{"id":30758,"date":"2007-03-21T21:16:39","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/passover\/the_kashrus_of_medicine_for_pesach\/"},"modified":"2016-08-15T11:49:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T11:49:40","slug":"the_kashrus_of_medicine_for_pesach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_kashrus_of_medicine_for_pesach\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kashrus of Medicine for Pesach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Medicine-2-e1471261695275.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Medicine-2-e1471261695275.png 611w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/Medicine-2-e1471261695275-300x201.png 300w\" alt=\"Medicine\" width=\"266\" height=\"178\" \/>G-d wants us to guard our health. G-d wants us to avoid eating Chametz during Pesach. <i>What do we do when these imperatives conflict?<\/i> What does one do when a medicine contains fermented grains or legumes? OU Kashruth is happy to present Rabbi Mintz, the Rabbinic Coordinator charged with recording OU policy, in a special and timely seminar on the kashrus of medicine for Pesach. A clear and comprehensive presentation you won&#8217;t want to miss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G-d wants us to guard our health. G-d wants us to avoid eating Chametz during Pesach. What do we do when these imperatives conflict? What does one do when a medicine contains fermented grains or legumes? 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