Getting Baked on Passover Not Just for Matzah, Rabbi Rules
Leading ultra-Orthodox authority blows away the haze, plants seed for marijuana use over the festival of freedom.
Getting baked on Passover is no longer just for matzah, a leading Orthodox rabbi ruled, after sniffing (but not smoking) some cannabis leaves recently.
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, widely considered the leading living ultra-Orthodox halachic authority, ruled that marijuana is kosher for Passover and can be either eaten or smoked over the eight-day Jewish festival, during which strict dietary laws apply.
Kanievsky gave the ruling in response to a question from the pro-marijuana group Siach, meaning both plant and conversation.
Kanievky stipulated that in normal circumstances the plant is considered a member of the kitniyot group of legumes and pulses that are banned on Passover among Jews of Ashkenazi origin. But, he said, if used for medical purposes, cannabis is permitted for Jews from all backgrounds.
Kitniyot include rice, corn and beans. They have...
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