on the sabbath do jews use a special shabos wine or do they just use normal botttles of wine?

Question

also in addition to the torah what other books are there in judaism.

Answer 1

Very good question, and the answer is that it depends.

In Judaism a blessing is said while holding wine that thanks G-d for creating the Sabbath. According to tradition that Judaism believes came from Moses, there are a few requirements for what can be used.

For use in this ritual the beverage must be at least 1/6th grape juice, which many are not today; it should not be a very white wine; it cannot have been moved by a non-Jew or Jew who breaks the Sabbath before it was double sealed or boiled; and it cannot taste or smell like vinigar. Ideally it should be old and sweet.

According to the Rambam, a famous Rabbi, it should not have honey in it.

It also may not be a wine that was drunk directly from before, for example a barrel someone put their mouth in or a bottle someone drank straight out of.

For the wine drunk at the rest of the meals on the Sabbath and weekdays, it is only necessary that it not have been made, moved, and according to certain Chasidim, looked at, by a non-Jew or Jew who breaks the Sabbath before it was double sealed or boiled.

As to what books Jew study, Judaism is one of the bookier religions and there are hundreds. The most important beside the TOrah are:

1) the TaNakh, which is what Christians call the Old Testament

2) The Talmud, which is the record of early rabbis giving over traditions their teachers recieved from tradition going back to Moses.

3) The Shulchan Aruch, which is the code of Jewish Law based on the Talmud.

4) THe Siddur, which is the prayer book used by Jews.

There are hundreds more, but if a Jew were stuck on a desert island with those, he'd be able to keep being a Jew with his descendants for ever. Without them it would be impossible. They are the 100% necessary books of Judaism.

Answer 2

The wine simply needs to be kosher. And, it is usually pretty awful compared to a fine california red. Most use manischevitz....it grows on you.

There is the Haf-torah and the peneteuch beyond the torah and I understand other books studied by Kabbalists as well, although not by most jews.