Thursday, April 14, 2005
If anyone was worried: " Viagra ruled kosher for Passover"
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Viagra ruled kosher for Passover:
As usual, when I read such requests for religious opinion or fatwas, I wonder: Who really asks these questions... and why?
Recently there was a lot of debates about the Pope and condoms, whether it is religiously allowed to blog or not, etc...
Who on Earth asks these questions?
"A leading Israeli rabbi has ruled that the anti-impotency pill Viagra can be taken by Jews on Passover, reversing a previous ban.
Viagra had been deemed not kosher since 1998 under strict dietary laws over the week-long Jewish spring holiday.
Rabbi Mordechai Eliahu said the pill can be swallowed if it is encased in a special soluble kosher capsule first.
Viagra's Israeli manufacturers said they sought an answer after receiving queries from worried religious men.
Forbidden foods
The drug was previously prohibited because its coating was considered inedible over Passover, when contact with everyday ingredients, known as hametz, is forbidden under Jewish law."
As usual, when I read such requests for religious opinion or fatwas, I wonder: Who really asks these questions... and why?
Recently there was a lot of debates about the Pope and condoms, whether it is religiously allowed to blog or not, etc...
Who on Earth asks these questions?
