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The Ozempic Seder: Navigating Weight-Loss Medicine on Pesach

JL;DR SUMMARY With the increasing use of weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Jewish individuals face unique challenges during Pesach, a holiday deeply centered around dietary practices. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish LawHealthDiabetesPesachShalom BayitHalachic AuthoritiesOzempicWeight Loss MedicationSeder MitzvotRabbi Rimon

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"Personal communication with Jody Dushay, MD, MMSC, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and attending physician in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, March 2026."
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