinks and their halachic ramifications.
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