Is Marijuana Kosher For Passover?
This Year it Could Be a Pot-Free Pesach
In Israel they won't be passing many dubbies this Passover. The country's pro-pot Green Leaf Party ("Aleh Yarok") has sent a mass e-mail to its members warning that hemp-related products may be a no-no for those who keep Kosher during Pesach. According the party's spokeswoman, "we are considering announcing a ban on everything containing hemp just to be on the safe side. We are going with the rabbis on this. People should remove all cannabis and hemp from their homes." Oy Vey!
Pesach, starting Monday at sundown, is the seven-day Jewish holiday (eight days outside Israel) commemorating Moses's Exodus from Egypt which, as the story goes, was made in such haste that the Israelites did not have time to let the bread rise. Therefore, traditionally during this early spring festival, observant Jews avoid eating leavened breads or "chametz," which is defined as "any of the five grains -- wheat, spelt, barley, oats, and rye -- which has come into contact with water for more than 18 minutes." But over the years as grains and beans became more processed and mixed, in order to be on the safe side of the Torah, Ashkenazi Jews segregated a second list of inedibles called "kitniyot," which includes rice, corn, soy, mustard, peas, lentils and now, apparently, hemp.
But the seven-day pot prohibition could be a blessing in disguise for the drug's advocates. If rabbis feel that marijuana is not Kosher for Passover, then logic dictates that it could be Kosher during the rest of the year. Ah Ha! Either way, though, if you notice an abnormal spike in Israeli productivity next week, you now know why.
By Emil Steiner | March 30, 2007; 8:30 AM ET | Category: OFF/beat Politics
Posted by: DJ Swank | March 30, 2007 8:14 AM
For the record, gentiles can still puff mad blunts.
Posted by: Happy Easter | March 30, 2007 1:50 PM
It's probably better without a smoke. Imagine having the munchies while waiting for the interminable haggadah ("the telling") to finish.
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Posted by: Sue | March 30, 2007 2:19 PM
Na its cool, Cheesey Pooofs are Kosher I think
Posted by: dabblin | March 30, 2007 2:23 PM
just don't those pork rinds and you be kosher
Posted by: | April 1, 2007 1:00 PM
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Karl Rove looked pretty baked when he was rapping last night...
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