Jerusalem, Middle East - A prominent Israeli rabbi has reversed an earlier ban and ruled that the anti-impotency drug Viagra can be made kosher for Passover, an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday.
The rabbi, Mordechai Eliahu, a former Sephardic chief rabbi, said Viagra could be taken if the pill was placed in special gelatin capsules before the weeklong observance begins April 23, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Passover imposes strict dietary laws, with many everyday kosher items banned, and a number of men had contacted Viagra's Israeli manufacturer to ask whether it could be taken during the holiday, the paper said.
Rabbis have in the past several years ruled against taking the drug during Passover, citing the coating on the pill.