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Everyday reality was another matter; consider the problem of sharing wine. Talmudic rules on producing and handling wine are strict, so many Jews took up winemaking, in places from northern France to southern Spain, supplying the community with a drink used in religious ritual (the Sabbath blessing over wine) and also a staple of daily life. By one historian's calculation, a Jewish household in Umbria late in the 1400s got through 1.5 to 3 liters of wine a day, on average.

References

1. p. 210

   supports · main text · ch. 7

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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2. p. 210

   supports · main text · ch. 7

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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