Looking up an Address in a Phonebook
Menucha Magazine | August 14, 2024
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Looking up an Address in a Phonebook

Menucha Magazine | June 25, 2025

The Goldberg family were invited out to the Simon family for Shabbos lunch. When the father came back from shul, Imma asked the children to put on their shoes to get ready to go. She got baby Simcha dressed and prepared the baby bag.

The family was all ready to go when all of the sudden the oldest brother Chaim asked, “Wait a second! Do we know the Simon family’s address?!”

“Hmm...I have no idea where they live,” said Abba. “I work with Mr. Simon. But I never visited him at his home.”

“Why don’t we look up the address in the phone book?” asked the youngest sister Miriam.

“How could we? The phone book is muktza, because its main purpose is to help people find phone numbers!” said her sister, Shoshana.

Question: May they look up the address in the phonebook?

The Goldberg family were invited out to the Simon family for Shabbos lunch. When the father came back from shul, Imma asked the children to put on their shoes to get ready to go. She got baby Simcha dressed and prepared the baby bag.

The family was all ready to go when all of the sudden the oldest brother Chaim asked, “Wait a second! Do we know the Simon family’s address?!”

“Hmm...I have no idea where they live,” said Abba. “I work with Mr. Simon. But I never visited him at his home.”

“Why don’t we look up the address in the phone book?” asked the youngest sister Miriam.

“How could we? The phone book is muktza, because its main purpose is to help people find phone numbers!” said her sister, Shoshana.

Question: May they look up the address in the phonebook?

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