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Israel’s Top Rabbi Rules That Medical Marijuana Is Kosher For Passover

 

Some Passover seders are about to get a little more … uplifting.

A leading ultra-orthodox rabbi in Israel ruled that medical marijuana is kosher for Passover, the Times of Israel reported on Tuesday.

Though Marijuana is a type of kitniyot, or legume product, usually forbidden over Passover, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky has given permission for people with a medical need for it to eat or smoke during the seven-day Jewish holiday.

Kanievsky, who is based in the town of Bnei Brak, a devout enclave outside Tel Aviv, made the legal ruling after smelling the plant and determining that it had a “healing” scent. He can be seen sniffing it in a video and subsequently making the Jewish blessing acknowledging God for creating “different types of spices.” [Read more at the Huffington Post]

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