[Avodah] Apple in Honey on R"H

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Sep 25, 2022 at 11:45:53AM -0400, Richard Wolberg via Avodah wrote:
> Why specifically honey as opposed to something else sweet?
> The answer: the bee has to work hard to produce the honey and if you
> want a sweet year, it doesn't just come automatically, but you have to
> work for it.

I heard another nice explanation...

Rav Meir Shapiro (Rosh Yeshiva Chakhmei Lublin, 1887-1933; the force
behind the launch of a global Daf Yomi) notes that bee honey is the only
food that is kosher yet comes from a non-kosher source. Honey can even
contain dissolved bee parts and still be kosher. This is due to a verse
that implies that honey is kosher (and reasoning about how bees don't
actually add to the nectar is post-facto explanation).

This property -- something permissible and tasty coming from something
prohibited -- makes it very representative of teshuvah.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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