Thinking of trying it out. Its WAY cheaper than $20 a pound here in Israel... Maybe thats why its called the land of "Milk and Honey"
an I pray ya'll from the holy land knows most of the U.S.A. are furious over the way that freak obamma treats ya'l
Dawg
Hi Menny - The date wine I made I made from date syrup which is available here in the USA. And by the way, I very much agree with you about the meaning of honey as the word was used in the tanach (bible) and in talmudic literature. It does seem clear that the word referred to the juice or syrup of dates. Indeed, it is not obvious that honey was viewed as kosher (suitable for food) until the middle ages: unlike some crickets, bees are not considered a kosher insect and any product of a non kosher animal is not kosher so honey was likely viewed as non kosher. During the middle ages it was determined that honey was not the equivalent of milk and so was viewed as kosher... Rashi, the great commentator on the Torah (b 1040) , was a vintner and I assume that he had some professional familiarity with bees, discusses how honey is produced by the bee. Not sure how scientific his account is but that, as they say, is another story. But his account is invoked to explain why honey is a kosher product.
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