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I've been reading recent debates about Catholic communion wine, and which types of wine are or are not valid. One person suggested that kosher wine is always valid, someone else said that kosher wi...
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TRiG
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2023-06-18T00:54:44Z (over 1 year ago)
Why is kosher wine sometimes boiled?
I've been reading recent debates about Catholic communion wine, and which types of wine are or are not valid. One person suggested that kosher wine is always valid, someone else said that kosher wine is not valid because it's boiled, someone else said that (a) boiling isn't a problem, and (b) kosher wine isn't always boiled, however (c) the reason it's sometimes boiled is that Jews incorrectly think that this makes it invalid for Catholic mass, and therefore (d) even though it is valid, he'd prefer to avoid it. I'm not going to ask here about the ramifications for Catholicism: that's for the Catholics to sort out. But, is it true that kosher wine is (sometimes?) boiled, and, if so, why?