Jewish Humor, или, Еврейский юмор
Умирая, старый еврей завещал похоронить его со всеми нажитыми им деньгами. Родственники не посмели ослушаться наказа и начали засовывать деньги прямо в гроб, но тех оказалось так много, что они стали выпадывать. За этим занятием их и застал раввин:
- Что это вы тут устроили?
- Да вот, рэбе, по завещанию суём деньги в гроб, а они не помещаются. Что делать?
Раввин подумал немного и говорит:
- Давайте деньги мне, а я выпишу вам чек, тот уж точно поместится.
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When dying an old Jew made his relatives swear that all the money that he'd earned would be placed with him into the coffin. The relatives couldn't disobey and after he died they started stuffing the casket wih the money. But there was so much cash that the coffin simply couldn't hold it all. Precisely then there came a rabbi:
- What on earth are you doing?
- You see, rabbi, as the deceased has willed, we're trying to stuff the cash into the casket. But it's so much there's simply not enough room to hold all of it. What should we do?
After considering the matter for awhile the rabbi came up with an answer:
- Give me the money and I'll write you a check, it will fit right in for sure.
- Что это вы тут устроили?
- Да вот, рэбе, по завещанию суём деньги в гроб, а они не помещаются. Что делать?
Раввин подумал немного и говорит:
- Давайте деньги мне, а я выпишу вам чек, тот уж точно поместится.
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When dying an old Jew made his relatives swear that all the money that he'd earned would be placed with him into the coffin. The relatives couldn't disobey and after he died they started stuffing the casket wih the money. But there was so much cash that the coffin simply couldn't hold it all. Precisely then there came a rabbi:
- What on earth are you doing?
- You see, rabbi, as the deceased has willed, we're trying to stuff the cash into the casket. But it's so much there's simply not enough room to hold all of it. What should we do?
After considering the matter for awhile the rabbi came up with an answer:
- Give me the money and I'll write you a check, it will fit right in for sure.