Matchmaker, Matchmaker…
At the morning minyan, Rabbi Weinstock couldn’t help noticing twenty-something year-old Benny sitting at the back of the shul, looking very sad. After the service, Rabbi Weinstock goes to him. “What’s wrong, Benny? Tell me. Maybe I can help.”
“Oh, Rabbi,” replies Benny, “I just don’t know what to do. Whenever I bring a new girlfriend to my house and introduce her to my parents… no matter how wonderful the girl is, my mother always tells …
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The Price of a Mink
Little Shimmy came home from school one day and found his mother in a new mink coat.
“Wow, Mom. That poor animal must have suffered terribly just so you could have a fur coat.”
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The Stalled Elephant
Zimmerman, the big cloak-and-suiter, wanted to have the biggest Bar Mitzvah of all time for his son. So he mapped out a safari to Africa and chartered six jumbo jets for his guests, and another six planes for the hunting and camping equipment, food and drink.
Everyone piled on board and all the planes flew in formation to equatorial Africa. There, Zimmerman hired five hundred native pack-bearers and a dozen guides, cooks, and a master chef. …
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A Messy Divorce
Morris calls his son in New York and says, “Benny, I have something to tell you. However, I don’t want to discuss it. I’m merely telling you because you’re my oldest child, and I thought you ought to know. I’ve made up my mind, I’m divorcing Mama.”
The son is shocked, and asks his father to tell him what happened.
“I don’t want to get into it. My mind is made up.”
“But Dad, you …
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Adam and Eve and Ted and Alice
Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God’s omnipotence did not extend to His own children:
After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing He said was: “DON’T!”
“Don’t what?” Adam replied.
“Don’t eat the forbidden fruit.” God said.
“Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit?
“Hey Eve! We have forbidden fruit!”
“No Way!”
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It’s Only Money
A young Jewish boy asks his father:
“Dad, can you give me fifteen dollars?”
The father says:
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Never Forget!
There was a young fellow who emigrated from Russia to Texas. He assimilated, worked hard and prospered. He had a good life, so he sent for his father to join him.
His father looked like a religious Jew.
The son decided his father would be happier if his appearance were that of a native Texan. So, he brought his father to a barbershop and had his beard and sidelocks shaved off.
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