For Kayla and Chaya it’s not fun just to eat the ice cream for dessert at the Shabbos seuda. They love mixing up the different flavors of ice cream and coming up with their own new “interesting” flavors of unique color and taste.
This Shabbos was no different. Kayla wanted to mix on her plate the bubble gum flavor ice cream together with the vanilla flavor ice cream, while Chaya wanted to mix chocolate flavor ice cream together with the pistachio flavor ice cream.
As they were about to start, their brother Yossi said, “Hmm...there could be a problem doing this on Shabbos.” He then thought for a moment and asked them: “Now, are you doing this to produce a flavor of a new taste or of a new color?!”
“Taste!” replied Kayla. “Color!” replied Chaya.
Yossi turned to Kayla and said, “Kayla, you can go ahead and mix up the ice creams.” Then, he turned to Chaya and said: “Sorry Chaya, but you cannot!”
Question: Is Yossi completely right, partially right, or completely wrong?
Hints & Answers* HALACHA CHALLENGE:
The Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 320:19) rules: “אין צביעה באוכלין” (the melacha of dyeing does not apply to food). The Mishna Berura writes that according to Pri Megadim this is true even if the person’s intention is to change the color of the food item. But the Mishna Berura then adds that based on what Nishmas Adam wrote, it’s proper to be stringent in a case where the person’s intention is to change the color of the food item.
RHYMES:
“task”
RIDDLE:
Bereishis 49:10. In that verse, Shai read: “עַד כִּי־יָבֹא שִּילֹה” (until Shilo comes), and Rashi explains: “[This refers to] the king Moshiach, to whom the kingdom will belong (שֶׁלוֹ); and so did Onkolos render it: [until the Moshiach comes, to whom the kingdom belongs]. According to the Midrash Aggadah, [“Shiloh” is a combination of] שַׁי לוֹ, - a gift (shai) for him, as it is said: “they will bring a gift to him who is to be feared” -- Tehillim 76:12”.
*Menucha answers are not to be taken as final decisions in halacha.
