[Avodah] honey [was: Hakafot on Shmini Atzeret]

[Zev Sero]

T613K at aol.com wrote:
> From: "Jonathan Baker" <jjbaker at panix.com>

>> Other well-known halachot based on "mistakes": the kashrut of bee-honey
>> (when the text meant date-honey)

> Shimshon and Yonasan both ate bee honey.  Not a mistake, obviously.

Shimshon, yes.  But Yonatan?  IIRC, Metzudot David translates it as
cane sugar; that's anachronistic, since sugar wasn't introduced into
the Mediterranean until the early Moslem period, but the Metzudot
would probably still say it was the sweet sap of some other plant.

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