A רב of a קהילה whoe בעלי בתים made his life very difficult, explained that members of the חברה קדישה are called גומלי חסד של אמת, rather than merely גומלי חסד, because there are actually people who bury others while they are yet alive. That, however, is not קבורה אמיתית. But the people of the
The dentist told Barbara that she needed to have a tooth removed. “Do you want a local anesthetic?” he asked. “Let’s not pinch pennies,” she replied. “Get the best. Use imported.”
In פרשת מצורע, the פסוק says כנגע נראה לי בבית. The word כנגע, like a נגע, expresses doubt. It has been said that the reason for this is that there are times when a נגע appears on a house not as an עונש but in order to reveal a treasure hidden in the walls. As
The Governor of a southern state was at a party with his wife, when a former classmate of hers came over to say hello. She caught up with him about old times. Afterwards, the Governor asked her what her former classmate does. “He’s in the trash business,” she replied, adding that she had actually dated
When בני ישראל were given מן from Heaven, they complained that they want meat. ר׳ מנחם מנדל מקוצק asked why did they want actual meat? After all, the מן had the טעם of whatever food each person desired. The רבי answered: “They weren’t satisfied merely with טעם. They wanted ממשיות.”
A Jewish man was speeding along the highway at 1 a.m. A policeman stopped him and asked, "Where are you racing at this hour?" "To a lecture," the man answered. "Who will give you a lecture at this time of night?" the policeman wondered. "My wife," he replied.
A בחור in Volozhin who had been appointed the Purim Rov had far too much to drink before delivering his דרשה, which flung insult after insult against the נצי"ב. After Purim, the בחור asked for מחילה and the נצי"ב forgave him, despite the protest of one of his sons, who cited the Yiddish expression that
R’ שלום הלוי, a well known מגיד, while traveling on a train, asked his fellow passengers to join him in making a מנין for מנחה. Seven men said that they would be glad to do so, but two refused and left for another car in the train. רבי שלום remarked: "I had always wondered, when
Sydney’s mother didn’t understand why his wife left him. “It was for religious reasons,” he said. “She worships money. I never had enough to satisfy her.”
The רב of a small town turned 80 and to honor him, the קהילה decided that each of the 50 בעלי בתים would donate two bottles of wine and pour them into the cask in the רב's cellar. And so they did, filling it to its very top. After dinner, the pleased רב asked his
