Starting Off on the Wrong Foot
One Sunday, two separate wedding ceremonies take place in Bushey shul. First of all, Mervyn gets married to Lisa from Golders Green. Then later in the afternoon, Aaron gets married to Hannah from Israel.
So, you might ask, did both their marriages start on a positive note?
Well, on his first day of married life, Mervyn says to Lisa, “You’ll always have to do all the house cleaning, all the cooking, and all the washing and drying up of crockery on your own. That’s what my mother always did, and that’s what I will expect you to do from now onwards. And I’ll try to help you whenever I can.”
On his second day of married life, Mervyn doesn’t notice anything different; but on his third day, Mervyn is pleased to see that …
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True Love
A rabbi was called to a Miami Beach nursing home to perform a wedding. An anxious old man met him at the door. The rabbi sat down to counsel the old man and asked several questions:
“Do you love her?”
The old man replied, “I guess.”
“Is she a good Jewish woman?”
“I don’t know for sure,” the old man answered.
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What a Wedding!
What’s the difference between an Orthodox wedding, a Conservative wedding, and a Reform wedding?
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