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Courtesy New York Times
A prominent Israeli rabbi has reversed an earlier ban and ruled that the anti-impotence drug Viagra can be made kosher for Passover, an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday.

The rabbi, Mordechai Eliahu, a former Sephardic chief rabbi in Israel, said Viagra could be consumed provided 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 newspaper said.

Rabbis have in the past several years ruled against taking the drug during Passover, citing the coating on the pill.