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The Taxman Cometh
At the end of the tax year, the Tax Office
sent an inspector to audit the
books of a synagogue.
While he was
checking the books he turned to the Rabbi and said, 'I notice
you buy a lot
of candles. What do you do with the candle drippings? "
'Good question,'
Noted the Rabbi. 'We save them up and send them back to the
candle makers,
and every now and then they send us a free box of candles. "
'Oh,'
replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question
had a
practical answer.
But on he went, in his obnoxious way:
'What
about all these bread-wafer purchases? What do you do with the
crumbs?
'Ah, yes,' replied the Rabbi, realizing that the inspector was
trying to
trap him with an unanswerable question. 'We collect them and send
them back
to the manufacturers, and every now and then they send us a free
box of
bread-wafers. "
'I see,' replied the auditor, thinking hard
about how he could fluster the
know-it-all Rabbi. 'Well, Rabbi,' he went on,
'what do you do with all the
leftover foreskin from the circumcisions you
perform? "
'Here, too, we do not waste,' answered the Rabbi
...
'What we do is save all the foreskin and send them to the Tax Office,
and
about once a year they send us a complete ****. "
At the end of the tax year, the Tax Office
sent an inspector to audit the
books of a synagogue.
While he was
checking the books he turned to the Rabbi and said, 'I notice
you buy a lot
of candles. What do you do with the candle drippings? "
'Good question,'
Noted the Rabbi. 'We save them up and send them back to the
candle makers,
and every now and then they send us a free box of candles. "
'Oh,'
replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question
had a
practical answer.
But on he went, in his obnoxious way:
'What
about all these bread-wafer purchases? What do you do with the
crumbs?
'Ah, yes,' replied the Rabbi, realizing that the inspector was
trying to
trap him with an unanswerable question. 'We collect them and send
them back
to the manufacturers, and every now and then they send us a free
box of
bread-wafers. "
'I see,' replied the auditor, thinking hard
about how he could fluster the
know-it-all Rabbi. 'Well, Rabbi,' he went on,
'what do you do with all the
leftover foreskin from the circumcisions you
perform? "
'Here, too, we do not waste,' answered the Rabbi
...
'What we do is save all the foreskin and send them to the Tax Office,
and
about once a year they send us a complete ****. "
