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Collections: Rabbi Schachter: Jewish Heritage Tour of France

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Lecture given on a bus in Strasbourg, France, after going to the Goxwiller Koenig Kosher Winery. Why is wine produced by a gentile not kosher? Can one profit from non-Jewish wine? Are the wines labeled "not mevushal" from Kedem, really not mevushal? Do all rabbis permit a gentile, to pour Jewish mevushal wine? How does wine become red? When should one insist on red wine? Do all grape juices require a borei pri hagafen and are good for kidush? Are Israeli grape juices certified by Bedatz as good for kidush, really borei pri hagafen? In what case did the pope paskin like Rav Moshe Feinstein? Should one recite birchas hamazon while standing?