It was a real special surprise when Abba came home from shul on a Shabbos morning with a guest. “Kids, this is Akiva Meir,” said Abba, “He is a guest in our city and I was a lucky winner to ask him if he had anywhere to go for Shabbos lunch.”
Kids were thrilled to have an unexpected guest. Chaim and Yankele quickly went to the porch to get a chair for the guest. When they brought it in, their brother Benny took a quick look at it and found on it what he expected to see - a layer of dust. “Great job, Chaim and Yankele,” praised Benny, “But the chair is very dusty!”
“Nu, so what? Big deal. We’ll just wipe it away with a wet rag,” said Yankele.
“I think because it’s Shabbos today, we better use a dry napkin to clean away this dust,” said Chaim.
“You must be kidding me!” exclaimed Benny, “Dust is muktza! Forget about using this chair.”
“But what is our guest going to sit on?!” asked Yankele, “We don’t have any more chairs.”
Benny thought for a moment and then said, “I’ll give our guest my chair and I’ll just stand during the seuda.”
Question: With whom do you agree - with Chaim, Yankele or Benny?
(The “Hints & Answers” section is on page 4)
