Two בחורי ישיבה were living in a דירה near the מיר. One day, one of them brought home a rooster for כפרות. His roommate objected: “That’s not a rooster. It’s a hen!” They argued for a while, until they agreed to have the bird spend the night with them so that they could hear if
The רבי of בארדיטשוב went collecting נדבות one תשעה באב and saw some Jews eating chicken. The רבי said to them: “If you eat the chickens now, with what will you do כפרות on ערב יום כיפור?”
A boy who was crying outside his house was asked by a passerby what happened. “My father hit his finger with a hammer,” the boy said. “So why are you crying?” the passerby asked. “It actually sounds funny.” The crying boy answered: “Yes, I also laughed at first.”
When רבי מאיר שפירא entered the home of an עשיר to get a donation for ישיבת חכמי לובלין The עשיר tried to get rid of him with an insulting donation. רבי מאיר refused to accept it, saying רק אשה מעוברת צריכה שתי כפרות. "What do you mean?" the man asked in wonder. רבי מאיר explained:
When arriving at ונתנה תוקף, the great ר׳ לוי יצחק of Berditchev stopped and said: “רבונו של עולם, If You want to sit on the כסא דין, You must deal with us במידת הרחמים. See for Yourself, בראש השנה יכתבון. Other nations are writing on ראש השנה and ביום צום כפור יחותמון, they close
One of the משכילים, seeking to harass the מלבי״ם, sent him משלוח מנות on פורים a basket covered by a doily, under which was a baked item in the form of a pig. The מלבי״ם reciprocated and sent him a basket covered by a white doily, under which was a picture of the מלבי״ם, accompanied
A principal telephoned one of his rebbeim and said that there was no point in coming to school that day because it's snowing like crazy and only 6 kids showed up. The Rebbe adamantly proclaimed: "I will be there in 20 minutes." Surprised, the principal asked "Why do you want to come so badly?" The
When three ישיבה בחורים were caught smoking on שבת, one pleaded that he forgot that it’s שבת. The second one said that he forgot that smoking is אסור on שבת. The third one sheepishly said that he forgot to lock the door and close the window shutters.
A German קהילה had the מנהג to appoint גבאים חדשים on ערב יום כיפור. When asked to explain this מנהג, the רב said: "It derives from the תפילה which says ראשי חדשים לעמך נתת זמן כפרה. When are ראשי חדשים given to עם ישראל? It's בזמן כפרה."
The נצי״ב was once standing outside of his yeshiva in Volozshin and heard בחורים inside arguing and giving מכות one to another. As he opened the door to the בית מדרש, each of the boys immediately took his seat, grabbed a גמרא, and began to study it in all innocence, as if nothing had occurred.
