“I love when it rains in Eretz Yisroel!” shouted Simcha as he came in the door on a Friday night. His raincoat was covered with rain drops.
Shimon looked at Simcha and said, “You’re lucky that you were wearing a raincoat!”
“Boruch Hashem, I remembered to bring it with me to shul,” said Simcha. “But what should I do with it now? If I hang it on the hook where I usually hang it, the water that will drip from it will create a puddle under it!”
“Why don’t you go on the porch and shake the raincoat to get the rain water off of it?” asked Shimon.
Question: May Simcha follow Shimon’s advice and shake the water off his raincoat?
Hints & Answers
HALACHA CHALLENGE: Shemiras Shabbos Kehilchosa (15:37) teaches the following halacha: “A raincoat that is made from fabric or מצופה גומי has a status of a garment that people don’t care [if it gets soaked with water.] [And therefore], it is permitted to shake it, [but] not strongly.”
RHYME: “toy”, “shoe”.
RIDDLE: There should be a minimum of seven Kaddishim every day, corresponding to what is written in Tehillim (119:164), “I praise You seven times daily” [Mishnah Berurah 55:5] Try the following advise: As you answer a kaddish with kavana, add 1 to your count. Once you reach 7 on that day, you’ve emulated David HaMelech - you praised Hashem in a complete way, because 7 represents a complete unit.
