Sparkling Clean

Acontemporary home has an abundance of timesaving appliances. One that I particularly appreciate is the dishwasher. What a brachah! I can load dirty dishes into the dishwasher and voila! They come out sparkling clean.

Except when they don’t.

Not so long ago, my dishes weren’t coming out clean after having gone through a dishwashing cycle. Various repairmen came to my home but weren’t able to hone in on the cause of the problem. All the parts of the dishwasher seemed to be working well. Why, then, were the dishes still dirty?

Finally, one repairman came up with a diagnosis. He noted that after turning on the hot water in the sink, it took a few minutes for the water to actually become hot. The water that was filling the dishwasher was cold and therefore the dishes weren’t coming out clean. He suggested that I first run the hot water into the sink for a few minutes. Only after the water was sufficiently hot should I turn on the dishwasher.

It was hard for me to believe that something so simple could be the answer to my dishwasher dilemma. However, I followed the repairman’s advice and made sure to run the hot water first before pressing the start button. Lo and behold! The dishes were sparkling clean once again.