...אֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי - These are the accounts...[Shemos 38:21]
This erev Shabbos is a very busy day for Mrs. Applestein and her daughters. At the leil Shabbos seuda, the family will host Sheva Brachos. For lunch, they will have 8 guests from their shul’s Shabbaton. And for Shalosh Seudos, they will host their neighbors.
You can only imagine how many appetizers, dishes, and desserts the family prepared on that erev Shabbos. Being that Mrs. Applestein is very organized, she asked her daughters to figure out a way to remember which dishes are going to be served at each seuda.
“Imma, I have a simple solution,” said Miriam, “Write on a paper: “1st seuda” and under it, make a list of all the dishes that should be served then. And do the same for the lunch seuda and for Shalosh Seudos.”
“Actually,” said Sari, “I once overheard Shmuli learning Mishnayos, and one mishna said that a person should not read on Shabbos from a list of guests or from a menu that he wrote down! So, I suggest using the shelves of the fridge for this: The top shelf will be for the night seuda, the middle shelf for lunch, and the bottom one for Shalosh Seudos.”
Question: Who proposed a valid solution: Miriam, Sari or both?
