[Avodah] Education foir Women

[Michael Makovi]

> My father likes to tell the tale of Rav Shapiro of Jerusalem, who was
> approached by a woman when some milk fell into her meat pot.  Usually, the
> amounts involved would have made it clear that the meat and the pot were
> Assur.  But Rav Shapiro called in the milkman, closed the shutters and asked
> him: Okay, between you and me, how much water have you been adding recently
> to the milk?  As you can guess, the result was that everything was
> permitted.... <g>
>
> Shoshana L. Boublil

Reminds me of the story of the poor woman who took a chicken in with a
kashrut question. The rabbi saw it was unquestionably treif, but he
knew the poor woman could not afford it. So he replaced (unbeknownst
to her) the chicken with a kosher one, and told her that it was a very
very difficult she'ela, and that if she ever ever had such a chicken
again, she shouldn't rely on the his present heter.

Mikha'el Makovi