In the middle of the Shabbos seuda, the Cohen family heard a knock on the door. Bracha opened the door and was greeted by their neighbor, Mrs. Silver. Strangely, she had one hand behind her back. “Gut Shabbos, everyone!” said Mrs. Silver, “Guess what? I found out that it’s Rafi’s 15th birthday today. And I have a present for him!’’
Rafi was excited to find out what his present will be. “A sefer? ... A siddur? ... A cake?” he was asking himself in his mind. But when Mrs. Silver took her hand from behind her back, Rafi found out that none of his guesses were correct. Mrs. Silver was holding in her hand a magnifying glass!
“This will help you to read the small print in the Torah books that you will be learning,” explained Mrs. Silver.
Rafi smiled with gratitude and started to extend his hand to take the present, but then he thought for a moment, “Maybe, I am not allowed to take presents on Shabbos...’’
Question: May Rafi take the magnifying glass from Mrs. Silver?
