At the end of the tax year, the tax office sent out a Tax 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 facetious 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, realising that the inspector was trying to
trap him with another 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 prick"

I once had the job of assisting the local Rabbi performing circumcisions. It paid 3.50 and hour plus tips.

[This message has been edited by Tom Cavanaugh (edited 11-28-2006).]