Happy 420

April 20 has long been an unofficial day of celebration for marijuana fans, an occasion for campus smoke-outs, concerts and cannabis festivals.

Ahsun/Smoke in Hebrew has the gematria, the numeric value of the word (based on each of the 22 letters having a designed value) the Aiyin/70, Shin/300 and Nun/50 equal 420; also it is taught in the Cabala that the word Ashun/Smoke is an acrostic for Olam/World; Shuna/Time and Nefesh/Soul—creation is but smoke. There is no prohibition against drugs in the Torah and marijuana was one of the ingredients used in the Temple to make the incense.

The right to free expression stems from the right to free thought—all peoples have aids to help them see beyond the physical reality to conceive of thoughts yet unthinkable.