4. Wine in the Temple: the sacred and the profound
In the Temple in Jerusalem, along with the sacrifices, pure wine was also poured out, as a liquid offering. No water, no milk, no oil was offered.
He just came.
Why?
Because wine represents the inner strength of the human being, his vitality, his spiritual blood.
In Hebrew, “blood is life” (Deuteronomy 12:23).
That is why the wine, red and strong, symbolizes:
- energy
- rigor
- Inner strength
- revelation
- Profound truth
In the Kabbalah, this relates to Gevurah’s sefirah (strength and discipline).
5. Was the forbidden fruit of Eden a grape? An old and surprising idea
Some sages claim that the “fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil” was the vine, and that Adam tasted grapes or wine.
What does this mean?
That wine represents exactly that:
the knowledge of good and evil
the mixture of light and shadow
the power of choice
Therefore:
- Noah was struck down
- Abraham he raised up
Wine, like most human acts, is neither good nor bad: it is neutral.
It depends entirely on the intention.
6. Wine and neutral actions: how to transform the everyday into something sacred
In life there are three types of actions: