Rivka had a grandson studying at a university in Arizona. One day, he telephoned her and announced that he was getting married. “That’s so wonderful,” she said. ”Who is the lucky girl?” she asked. Her grandson said they met in college, but was reluctant to say more. “What are you hiding from me?” Rivka asked.
Two men were discussing the origin of popular expressions, when one asked what is the origin of the expression “Health is more important than wealth?” The other one responded: “It’s the first two words in the תורה. It says: בראשית - בריא.”
Three men were debating which of the שלש רגלים is best. “פסח is the best and most משובח,” said ראובן. “The מצוה of ביעור חמץ means we have a clean house and new dishes, and we get to enjoy the סדר and special foods.” שמעון countered that סוכות is the best. “We sit in the
R’ אברהם דנציג was asked why his ספר was named חיי אדם. He explained: "I didn't want it to be treated like the שולחן ערוך, which got shortened to the קיצור שולחן ערוך. I don't think that anyone would want to be responsible for קיצור חיי אדם."
A woman went to a רב one ערב שבת and said “A little butter fell into my chulent. What should I do?” The רב told her “It’s בטל בשישים. You can eat it”. Two months later, she met the רב and said: “Rabbi, thank you for the בטל בשישים trick you taught me. I’m getting
The מלבי״ם used to speak out against מחללי שבת. When asked why the מחללי שבת often live long lives, he explained that שבת is a gift to בני ישראל from the רבונו של עולם and the מחללי שבת who reject this gift apparently are beneficiaries of שונא מתנות יחיה.
At a שמחת פורים in the Volozhiner Yeshiva, the בחור chosen to deliver the “פורים דרשה” had too much to drink and did not speak respectfully about the ראש ישיבה. In response, the ראש ישיבה said: “Why do we check a slaughtered בהמה by the lungs, which is a difficult task for the שוחט? Why
How do we know that an אדמוני is a רמאי? One תלמיד noted that we see it from the esophagus, which is red outside but white inside. As the גמרא says: שני עורות יש לוושט: חיצון אדום ופנימי לבן. Another תלמיד noted that it's a מקרא מפורש in תהילים, which says: כל האדם כוזב.
An עם הארץ approached a רב and said "I'm glad I didn't have to trouble you. I had a difficult halachic שאלה, but was able to resolve it myself. "Really?" said the רב. "What was the שאלה?" "The kugel that my wife prepared for שבת was prepared in a dairy tin and she then placed
A man was sitting שבעה for his only son, who converted. "What will I say to הקדוש ברוך הוא when I stand before Him for judgment?" he cried. One of his friends suggested: "Perhaps you should ask Him 'and what about your son?'"
