A מגיד once approached a wealthy man for צדקה but was turned down. The מגיד told him that it's a shame that he wasn't around בימי התנאים. "Had you been around then," he said, "חלב של עכו׳ם would have been permitted on account of you." Puzzled, the עשיר asked him to explain. The מגיד told
A man went to a fish restaurant for dinner. When the waiter came to take his order, he asked whether the fish were fresh. The waiter assured him that they were. Shortly after the waiter brought him his meal, the man placed his face close to the fish and whispered to them. He stopped
Hyman, a Reform Jew from Germany moved to Vilna. He was רע לבריות ורע למקום. Ultimately, he became a מומר. Once, a member of the קהילה saw him on the street and said שלום מר המן. The מומר got angry and said: "My name is הימן not המן." The קהילה member responded: "You are mistaken.
Louis the Eighteenth, King of France, had a Jewish doctor, טוביה כהן. He once asked the doctor why he doesn't bow to the King's statue in the courtyard, like others do. The doctor responded: "I once tried to do it, but the statue didn't respond at all. I concluded that he apparently doesn't want any
Martha was single and depressed. To get away from it all, she went on an African tour. When she returned to the United States, her mother met her at the airport. After giving her hugs and kisses, the mother saw standing next to her a fierce looking African, with a leopard skin across his shoulders,
An employee of a winery in Prague came crying to the נודע-ביהודה. "I've been working in the winery for two years and saved up a considerable amount of money. Every ערב שבת, I hid the money between the casks in the cellar. This Sunday, when I went to take out the money, I was horrified
Yoel had been using the same barber for years. After each haircut, the barber held up a mirror to the back of Yoel’s head and would ask him if it looked good. Yoel would invariably answer yes. Once, when the haircut was done and the barber held up the mirror, Yoel, realizing the absurdity of
A Jew and a neighboring גוי always got along until one day the גוי went into the woods, cut down a tree, carved a cross with a figure on it, and placed it in his front yard. From then on, the relationship became very frosty. "What have I done to arouse your anger?" the Jew
R’ אייזל חריף was treated by the town's doctor and it was apparent to him that the man was not competent. "How can you live in this town?" he asked. "The גמרא in מסכת סנהדרין teachesעיר שאין בה רופא אסור לדור בה. I and the other residents of this town have been under the understanding
R’ לוי יצחק מברדיצ׳ב was told that a 70 year old man had become a משומד. Sighing, רבי לוי יצחק said: "רבונו של עולם, look how great the strength of a Jew is to serve You באמת. That old man stayed Jewish for 70 years."
