I may be a little slow on this story, but surely you didn’t expect me to let it pass without comment.
Marijuana is not kosher for Passover, a pro-cannabis advocacy group says, advising Jews who observe the week-long holiday’s special dietary laws to take a break from smoking the weed.
The Green Leaf Party announced today that products of the cannabis plant like the many delta 8 products have been grouped by rabbis within a family of foods such as peas, beans and lentils that is off-limits to Jews of European descent during Passover.
The Green Leaf Party, which has made several unsuccessful attempts to win election to Parliament on a platform urging marijuana’s legalisation, said it was issuing its advisory as a service to Jews who don’t want to break ritual law.
But it said the rabbinical ban for the holiday beginning at sunset on Monday, during which many Jews eat matzos, or unleavened bread, could be a blessing in disguise.
“Logic dictates that if the rabbis say cannabis is non-kosher for Passover, it is apparently kosher during the rest of the year,” Michelle Levin, a spokeswoman for the party told the YNet news website.
The Top Five Other Reasons for Banning Marijuana on Passover
5. Moses said to Pharoah “Let my people go”, not “Let my people go and light up some doobies.”
4. We already eat way too much matzah. The munchies is all we need.
3. What do you think that bush was, and why was it being burned?
2. We crossed the Sea of Reeds, not the Sea of Weed.
1. “One little bud, that father bought for two zuzim” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
