David and his brother Shimon were shopping in the supermarket on a Friday morning. When they reached the fruit department, David said: “Shimon—take a look at the amazing variety of these summer fruits: peaches, kiwi, star fruit, watermelons, cherries, pomegranates!”
“Wow,” replied Shimon. “So let’s buy some of them l’kavod Shabbos!”
“Great idea, Shimon!” agreed David. “But I’ve been counting our bill as I was putting things in the shopping cart, and we only have 10 shekels left from our budget. So we should choose only one fruit and buy just enough for everyone in the family.”
“So which fruit should we buy?” asked Shimon.
“Since we’re buying it l’kavod Shabbos, let’s buy a fruit that has a connection to Shabbos,” suggested David.
“Hmm...interesting idea, David. So which fruit would that be?”
Question: Which fruit would you suggest they buy?
Hints & Answers
Out of the fruits that David mentioned, pomegranates have the most connection to Shabbos. We eat certain foods on Shabbos as a remembrance that these foods will be eaten at the eternal Shabbos (Yom SheKulo Shabbos). For example, we eat fish on Shabbos as a zecher for the Livyasan fish that will be served at the seuda of that future Shabbos (Be’ur Halacha to siman 242 “zecher l’mann”). Targum Yonasan to Shir HaShirim (8:2) reveals to us that the fruits which we will eat at the seuda of Yom SheKulo Shabbos will be pomegranates.
