“So which melacha did you learn in school this week, Moishy?” asked his father.
“We learned all about the melacha of Dosh!” cheerfully answered Moishy.
“Great! So tell us what is that melacha, please,” requested his mother.
“Well, there is a bull,” began Moishy with big pride, “and he pulls this board and it presses on the straw and the kernels come out. Dosh is basically taking out the food from its shell.”
“Wait a second!” said his older sister Racheli, “I bought fresh peas in their pods on erev Shabbos. Moishy, are you saying that we won’t be able to eat them, since we may not take the peas out the pods?!”
“Hmm. Good question!” replied Moishy.
Question:
May the peas be taken out of their pods on Shabbos?
[Source: Ohr Somayach Institutions www.ohr.edu . Printed with permission]
