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
An expert in punctuation, משה אהרן ויזן, was asked by a בחור ישיבה: “I was taught that נקודות סגול are deemed superior to נקודות קמץ, just as זהב is superior to כסף. How can this be correct in light of the fact that the word זהב is punctuated with two קמצים and כסף is punctuated
The Greeks were very focused on looks, physical beauty, sports, exercise and fashion. We eat latkes and donuts on Chanukah to make sure we don’t look like them.
Yossi and Leah went on around the world cruise one winter. The next year, Leah said she wants to go somewhere else this year. Yossi responded: “The kitchen?”
One evening, after a bitter marital spat, the wife heard her husband sigh, “Oh, if only women would be as understanding as men, life would be truly wonderful.” Angry, she prepared a tough old rooster, with meat as tough as leather, as dinner for her husband. The husband managed to eat the meal without complaining,
The חוזה of Lublin would customarily refer to himself in the plural - the royal “we.” Once, when he said “מיר זיינען גארנישט,” “We are nothing,” ר׳ מרדכי רקובר asked him: “Does the רבי need a partner even when dealing with nothing?”
When רבי אייזל חריף was once asked: "רבי, why is it that your earlier ספרים are sharper than your later ספרים? The גמרא says the opposite: חכמה מתוספת בהם תלמידי חכמים, כל זמן שמזקינים." He promptly responded that the questioner omitted the end clause: עמי הארץ כל זמן שמזקינים טיפשות נתוספת בהם. "Therefore, since you've
In commanding that each person give מחצית השקל, the תורה says העשיר לא ירבה. A רב once asked why didn't the תורה say the same regarding צדקה? Rather than the רבנן saying המבזבז אל יבזבז יותר מחומש, the תורה could have said it. He answered that the תורה was concerned that the wealthy will give
What kind of cake, cookies and crackers did נח have on the תיבה? Mabul cake, rainbow cookies and animal crackers.
