Comments on: Shomrei Torah Synagogue: Torah To Go! Parashat Yitro

By: Uriel

Uriel — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:09:28 +0000

I do have an interest in bees and I’m well aware of the precarious situation most of our bee populations are in right now. I would also like to see that movie at some point. Thanks for the link.

Shavua tov and chodesh tov!

By: Deborah Silver

Deborah Silver — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:51:24 +0000

Hi, Uriel – yes, a lot of people (Rashi included!) say that it’s date or fig honey, and others say the milk is almond milk. But the teaching I found about the bee not being kosher suggests that at least some people did understand the honey to be from bees – and I found this interesting link:

http://ohr.edu/yhiy/article.php/3284

By the way – if you have any interest in bees, there is a movie called The Vanishing of the Bees which we all need to know about – I saw it at the Hazon conference. Here’s the link – if you want to spread the word, it’s a truly worthwhile (and urgent) movie:

http://www.vanishingbees.com/B/Home.html

Shabbat shalom!
Deborah

By: Uriel

Uriel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:32:38 +0000

For example, you might find the following article interesting: http://www.ou.org/pdf/ja/5766/.....alEase.pdf

By: Uriel

Uriel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:53:09 +0000

Deborah- Very nice piece. I like how you find an intersection of food and the Torah portion. I’m just wondering… isn’t the traditional understanding of the word “honey” in the phrase “Land of milk and honey,” date honey or fig honey, and not bee honey? And isn’t there a traditional opinion that the milk is almond milk?

You seem to have done some research, so I’m curious if anything was mentioned about that.