Matthew Meltzer • October 8, 2019
Is cannabis kosher?
“The casual observer might think a vegetarian product like cannabis would automatically be considered kosher as it’s never touched milk, meat, or pork — especially if it’s been properly blessed. But it’s not that simple.”
“Becoming kosher does not mean just blessed by a rabbi,” says Rabbi Yakov Cohen, a leading rabbi in certifying kosher cannabis. “It means ‘fit for consumption’ based on a body of laws covering a huge spectrum from meat to dairy, bugs, wine, and fish. And there’s a lot of details that go into those laws.”
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