The 5 day fast

 

Parshas Hashavua וישב              The 5 day fast The רמ"א (Y.D. 123: 26) quotes a תשובת הרא"ש, "If someone drank יין נסך בשוגג, he should fast 5 days, because It says 5 times גפן in חומש." מפרשים ask on the רא"ש that there are actually  7 times* “גפן” Some claim that the 2 times mentioned in דברים don't count The אורח מישור writes, "You can't exclude משנה תורה because it is also part of the חומש" The ב"ח writes The רא"ש meant the five times it says גפן at the story of the שר המשקים. This is incorrect It only says twice גפן at the story of the שר המשקים    The אורח מישור. corrects the גירסא in the ב"ח, to read except for the 2 at the שר המשקים. They are not part of the count.   The Chasam Sofer has a lengthy explanation of why we exclude the two times גפן at the .שר המשקים (The two גפן's are referring to ירושלים של מעלה ושל מטה) The truth is that the word גפן appears eight times* in the Torah. (in seven Pesukim)  Perhaps, we can explain the רא"ש by assuming there was a printing mistake instead of ה ' פעמים it should say ח' פעמים. The word גפן appears in the Torah 8 times and therefore one who drank יין נסך would have to fast 8 days. (Not 5 days). (הלכה ולא למעשה) אמבצי *The 8 times גפן appears in the Torah Breishis  40: 9 - 40:10 - 49:11                                                 3 Bamidbar  6:4 - 20:5                                                               2 Devarim  8:8 -  32:32 (twice in same Pasuk)                          3 total                                                                                        8