In this week’s Torah portion, Moses tells the Jewish people that if they observe the commandments properly, G-d will destroy all of their enemies. In that spirit…<\/p>\n
Who had the tallest family tree in history?
\nHaman. His family tree was 50 cubits tall!<\/p>\n
Fast forward a few thousand years and another mortal enemy of the Jewish people met his death on the gallows: Saddam Hussein. Which brings us to the following joke:<\/p>\n
There is a custom in many countries that the night before a prisoner is executed, he is given a choice of whatever food he wants and and much food as he wants for his last meal. The night before his execution, the prison guards offered Saddam Hussein a meal. They asked him, “Mr. Hussein, how much food would you like for your last supper?”
\n“I want a thousand pounds of food.”
\nThey asked him, “Mr. Hussein, why so much?”
\nSo Saddam answered, “I WOULD LIKE TO EAT LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW!”<\/p>\n
The prison guards brought him a thousand pounds of food. After he finished eating, Saddam asked the guard for a bencher<\/em> (a prayer book). The guard was puzzled. “What do you need a bencher<\/em> for?” by Rabbi Yaakov Moskowitz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this week’s Torah portion, Moses tells the Jewish people that if they observe the commandments properly, G-d will destroy all of their enemies. In that spirit… Who had the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSaddam Hussein smiled. “I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MY BRACHA ACHARONA!” (after blessing, lit. last blessing.)<\/p>\n