At the end of the tax year, the Tax Office sent an
>> inspector to audit the
>> books of a synagogue. While he was checking the
>> books he turned to the Rabbi
>> and said:
>>
>> "I notice you buy a lot of candles. What do you do
>> with the candle
>> drippings?"
>>
>> "Good question", noted the Rabbi. "We save them up
>> and send them back to the
>> candle makers, and every now and then they send us a
>> free box of candles."
>>
>> "Oh", replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed
>> that his unusual question
>> had a practical answer. But on he went, in his
>> obnoxious way:
>>
>> "What about all these biscuit purchases? What do you
>> do with the crumbs?"
>>
>> "Ah, yes", replied the Rabbi, realizing that the
>> inspector w as 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 a free box of holy
>> biscuits."
>>
>> "I see!" replied the auditor, thinking hard about
>> how he could fluster the
>> know-it-all Rabbi.
>>
>> "Well, 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."
