Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 160:4
א"ר אלעזר מאי טעמא דרבי אליעזר דכתיב (שמואל א יד, כז) ויטבול אותה ביערת הדבש וכי מה ענין יער אצל דבש אלא לומר לך מה יער התולש ממנו בשבת חייב חטאת אף דבש הרודה ממנו בשבת חייב חטאת
R. Eleazar said: What is the reason of R. Eliezer? For it is written: <i>And he dipped it in the honeycomb [Ya'rath]</i>;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. XIV, 27, [H] is midrashically compared to [H] 'forest'. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> what is therein common between a forest and honey? But [the verse] tells you that, as [in the case of a] forest he who plucks from it on the Sabbath incurs the obligation of a sin-offering so, [in the case of] honey, he who takes some of it [from the beehive] on the Sabbath incurs the obligation of a sin offering.
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