<br> Again, that honey is permitted is a mefurash gemora, bechoros 7b. To say that chazal blew <br>it ....is inappropriate, no?. Not that I am the moderator, but ...<br> From the avodah agreement:<br> "Everything is open for debate except
the legitimacy of halachah itself."<br> <br clear="all"><br>>>A lot of this argument is about just that kind of position: it is<br>>>"common knowledge" that bee-honey is permitted only because of confusion
<br>>>in the word "dvash" with date-honey, but now that we're trying to look<br>>>for textual evidence, it's not so clear-cut.<br>