May one use wine whose smell is like wine but whose taste is like vinegar for Kiddush?
Synopsis
The Rema rules that wine whose smell is like wine but whose taste is like vinegar may not be used for Kiddush. The Taz and acharonim note that such wine cannot even receive the bracha of borei pri hagafen, making the Kiddush disqualification obvious.
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