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[orisnori]

Today I ate toilet paper. Sounds disgusting, but it was the logical thing to do at the time. Just what do I mean? (Chana I have a bucket you can puke into, you just need Mr. Stefansky (*SIGH*) to let you into the machsan

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[flintknappy]

Ok, now maybe I'm just a little more religiously liberal than you are (which I guess I am), but that sounds a little crazy dude. I admire your adherence to halcha, but swallowing toilet paper cannot be particularly healthy for you, even though hopefully it will not do any harm, it is clearly not supposed to be ingested. Wouldn't taking medicine come under the heading of pikuach nefesh, or keeping yourself healthy which of course is a mitzvah. One might actually think swallowing foreign substances like TP would be frowned upon or assur. I am curious though, what is the source for wrapping the gel caps in TP? It would seem that if it dissolves in your stomach anyway, what difference does the TP make, or what is the point of using it anyway? (Yes, I'm ignorant about this, please teach me so I know things). Anyway, I do hope you are feeling better, and that just in case, you get health insurance soon anyway. It's good to have. And try not to eat too many paper products while you're at it. :)

[flintknappy]

And yes, I know you are supposed to take gel caps that are kosher, but in your situation where nothing else is available, is there not some sort of loop hole? (Jews are very into their loop holes).