{"id":51721,"date":"2020-06-16T15:36:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T15:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/what-is-kosher-kush-and-what-makes-it-a-weed-strain-of-biblical-proportions\/"},"modified":"2020-06-16T15:36:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T15:36:52","slug":"what-is-kosher-kush-and-what-makes-it-a-weed-strain-of-biblical-proportions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/what-is-kosher-kush-and-what-makes-it-a-weed-strain-of-biblical-proportions\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is \u201cKosher Kush\u201d and What Makes It a Weed Strain of Biblical Proportions?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With a name steeped in biblical history and ancient Jewish dietary laws, Kosher Kush may seem like specialty cannabis just for devotees of Kabbalah and the Talmud. Don\u2019t worry, though, the Kosher Kush faith is open to all who seek or, in this case, smoke it.<\/p>\n

Like kosher food favorites such as bagels, brisket, and pickles plucked from big barrels of brine, Kosher Kush is a treat available to everyone. Also, like matza, the strain is highly likely to make you a convert to its divine sensations.<\/p>\n

Kosher Kush has won multiple Cannabis Cup<\/u><\/a> trophies and continues to convert tokers into true believers all over God\u2019s green earth. So here are some Kosher Kush questions to which the rabbinical reefer team at MERRY JANE is blessed to be able to provide with answers.<\/p>\n

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Why Is the Strain Called Kosher Kush?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

On the one hand, we could say Kosher Kush came by its moniker by being the first commercial cannabis strain on record to actually be blessed by a rabbi<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, before any clergy member officially anointed the present incarnation of Kosher Kush, the indica-dominant strain of unknown lineage originally developed a following in the Los Angeles area under the moniker \u201cJew Gold.\u201d<\/u><\/a> Given the inherent harshness of such a nickname, let\u2019s thank the Green Goddess that the cultivators at Reserva Privada (itself a sub-division of DNA Genetics<\/u><\/a>) subsequently rebranded it as Kosher Kush.<\/p>\n

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So Is Kosher Kush Actually Kosher?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The rabbi\u2019s blessing adds a bit of dope divinity to Kosher Kush, but that alone does not make the weed properly kosher.<\/p>\n

As a religious term, \u201ckosher\u201d refers to foods prepared using explicit biblical guidelines. In casual conversation, though, \u201ckosher\u201d has come to mean anything good, pure, righteous. So in the latter sense, Kosher Kush more than ably earns its moniker.<\/p>\n

That stated, Judaism\u2019s ritual connections to marijuana date back thousands of years. According to biblical scholars<\/u><\/a>, the Hebrew word \u201ckaneh bosm\u201d \u2014 considered to mean \u201ccannabis\u201d\u2014appears five times in the original text of the Old Testament.<\/p>\n

Check out these two potent examples of pot\u2019s presence in the Good Book<\/u><\/a>: Exodus 30: 23-15 contains a cannabis oil recipe used by Moses and, in Isaiah 43:24, God himself rages, \u201cYou have not bought any fragrant calamus [cannabis] for me, or lavished on me the fat of your sacrifices!\u201d<\/p>\n

In the context of physical history, Israeli archaeologists recently unearthed evidence of burnt ritual cannabis in the ruins of a 2,700-year-old Jewish temple<\/u><\/a>. Their report concluded, \u201cIt seems feasible to suggest that the use of cannabis on the Arad altar had a deliberate psychoactive role.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another tie to kosher foods is that Kosher Kush is revered for its taste<\/u><\/a> \u2014 an earthy, lip-smacking combination of pine, citrus, and spices. Oy, that\u2019s delicious!  <\/p>\n