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Title: Bump in the trunk! Jews rushing to get caffeine suppositories
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URL Source: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/storie ... ppositories_2010_09_24_bk.html
Published: Sep 17, 2010
Author: Andy Campbell
Post Date: 2010-09-17 23:31:18 by Skip Intro
Keywords: None
Views: 3666
Comments: 5

Bump in the trunk! Jews rushing to get caffeine suppositories

Jews throughout Williamsburg snapped up caffeine suppositories today, hours before the start of the Yom Kippur fast that would deprive them of the jolt — and hunger suppression — that coffee typically provides. Mac Support Store

The day-long fast is the centerpiece of the holiest day on the Jewish calendar — but some religious Jews see a Talmudic loophole that allows them to ingest their daily dose of caffeine, albeit through a different orafice.

“It helps — you know, it’s hard to concentrate when you’re fasting and also addicted to caffeine,” said Baruch Herzfeld, an Orthodox Jew who owns a bike store in Williamsburg. “Some take it before sundown, but most take it throughout their fasting. These guys love a good loophole.”

These huge, rectally inserted pills are popular. Pharmacists at Rafieh — one of many distributors in south Williamsburg on Lee Avenue — sold nearly 150 suppositories today.

“We have caffeine suppositories!” the store’s handwritten sign heralded. “Be ready!”

But is it kosher?

There’s some controversy over whether Jews observing the Biblical fast should be taking an easy out (or, more accurately, in).

Some Jewish leaders said that consuming anything — through the body’s traditional entrance or its exit — is against the spirit of the ritualistic fast.

“We’re supposed to do it the old fashioned way — I wouldn’t advise [suppositories],” said Rabbi Simcha Weinstein, a Hasidic leader. “We wanna keep Jews in the synagogue and not in the bathroom.”

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#1. To: Skip Intro (#0)

Oh my!

This is a new one and I thought I had heard them all...

Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!

Brian S  posted on  2010-09-18   0:34:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Brian S (#1)

Some triathletes and marathoners often do this the day before a race....

I just eat a small jar of apple sauce which works just as well.

war  posted on  2010-09-18   8:35:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: war (#2)

The problem is that you lose tremendous amounts of potassium this way.

My Alzeimer In Laws did this on a regular basis, thinking daily bowel movements were a necessity.

The Mom in Law died of cardiac arrest from Potassium deficiency.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-09-18   9:28:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: mcgowanjm (#3)

Triathletes and marathoners are probably as knowledgable about nutrition as a nutritionist.

war  posted on  2010-09-18   11:20:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: war (#4)

Yes.

But Old Geezers ain't. ;}

mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-09-18   12:12:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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