Contributed by Eric  Ferguson on May 16, 2008
                
                
                
                    THE RABBI AND THE TAILOR
There's an old story about a Jewish tailor who met a rabbi on his way
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Rabbi:	Well, and what have you been doing in the synagogue?
Tailor:	I was saying my prayers Rabbi.
Rabbi:	Fine, and did you confess your sins?
Tailor:	Yes, Rabbi, I confessed my
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 12, 2009
                
                
                
                    RABBIS AND DISCIPLES
"Parables such as those Jesus used were extremely prevalent among ancient Jewish sages, and over 4,000 of them have survived in rabbinic literature...the rabbis of Jesus’ day spent much of their time traveling throughout the country...to communicate their teachings and
                    
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                    Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Sep 23, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    There was a rabbi on a journey with the prophet Elijah. They walked all day, and at nightfall they came to the humble cottage of a poor man, whose only treasure was a cow. The poor man ran out of his cottage, and his wife ran too, to welcome the strangers for the night and to offer them all the
                    
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                    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002
                
                
                
                    There was a rabbi on a journey with the prophet Elijah. They walked all day, and at nightfall they came to the humble cottage of a poor man, whose only treasure was a cow. The poor man ran out of his cottage, and his wife ran too, to welcome the strangers for the night and to offer them all the
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 30, 2005
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    “A priest and a rabbi are discussing the pros and cons of their various religions, and inevitably the discussion turns to repentance. 
    The rabbi explains Yom Kippur, the solemn Day of Atonement, a day of fasting and penitence, while the priest tells him all about Lent, and its 40 days of
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006
                
                
                
                    19th Century Polish Rabbi
Anonymous writer, about an American tourist’s visit to the 19th century Polish rabbi, Hofetz Chaim: Astonished to see that the rabbi’s home was only a simple room filled with books, plus a table and a bench, the tourist asked:
“Rabbi, where is your furniture?”
“Where is
                    
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                    Contributed by T. Scott  Womble on Jul 27, 2010
                
                
                
                    There’s an old story that the Jewish rabbis tell.  As the story goes, one day a rabbi asked his servant to go and buy some good food for him in the market.  When the servant returned home, he presented the rabbi with a tongue.
	The next day, the rabbi told the servant to go the market and buy some
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 21, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "According to the Rabbis, the Books of Numbers and Deuteronomy are complementary to each other (comp. Tithe, Biblical Data); consequently there can be no contradiction between them. Thus there were three kinds of tithes: (1) that given to the Levites as stated in Num. xviii. 21 et seq., and termed
                    
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                    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 11, 2000
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "a rabbi and soap maker who went for a walk together. The soap maker had some negative things to say about religion: "What good is religion? Just look around you. what do you see? Trouble, misery, wars - even after all these years and years of preaching and teaching about goodness, truth, peace.
                    
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                    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 28, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    ILL.  Listen to this true story.  Rabbi Michael Weisser lived in Lincoln, Nebraska.  And for more than 3 years, Larry Trapp, a self-proclaimed Nazi & Ku Klux Klansman, directed a torrent of hate-filled mailings & phone calls toward him.
	Trapp promoted white supremacy, anti-Semitism, & other
                    
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                    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Rabbi David A. Nelson likes to tell the story of two brothers who went to their rabbi to settle a longstanding feud. The rabbi got the two to reconcile their differences and shake hands. As they were about to leave, he asked each one to make a wish for the other in honor of the Jewish New Year. The
                    
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                    Rabbi Eckstein also testifies to the willingness of Israeli citizens to unashamedly help others.  This should free us as Christians from our hesitant inhibitions in reaching the lost for Jesus.  “. . . Israelis are not too shy, embarrassed, inhibited, or intimidated to stand out in a crowd and
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 21, 2008
                
                
                
                    The Rabbis were concerned that people directed their hearts toward God in the sense of praying towards the Temple:
"Our Rabbis taught: A blind man or one who cannot tell the cardinal points should direct his heart towards his Father in Heaven, as it says, And they pray unto the Lord.  If one is
                    
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                    A Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi, and a Baptist preacher decide to have a contest to see who’s best at his job of converting others to their faith. So, they each go into the woods, find a bear, and attempt to convert it. Later they get together and tell about their experience. The priest begins.
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 24, 2008
                
                
                
                    Some Jewish rabbis write up Isaac and Jacob and Rebekah as saintly and filled with good intentions.  For example, one Rabbi writes, "…we read of Isaac’s plan to give his son Esau the material blessings, so that he could protect and support
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 30, 2009
                
                
                
                    Matters of debate between rabbis included how to implement the commands. Contrast later Rabbis words, "How far should you go in admonishing people?  Rav said: Until they beat you up for reprimanding them (Arachin 16b)…I might think that you should admonish him even if his face turned white for
                    
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