My cousin Joann, who,
like me, is Jewish, sent her young son to a Christian school. One day she asked him what he had learned in
school that day. He told her he learned
a song about cheese. She asked him the name
of the song & he told her, “Four Cheeses Loves Me”. (It was "For Jesus Loves ME".) Apparently, you have to speak VERY distinctly to young children!
It's the yahrtzeit (anniversary) of Herman Mendelbaum's death and his widow decides to make a pilgrimage to the cemetery to recite a prayer over his grave and place a small stone, as is the tradition, to show that the deceased is remembered. She arrives at the cemetery, but it being a while since she had been there, she is confused and cannot find poor Herman's grave site. Finally, she comes across a grounds-keeper who escorts her to a small chapel on the cemetery grounds where the records are kept. Pouring over large maps and lists, he finally turns to the widow and says, "I can find no record of a Herman Mendelbaum buried here. The closest I can find is a Sadie Mendelbaum." "That's him!" she exclaims. "He always put everything in my name."
An old Jewish beggar was out on the street, begging with his tin cup. A man passed by and the beggar said to the man, "Sir, could you spare 10 cents for a cup of coffee?" The man said, "Where do get coffee for 10 cents?" The beggar said, "Who buys retail?"
The Chief Rabbi of Israel and the Pope are in a meeting in
Rome. The Rabbi notices an unusually fancy phone on a side table in the Pope's
private chambers. "What is that phone for?" he asks the pontiff. "It's my
direct line to the Lord." The Rabbi is skeptical, and the Pope notices.
The Holy Father insists the Rabbi try it out, and, indeed, he is connected to
the Lord. The Rabbi holds a lengthy discussion with Him. After hanging up the Rabbi says, "Thank
you very much. This is great! But listen, I want to pay for my phone
charges." The Pope, of course, refuses, but the Rabbi is steadfast and finally,
the pontiff gives in. He checks the counter on the phone and says, "All
right. The charges were 100,000
Lira" ($56). The Chief Rabbi gladly hands over the payment. A few months later, the Pope is in Jerusalem on an
official visit. In the Chief Rabbi's chambers, he sees a phone identical to his
and learns it is also is a direct line to the Lord. The Pope remembers he has
an urgent matter that requires divine consultation and asks if he can use the
Rabbi's phone. The Rabbi gladly agrees, hands him the phone, and the Pope chats
away. After hanging up, the Pope
offers to pay for the phone charges. Of course, the Chief Rabbi refuses to
accept payment. After the Pope insists, the Rabbi relents and looks at the
phone counter. Shekel 50 ($0.42). The
Pope looks surprised, "Why so cheap?" The Rabbi smiles, "Local
call."
A catholic priest and a rabbi find themselves sitting
next to each other on a long journey, and so after some hesitation start to
talk to each other. After discussing the weather and sports, the priest
turns to the rabbi and says that he thought it was rather strange that he was
not allowed to eat pork, and asked him whether he ever had. The rabbi replied, "Well, when I
was a small boy, I did in fact taste a small piece of bacon." "What was it like?" asked
the priest. The rabbi replied:
"Not nearly as good as sex!"
A Jewish father was troubled by the way his son
turned out, and went to see his Rabbi about it. "I brought him up in the
faith, gave him a very expensive bar mitzvah, cost me a fortune to educate him.
Then he tells me last week he has decided to be a Christian! Rabbi, where did I
go wrong?" "Funny you should come to me," said the
Rabbi. "Like you, I, too, brought my boy up in the faith, put him through
University, cost me a fortune, then one day he, too, tells me he has decided to
become a Christian." "What
did you do?" asked the father. "I turned to God for the answer"
replied the Rabbi. "And what did He say?" pressed the father.
"God said, 'Funny you should come to Me...' "
A man wonders if
having sex on the Sabbath is a sin because he is not sure if sex is work or
play. He asks a priest for his opinion on this question. The priest says after
consulting the Bible, "My son, after an exhaustive search I am positive
sex is work and is not permitted on the Sabbath." The man thinks: "What does a
priest know about sex?" He
goes to a minister--a married man, experienced--for the answer. He queries
the minister and receives the same reply. Sex is work and not for the Sabbath!
Not pleased with the reply, he seeks out the ultimate authority--a man of thousands
of year's tradition and knowledge--a Rabbi. The Rabbi
immediately answers, "My son, sex is definitely play." The
man replies, "Rabbi, how can you be so sure when so many others tell me
sex is work?" The Rabbi
softly speaks, " If sex were work, my wife would have the maid do
it."
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Very funny ,I had a good chuckle.
ReplyDeleteMerle.....
I'm here to serve!!
DeleteVery funny. :) I particularly liked the sex one, although I'm not sure if the Rabbi would have preferred the maid do it. :)
ReplyDeleteFor Tony's sake, I hope YOU don't consider it work!!
DeleteSilly fishducky... we can't AFFORD a maid.
DeleteYou two obviously weren't married by a rabbi. As I recall, THAT was part of our ceremony!!
DeleteNope. We were married by a female JP, awaiting a train. :) I don't remember much about our vows... just that Tony bought the biggest shiniest diamond he could afford to distract me long enough to marry him.
Delete*sigh*
He hasn't made the bed, or picked up his socks since. :)
Yeah, sex is play. God separating the light from the dark is my favorite among the cartoons, but it's all good.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I agree--it's too much fun to be work, unless that happens to be your line of work!!
Delete"Local call."--- Love it. Many good ones today. Thanks for the laughs.
ReplyDeleteHey, he was just telling it like it is!!
DeleteLoverly....all of them. I am going to send these to my cousin, the Rabbi. Then, again.....maybe not.
ReplyDeleteGo ahead--he's probably already heard them!!
DeleteWhen my mom told us about how Jesus used to raise the dead, I used to pray that the dead were not dead for too long as I worried that they would be teased if they did not have flesh on them. I am not Christian either, but we do believe in the miracles Jesus performed.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet she never realized how scary that could be for a little kid!!
DeletePhew, I'm laughing so loud, I woke up Soldier, who said to tell you to not make it this funny because he needs his rest, old dog that he is. I love the one with the son turning Christian, it really appeals to my sense of humor. The cartoon where God separates light from dark is hilarious and all the rest is great too.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked City Muse Country Muse. They are very talented women.
Please give this message to Soldier:"Bow wow, arf, arf, arf!"
DeleteYes, they are VERY talented!!
DEar Fran, after being away for nearly three weeks, I return to the Old Testament! I so enjoyed both the stories and the cartoons, especially the story about the pope, the phone, and the call. That was a hoot. And also the story about bacon/sex. I hope that I live to see the day that priests can marry. That may still happen in my lifetime, but having women priests probably won't happen for many decades. The Roman Catholic Church, well really its hierarchy, is truly a group of white-haired old fuddy-duddy's. I also liked the cartoons, especially the wandering in the desert one! Peace.
ReplyDeleteSo good to have you back--& I agree with you about the Roman Catholic Church!!
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