Marijuana Is Kosher, Israeli Rabbi Says
Miami, Florida (PRWEB) July 09, 2013 -- JTA, The Global Jewish News Source, reports (6/28) in Israeli Rabbi: Weed is Kosher if it's Medicinal, that Efraim Zalmanovich, an Israeli Orthodox rabbi of Mazkeret Batia, a town south of Tel Aviv, declared when issuing a halachic (Jewish law) ruling, where the nation's top rabbis rule on Jewish law while taking into considering today's modern living.
Zalmanovich, stated that smoking marijuana for medicinal purposes is kosher, but using it for pleasure is not allowed.
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According to Israeli Rabbi: Weed is Kosher if it's Medicinal, Rabbi Hagai Bar Giora has a slightly different view on the subject. In March, he told Israel’s Magazin Canabis: “If you smoke it, there is no problem whatsoever.”
Zalmanovich, the author of a book on alcoholism in Judaism, said: “Taking drugs to escape this world in any excessive way is certainly forbidden.”
However, if the drug is administered to relieve pain, then the person giving it is “performing a mitzvah,” and the person using the drug is using it “in a kosher fashion.”
The Israeli Health Ministry reports that about 11,000 Israelis are using marijuana for medicinal purposes, including those suffering from Parkinson’s disease or post-traumatic disorders.
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