Viagra ruled kosher for Passover

[quaoar]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4444839.stm


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.

[Horse with no Name]

1. Welllll isn't that just special?

:dilemma:

[Danmel]

2. Well if you were eating Matzoh all week

You'd be looking for something to take you mind off you tummy too!

[cookiebird]

3. >>wait a minute

for real?? After all these years of worry?? All the hours of reading the Haggadah? all I need is a v8? :woohoo:

[Ready4Change]

4. Hold on a second here!

Rabbi Mordechai Eliahu said the pill can be swallowed if it is encased in a special soluble kosher capsule first.

So, if you enclose this pill in this special soluble kosher capsule, the WHOLE pill is now magically kosher?

I'm not jewish, so I've really no right to criticize, but that idea, well, doesn't seem, well, you know...

Kosher?

[Nothing Without Hope]

5. This is great - it's been posted in the KOEB Group humor thread

It's reply #94 in this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=315x2344
Thread title: "MORE LAUGHS, PLEASE: Collect funniest DU threads or other sites here"

I'm imagining all those anxious people who were relieved to read the ruling!
:rofl:
(And please feel welcome in the KOEB Group threads - we're open to all, including estrogen-challenged individuals!)

[name not needed]

6. For the 60 year olds who need to shtupp their 22 year old trophy wives

right in the middle of the sader?:crazy:

[a_random_joel]

7. "Why is this night different from any other night?"

Sorry, I couldn't resist...

[tishaLA]

10. LOL!

Excellent response.

[AlmightyTallest]

8. I saw a Viagra add in an Israeli newpaper

years ago that told the story of how when King David was older he shared a bed with a woman but never "knew" her. It then went on to suggest that this would not have been the case if he had been on Viagra. Orthodox Jewish Viagra users, now that's a niche group. :shrug:

[LizW]

9. Things you don't want to think about:

old, impotent guys having a celebratory Passover poke.

:blush: