In a message dated 03/07/2010 18:37:04 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: <<The enzymes are considered miniscule, so not to worry. Try google search of: kashrut honey. There is some controversy- the Land of Milk and Honey; some say the Honey was not bees' honey but from dates. - Pat B.>> The Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon gives grape-syrup as an alternative m eaning of DeBASH, so there may be something in this. The word undoubtedly does mean honey in our sense at times, however. It's used, for instance, in Judges 14:8, in the story of Sampson finding bees in the corpse of a lion. Regards, Robert Brenchley Birmingham UK *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm