Why The Torah is Compared to Honey - Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

David Hamelach compares the sweetness of Torah to honey. The Torah is sweeter than honey, more delectable than the honeycomb. Likewise, Hamelach says, the Torah is compared to milk and honey. The Chofetz Chaim offers remarkable explanation. What is the analogy? What is the comparison between the Torah and honey? Says the Chofetz Chaim in his introduction to Sefer Likutei Halachos, honey seems like a rather innocuous food, but it is powerful. It is potent. The powerful sweetness of honey is such that if a piece of bread would fall into honey, and it would spend enough time in that honey, it would completely disintegrate. Furthermore, even if a slab of meat would fall in honey, it would completely disintegrate and decompose in the honey. To the extent, says the Chofetz Chaim, if a treif piece of meat, if a piece of meat that is not kosher falls into honey, the power of the honey is so strong that it will transform that piece of meat into honey, and you would be allowed to eat it. You hear that? You could have a treif piece of meat if it falls in honey, the transformative power of honey is such that it can transform even a treif piece of meat into honey itself. That is the power of Torah. You could have someone who's rotten to the core, bad character, bad personality. If they immerse in Torah, the power of honey is such that it will transform the person into someone who is righteous.