An elderly author of a ספר brought it to רבי אייזל חריף to request his הסכמה. After reviewing it, the רבי said to him "Be careful not to lose your ספר in the street." Surprised, he asked the רבי what he meant. "You need to be concerned," רבי אייזל replied, "that a גוי will find
An אפיקורס once asked the בריסקר רב whether he is obligated to fast on a צום. The רב said No. Surprised, the אפיקורס asked why. "Our sages have taught that fasting is כנגד הקרבת דם על המזבח because the תענית diminishes a person's blood and חלב. But since you eat טריפות, your blood is פסול
The definition of a lawyer is a Jewish boy who wanted to be a doctor to make his mother happy, but who faints at the sight of blood.
R’ ברוך מרדכי ליפשיץ, speaking with colleagues, addressed a certain fellow as רב. Hearing this, one of them said: "רבי you give him שבח, yet he denigrates you." רבי ברוך מרדכי responded: "So? Perhaps we're both mistaken."
When ר׳ ישכר-בר רוקח, the בלזאר רבי, returned to בלזא from a long trip, a huge crowd came to greet him. There was pushing and shoving and the רבי couldn’t get through. “Let me pass, בהמות,” the רבי said. Shocked, the crowd parted. When the גבאי was asked why the רבי spoke that way, he
The author of a ספר brought it to רבי מנשה מאיליה to get his הסקם. After reviewing it, the רבי saw that the entire ספר consisted of פילפולים by way of קל וחומר. The רבי invited his guest to dine with him, but when the soup was served, the guest saw that there was only
At a gathering of רבנים and other prominent members of the קהילה in Vilna, the discussion turned to a מומר who had become a Bishop but continued to speak well of Jews. There were those who spoke לגנאי and others who spoke לשבח. The נצי״ב was present and was asked his opinion. He said: "There
A teenager was attending a גמרא שיעור for the first time in his life. Afterwards, he was asked if he enjoyed the שיעור. “It was great!,” he said. “I asked the same question asked by the גמרא!” The surprised listeners were impressed; his first שיעור and already he asked the same question that was asked
When Shimon and his wife got married they listened to their parents' advice to never go to bed angry. They haven't slept in twelve years.
Before Menachem Begin went to the United States to meet Jimmy Carter, he went to the כותל המערבי. When asked why, he answered: “To practice talking to the wall.”
