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Is The Tide Pod Challenge Kosher?
The Forward ^ | January 23, 2018 | Laura E. Adkins

Posted on 01/23/2018 4:48:19 PM PST by nickcarraway

Q: Is the Tide Pod Challenge kosher?

A: ... NO! There is an explicit biblical commandment against doing stupid s--t that endangers your health. Genesis 9:5 states, "But for your own life-blood I will require a reckoning: I will require it of every beast; of man, too, will I require a reckoning for human life, of every man for that of his fellow man," and the revered biblical commentator Rashi understood this verse to be a prohibition against suicide.

According to the American Association of Poison Control, “The ‘laundry packet challenge’ is neither funny nor without serious health implications,” said Stephen Kaminski, AAPCC’s CEO and Executive Director. “The intentional misuse of these products poses a real threat to the health of individuals.”

Just because you can find Tide Pods at most kosher grocery stores does not mean that you should eat them. And if you do, as the Talmud states in Shabbat 32a: “Leave the drunk, as he falls on his own.”

Obviously, you’re not supposed to eat laundry detergent. But why are Tide Pods listed by the Orthodox Union as kosher for Passover and all-year round?

Even most ultra-Orthodox authorities don’t require kosher certification for products that aren’t fit for human consumption and are gross enough that even a dog wouldn’t eat, like laundry detergent. So even though some surfactants are derived from animal products, because the resulting mixture is inedible, it is not a problem to use on your laundry -- or even if it spills onto your kosher dishes. Some people are strict, though, so organizations often certify detergents that have strictly non-kosher ingredients.

If one is foolish enough to eat a Tide Pod (or other inedible food), then it would technically need to be comprised mainly of non-kosher ingredients in order to be kosher for your own personal consumption (see Shulchan Aruch Harav, Orech Chaim 442:32).


TOPICS: Food; Religion; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: jewish; kosher; tidepod

1 posted on 01/23/2018 4:48:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

A fool and his life are soon parted...


2 posted on 01/23/2018 4:56:06 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: nickcarraway

No, it’s just stupid. Incredibly stupid.


3 posted on 01/23/2018 4:56:09 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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Yeah? So are the Faboloso cleaners that look like friggin’ juice. They still haven’t changed the labels on them things.


4 posted on 01/23/2018 4:59:48 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (God Bless Attorney General Jeff Sessions! Thank You!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Whoa Tex! I am going to start a new trend next week, and see how many people I can get to eat a cow patty. Its a target rich environment. I’ll split it 50/50


5 posted on 01/23/2018 5:00:51 PM PST by Klemper (And then... and ONLY then... do they get their only chance to come back into America the legal way.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Lemon scented cleaning products are also not kosher.
6 posted on 01/23/2018 5:02:05 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: nickcarraway

“Is The Tide Pod Challenge Kosher?”

Mmmmmm...pork renderings....


7 posted on 01/23/2018 5:04:20 PM PST by LouieFisk
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

What are they?


8 posted on 01/23/2018 5:04:32 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I hope it is bc Ive been snackin on em all night. The bigger question: is it Atkins-approved?


9 posted on 01/23/2018 5:04:40 PM PST by Noamie
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To: Klemper
"see how many people I can get to eat a cow patty."
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Been there, done that.


10 posted on 01/23/2018 5:06:42 PM PST by LouieFisk
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To: Klemper

There is way too much truth in that statement...


11 posted on 01/23/2018 5:11:32 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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12 posted on 01/23/2018 5:13:50 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: RightGeek
Tide Pod doughnuts.


13 posted on 01/23/2018 5:17:14 PM PST by Rebelbase (1/12/18 read the word 'shithole' more times in one day than in my entire life up to that that point.)
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14 posted on 01/23/2018 5:25:42 PM PST by CtBigPat (Free Republic - The grown-ups table of the internet.)
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Because all things must be ponified!


15 posted on 01/23/2018 5:31:04 PM PST by CtBigPat (Free Republic - The grown-ups table of the internet.)
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To: nickcarraway

If you eat them do you still get skid marks in your underwear?


16 posted on 01/23/2018 5:54:51 PM PST by Uncle Lonny
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