Orthodox Rabbis Declare Marijuana Kosher for Passover, Sukkot
Leading haredi rabbi declares marijuana kosher for Passover, just months after Orthodox Union certifies cannabis as kosher.
Federal authorities still consider cannabis a schedule one drug. But orthodox Jews answer to a Higher authority.
Orthodox Jewish authorities have declared cannabis and Marijuana Kosher (Parve) for Passover and all year, reports the Israel National News.
After sniffing the leaves, Rabbi Kanievksy and Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein said that the Cannabis plant has a "healing smell," according to the Times of Israel, and blessed the leaves.
For the eight-days of Passover, Jews avoid leavened bread and any food made with wheat, barley, rye, spelt or oats.
Foods called "kitniot" - which includes rice, millet, corn and legumes - are also forbidden in most households.
However, as public perceptions of marijuana soften in America, a parallel evolution has taken place within the Orthodox Jewish world.
Once expressly forbidden by the leading American haredi religious...
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