“Let’s make fresh bread rolls for Melave Malka!” said Imma to the kids as she removed the dough from the fridge on motzei Shabbos. “I made extra dough on erev Shabbos,” she explained.
“Yes! Thank you, Imma,” thanked Chaim, and said, “Imma, we’ll braid the rolls and put them in the oven, while you go rest.”
When Imma when out of the room, Chaim ran to the table and wanted to remove the tablecloth so that they could braid the dough on the table.
“What are you doing?!” asked his sister Miriam, “Abba did not make Havdalah yet!”
Chaim turned to Miriam and said, “As long as 3 stars are in the sky, we can remove the table cloth.”
Question: Who is right, Chaim or Miriam?
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HALACHA CHALLENGE: The Rama (O.C. 262:1) teaches that the tablecloth should be on the table throughout the whole Shabbos. And the Mishna Berura (262:4) adds that the tablecloth can be removed only after havdala. | * Menucha answers are not intended to be used as final decisions in halacha, but rather as catalysts for discussions and further study.
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Yossi was counting the words in the two brachos that are said by Krias HaTorah (“Asher Bochar Banu” & “Asher Nosan Lanu”). The Tur (OC §139) teaches that Chazal made those brachos contain 40 words—no more, no less—in order to correspond to the 40 days that Moshe Rabbeinu remained on Har Sinai. | * Menucha answers are not intended to be used as final decisions in halacha, but rather as catalysts for discussions and further study.
