Time to Wine Not Whine

There are six occasions when we recite kidush over wine: Shabbos, Rosh Hashana, Sukkos, Shemini Atzeres, Pesach and Shavuos,

This is alluded to in Shir Hashirim where the only pasuk that begins with a vuv is וחכך כיין הטוב. It hints to these six since the letter vuv has a gematria of six, and the pasuk itself speaks about wine.

Another similar allusion appears in Tehillim 104, where the only pasuk that starts with a vuv is ישמח לבב אנוש ייןו, wine that gladdens man’s heart. Once again, the vuv, with a gematria of six, alludes to these six times we make kidush over wine (and this pasuk also mentions wine).