Commentary for Bava Batra 160:9

אמר לך רבא תריץ הכי חישב עליו לאכילה אינו מטמא טומאת אוכלין למשקין אינו מטמא טומאת משקין תניא כוותיה דרב כהנא דבש בכוורתו מטמא טומאת אוכלין שלא במחשבה:

but according to Raba there is a difficulty!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This Baraitha states that the owner's intention brings the honey into the category of food or drink; but according to R. Eliezer, how could the mere thought of the owner make food or drink 'attached' to the ground (cf. p. 295, n. 7) to be regarded as if it were 'detached'? ');">¹⁵</span> — Raba can tell you: Explain thus: [If] he intended [to use it] as food it does not become subject to [the laws of Levitical] defilement of food [and if] as drink, it does not become subject to [the laws of Levitical] defilement of drink.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By this explanation, Raba does not alter the text of the Baraitha, but interprets it thus: Honey in a beehive is regarded neither as food nor as drink (with reference to the question whether) if intended to be used as food, it (should) be subject to the defilement of food (and whether), if intended for drink, it (should) be subject to the defilement of drink. (Cf. Tosaf. s.v. [H]). ');">¹⁶</span>

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