Priest meets his friend, the Rabbi, and says to him "You have taught me
many things but there is one thing in particular I want to learn very
much but you do not wish to teach it to me. I want you to teach me the Talmud."
The Rabbi replied: "You are a Non-Jew and you have the brain of a
Non-Jew. There is no chance that you will succeed in understanding the Talmud."
But the Priest continued in his attempt to persuade the Rabbi to teach
him the Talmud.
Finally, the Rabbi agreed. The Rabbi then said to the Priest: "I agree to
teach you the Talmud on condition that you answer one question."
The Priest agreed and asked the Rabbi, "What is the question?"
The Rabbi then said to the Priest: "Two men fall down through the
chimney; one comes out dirty and the other comes out clean. Who of those
two goes to wash up?"
Very Simple," replied the Priest. "The one who is dirty goes to wash up
but the one who is clean does not go to wash up."
The Rabbi then said to the Priest: "I told you that you will not succeed
in understanding the Talmud. The exact opposite happened. The clean one
looks at the dirty one and thinks that he is also dirty, goes to wash
up. The dirty one, on the other hand, looks at the clean one and thinks
that he is also clean and, therefore, does not go to wash up."
The Priest then says to the Rabbi: "This I did not think of. Ask me,
please, another question."
The Rabbi then says to the Priest: "Two men fall down through the
chimney. One comes out dirty and the other comes out clean. Who of these
two goes to wash up?"
The Priest then says to the Rabbi: "Very simple. The clean one looks at
the dirty one and thinks he is also dirty and goes to wash up. The dirty
one on the other hand, looks at the clean one and thinks that he is also
clean and, therefore, does not go to wash up."
The Rabbi then says to the Priest: "You are wrong again. I told you that
you will not understand. The clean one looks into the mirror, sees that
he is clean and, therefore, does not go to wash up. The dirty one looks
into the mirror, sees that he is dirty and goes to wash up."
The Priest complains to the Rabbi "But you did not tell me that there is
a mirror there."
The Rabbi then tells the Priest: "I told you. You are a Non-Jew; with
your brain you will not succeed in understanding the Talmud. According
to the Talmud, you have to think of all the possibilities. "
"Alright," groaning, said the Priest to the Rabbi. "Let us try once more.
Ask me one more question."
For the last time, said the Rabbi to the Priest. "Two men fall through the
chimney. One came out dirty and the other came out clean. Who of these
two went to wash up?"
"That is very simple!" replied the Priest. "If there is no mirror there
the clean one will look at the dirty one and will think that he is also
dirty and will, therefore, go to wash up. The dirty one will look at the
clean one and will think that he is also clean, and will, therefore, not
go to wash up. If there is a mirror there, the clean one will look into
the mirror and will, therefore, not go to wash up. The dirty one will
look into the mirror and will see that he is dirty and will, therefore, go to wash up.
The Rabbi then says to the Priest: "I told you that you would not
succeed in understanding. You are a Non-Jew; you have a Non-Jew brain.
Tell me, how is it possible for two men to fall through a chimney and
for one to come out dirty and the other to come out clean?"
[And finally for people wondering whats Talmud:
The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs, and history.]
I guess now you guys understand what languages your ma
What so ever be the argument that you have they have a counter that can put you down..
- Sree...
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