He tells the Orly Banai character that when his wife, Devora, was alive, every morning she took the butter out of the fridge to soften so that when he came back from Shaharit, it was spreadable. Then in a later scene we see him trying to spread cold butter, frustrated.
I don't get why he can't take out the butter himself on his way out to Shaharit. Is there some halakhic prohibition against touching food before Shaharit? What's the problem?
It's been a while since I watched the series, but I think this meant to illustrate how he missed the little things his wife used to do that made his life more pleasant.
As for not taking it out himself, I assume it's just forgetfulness.
Wow. Don't even recall posting that here. But thanks for replying lenkoPenko. What you say makes sense.
shareHere's another answer. He's used to exploiting women, as we see in his freeloading off his secretary, so he entrusted such menial tasks to Dvora and since her death to Akiva. If it's the scene I'm thinking of, note the context of the scene where he sits alone with the hard butter. It comes in contrast to the warm family shabbbes scenes of Gitti/Lippe and Akiva/Oliver.
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