Re: Havdalah

Cantor Wolberg wrote:
> It is strictly a superstition and it's not if she makes havdalah,
> it's if she drinks the grape juice (or wine) she will grow a
> moustache. But it is utterly ridiculous.

No, not ridiculous at all. It sounds to me like someone mistook 
figurative language as being literal. (An all-too-common problem with 
midrashim, I think.) In the current case, *anyone* (man, woman, or 
child) will grow a moustache upon drinking the grape juice or wine of 
havdala. Or of kiddush, for that matter.

Or don't you watch milk commercials? :-)

Akiva Miller

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