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  • From: "John Fox" <thefoxes AT softcom.net>
  • To: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: The Rebbetzin
  • Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 21:53:44 -0600


Hello,

Please correct me if I am wrong, but is this appropriate for this forum? I
am new to the forum and felt this seems unlike what one usually sees on
b-Hebrew or b-Greek.

Respectfully,

John Fox
SLC, UT
UTAH


----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan D. Safren <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 10:43 AM
Subject: The Rebbetzin


>
> The rabbi of the shtetl dies and the congregation decides, after some>
> time, that the rebetzin, should marry again. Since it is a small village
> the only available candidate is the local butcher.
>
> Although very reluctantly, since she was used to being married to a
> scholar, she accepts.
>
> After the marriage, on Friday night just after taking a bath in the
> mikva--(ritual bath) the new husband tells the rebetzin (rabbi's wife):
> Look, my mother always said that before the beginning of the shabbos it
> was a mitzvah (blessing) to make sex before going to the synagogue.
> They do it and when he comes back from shul he tells her:
> According to my father it is a mitzvah to make sex before lighting the
> candles.
>
> There they go again and when it is time to go to sleep he tells her:
> My grandfather told me that one should always make sex on shabbos
> night.
>
> Finally they go to sleep and when they wake up the next morning he
> tells her:
>
> My aunt says that a religious Jew always starts the shabbos by having
> sex. So lets do it.
>
> Finally on Sunday she goes out to the market and meets a friend that
> asks her:
>
> " Neuooo, so how is the new husband?"
>
> Well, an intellectual he isn't, but he comes from a wonderful
> mishpoche!!!
>
>
>
>
>
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