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At the end of the year the Inland Revenue sent an inspector to audit the books of a synagogue.
While checking the books he turned to the Rabbi and said "I notice you buy a lot of candles, what do you do with the drippings?"
"Good question," noted the Rabbi, “We save them and send them back to the candle makers, and every now & then they send us a free box of candles”
“Oh” replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer.
But he went on to say in his obnoxious way, ” What about all those matzo purchases? What do you do with all 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 matzo balls.”
"I see", replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all 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”
While checking the books he turned to the Rabbi and said "I notice you buy a lot of candles, what do you do with the drippings?"
"Good question," noted the Rabbi, “We save them and send them back to the candle makers, and every now & then they send us a free box of candles”
“Oh” replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer.
But he went on to say in his obnoxious way, ” What about all those matzo purchases? What do you do with all 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 matzo balls.”
"I see", replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all 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”
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