The tax man and the Rabbi…………………….to Cheer up
your
Day

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 biscuit 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 a free box of holy
biscuits.”
“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 foreskins from the circumcisions you perform
“Here, too, we do not waste,” answered the Rabbi. “What we do is
save
up
all
the foreskins and send them to the Tax Office, and about once a year
they
send us a complete dick “.