“Where are you going, Rivky?” asked her sister Miriam on a Shabbos afternoon.
“I am going to my friend, Chana,” answered Rivky.
“But why are you bringing a Chumash with you?!” asked Miriam.
“Because we have a Chumash test on Sunday. And I want to study for the test together with Chana,” explained Rivky.
“But it’s Shabbos today! How can you study for a test now?!” asked Miriam.
“But it’s Torah. What? I can’t learn Torah on Shabbos?!” asked Rivky.
Question: Can Rivky study for a Chumash test today?
Hints & Answers* SHABBOS SHAILA: Sefer Shemiras Shabbos Kehilchosa (28:92) writes: “It is permitted to learn on Shabbos even those [Torah] topics that one needs to know for after Shabbos (e.g., for a test that will take place after Shabbos). And one does not violate through this the prohibition of preparing on Shabbos for a weekday.” (see footnotes 220 and 221 ibid. for the reason, and also a discussion about learning secular topics for a test on Shabbos.)
RHYME: “above”
RIDDLE: The four directions of the world. Each one is mentioned in Lech Lecha (13:14). In the Tanach, we find that the north has one name - Tzafon, while the other three directions have two names: west: ma’arav & yam; east: mizrach & kedem; south: darom & negev.
Note: Menucha’s answer are not to be taken as final decisions in halacha, but rather as a springboard for discussions, further study.
