Question My wife goes crazy when the dishes are in the sink over Shabbos . She heard that there is a heter  to wash them if it bothers her. Is this the halacha ? Thanks. Rav Zafrani The first thing you need to do is make sure that the dishes are being washed without a problem of meleches sechitah , such as by using netting and not a sponge. Even if that is the case, I do not feel that the mess justifies washing the dishes on Shabbos . If one will not need the dishes for the r