Wine

=== Judaism ===
{{Main|Kosher wine}}
{{rquote|right|Baruch atah Hashem (Ado-nai) Eloheinu melech ha-olam, boray p'ree hagafen – Praised be the Lord, our God, King of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine.|The blessing over wine said before consuming the drink.}}
Wine is an integral part of [[halakha|Jewish laws and traditions]]. The ''[[Kiddush]]'' is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify the [[Shabbat]]. On Pesach ([[Passover]]) during the Seder, it is a [[Rabbinic Judaism|Rabbinic]] obligation of adults to drink four cups of wine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm |title=Pesach: Passover |last=Rich |first=Tracey R |work=Judaism 101 |access-date=24 April 2006 |archive-date=2 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202135231/http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[Tabernacle (Judaism)|Tabernacle]] and in the [[Temple in Jerusalem]], the libation of wine was part of the sacrificial service.<ref>{{cite book |last=Neusner |first=Jacob |title=The Halakhah: An Encyclopaedia of the Law of Judaism |publisher=BRILL |year=2000 |location=Boston, Massachusetts |page=[https://archive.org/details/theologyofth_neus_2001_000_7080715/page/n137 82] |url=https://archive.org/details/theologyofth_neus_2001_000_7080715 |url-access=registration |isbn=978-90-04-11617-7}}</ref> Note that this does not mean that wine is a symbol of blood, a common misconception that contributes to the Christian beliefs of the [[blood libel]].
"It has been one of history's cruel ironies that the blood libel—accusations against Jews using the blood of murdered gentile children for the making of wine and matzot—became the false pretext for numerous [[pogrom]]s. And due to the danger, those who live in a place where blood libels occur are [[Halacha|halachically]] exempted from using red wine, lest it be seized as "evidence" against them."<ref name=reWineBloodlibel>{{cite web|last=Rutman |first=Rabbi Yisrael |title=Pesach: What We Eat and Why We Eat It |url=http://www.torah.org/features/holydays/passover/pesacheat.html |publisher=Project Genesis Inc. |access-date=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509103442/http://torah.org/features/holydays/passover/pesacheat.html |archive-date=9 May 2013 }}</ref>