Bad Joke of the Week: Talmud Class – The American Israelite Newspaper

Bad Joke of the Week: Talmud Class – The American Israelite Newspaper

Rabbi Bloom ran a Talmud class at a yeshiva. He was always so involved in the text being studied that he never looked up from his books. Often, when he called up a student for translation and explanation, without realizing it, he chose the same student day after day. But out of respect, the students wouldn’t point this out to him.  Hymie had already been called up on three consecutive days when the rabbi once again said, “Hymie Himmelfarb, come …