Socializing with Non-Jews

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Socializing With Non-Jews Without Alcohol

Social Drinking With Non-Jews

  1. When one is socializing with Jews and non-Jews, if there are more Jews than non-Jews, drinking is allowed.[1][2] If there are more non-Jews than Jews (and some even hold when it's half and half),[3] strict Halacha for Ashkenazim is that one may drink anything besides date honey beer,[4] but there are a wide range of opinions of what one can and cannot drink, reaching as far as an opinion that considers the possibility that one cannot drink any beverage.[5] Strict Sefardic Halacha is that one may not drink any beer in such a situation.[6]

Attending Non-Jewish Weddings

Attending Business Holiday Parties

Links

  1. Shiur from Rav Yoni Levin

Sources

  1. ↑ Rambam Ma'achalot Asurot 17:10
  2. ↑ Avoda Zara 31b, The Gemara discusses that the issue of drinking with non-Jews is due to the fact that this may lead to intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews.
  3. ↑ Pri Chadash 114:1
  4. ↑ Rama Yoreh Deah 114:1
  5. ↑ Chelkat Binyamin (Shaar Hatziyun 114:19)
  6. ↑ Shulchan Aruch 114:1, Kaf HaChaim 114:11
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