R' פנחס הגר מבארשא said one פורים that when the Jews of שושן saw from afar a man in royal clothing sitting on a horse being led by another man also dressed in royal clothing, they couldn’t determine whether it was מרדכי sitting and המן leading him or the reverse. But when they saw that
As the screams of his drowning mother-in-law we’re coming from the river, a man began praying מנחה. Seeing this, a passerby said: “Your mother-in-law is drowning and your davening מנחה?!” The man responded: “There is an ענין בהלכה להתפלל לפני שקיעת החמה.”
One יום כיפור, a Reform temple refused to admit a man who didn’t have a ticket. “I must get in,” he said. “My partner is inside and I need to speak with him for a moment. It’s urgent.” “No tickee, no admitee,” said the guard, grinning at his own little pun. “But I’m not going
Shimon Lieberman from Poland was visiting his cousin in London. One day, his cousin took him on a sightseeing tour around the city, visiting historic monuments and marveling at the beautiful homes of the very rich. Shimon, who came from a little village, had never even imagined that such beautiful homes exist. As they passed
An elderly couple was retiring and decided to move to Arizona. Having suffered from anti-semitism for much of their lives, they decided to pass as גויים. One day Sadie saw Sam on the porch davening with his tallis and tefillin. "Sam, what are you doing? We became גויים," she said. "Oy, ah goyishe kup," he
A third grade teacher in Boro Park asked the boys to name things that begin with a T. Shmuel said “Tigers and Trains.” Dovid said “Tables and Telephones.” Herschel said “Tallis and Tefillin.”
It's stated in מסכת מגילה טז concerning ליהודים היתה אורה ושמחה וששון ויקר, that ויקר אלו תפילין. A רב once remarked in jest that there is a רמז in the מגילה that a חתן should not wear רבינו תם תפילין until after he marries because the מגילה states וכל הנשים יתנו יקר לבעליהם, which means
Mindy came home from school one day and found her mother wearing a new mink coat. “The coat looks nice, mom,” she said. “But that poor animal must have suffered terribly just so you could have a fur coat.” “Why, Mindy!” her mother exclaimed. “What kind of way is that to talk about your father?”
At a wedding in Minsk, רבי ירוחם-ליב was shocked to see after the קידושין the חתן kissing the כלה in front of all the guests. The רבי protested this scandalous behavior. "But רבי," said the חתן, "we're married כדת משה וישראל and we're husband and wife." רבי ירוחם-ליב answered: "The תורה ends with the words
At a chassidishe wedding, a guest held one end of the gartel and danced the Mitzvah Tanz with the kallah with special fervor. Afterwards, one of his friends asked him “What were you thinking as you danced?” "To tell you the truth,” he responded, “I was thinking about ברכת לבנה.” Surprised to hear this, the
