• 70 nations in the world
  • 70 Elders of Israel
  • 70 souls who descended into Egypt
  • 70 faces or levels of Torah interpretation

And above all:

The Hebrew word “Sod” (סוד) – “secret” – is also worth 70.

That is why the sages said:

“When the wine goes in, the secret comes out.”
“Nijnas jain, yatza sod”

Wine reveals the hidden.
It moves the deep.
It exposes what is hidden.

3. The spiritual psychology of wine: what it takes out of you depends on what you carry inside

Wine enhances the interior of the human being.
It does not create anything new: it brings out what already exists.

That is why the sages taught that in order to know a person one must observe three things:

  • Kos (glass): how it behaves with a little wine
  • Kis (pocket): how you act with your money
  • Kas (anger): what he does when he gets angry

In these three situations, the essence comes to light.

Wine, in particular, can:

  • Cheer the one who has joy
  • To sadden the one who is already bitter
  • Soften the one who has a good heart
  • to darken the one who bears hatred or grudge

It doesn’t take drunkenness for this to happen.
Just a little is enough to reveal the soul.

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:

  1. Good – mitzvot
  2. Bad – clear prohibitions
  3. Neutral – eat, sleep, work, talk, enjoy