A Joke to Start the Week - "A Chicken for Shabbos"

It's another Monday and it's time for another Joke to Start the Week.
 
Kosher butcher shops tend to close just before sundown on Friday nights, in preparation for Shabbat. Los Angeles Jewish Home resident Joe Weinbaum, 91, tells a joke about a customer's visit just before closing time.

Here's the setup: Just as the butcher was getting ready to close his shop on Friday afternoon, a woman comes in and says "Sam, I need a chicken for Shabbos. I hope you have one left." And then...

Enjoy!

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A Joke to Start the Week - "Zebra in America"

The Los Angeles Jewish Home has been a good source of humor for us over the years. We recently discovered some jokes in their Comedy Corner that they have shared as told by their residents.

Today we're sharing a joke by Jerri Kane. Here's the setup: Two cousins owned farms -- one in South Africa and one in the United States. 

The cousin who lived in South Africa thought he would surprise his cousin who lived in the United States and send him a real cute female zebra. And then...

Enjoy!

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A Joke to Start the Week - "Gorilla on the Bus"

It's another Monday and it's time for another Joke to Start the Week.

Today we're taking another deep dive into the Internet and coming up with an oldie but goodie retold by Jerri Kane, a resident of the Los Angeles Jewish Home.

Here's the setup: A whole bunch of Jewish women were going to take a trip by bus to Las Vegas. And one of the women who was interested in joining the group brought along her pet gorilla. And then...

Enjoy!

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A Joke to Start the Week - "A Loud Prayer"

It's another Monday and it's time for another Joke to Start the Week.

Today we're taking another deep dive into the Internet and coming up with an oldie but goodie retold by Ellis Simon, a resident of the Los Angeles Jewish Home.

Here's the setup: Two young boys were spending their night at their grandma's house.  So that night they got ready for bed and started to say their prayers. And then...

Enjoy!

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A Joke to Start the Week: "Fifty Bucks"

It's another Monday and it's time for another Joke to Start the Week.

Today we're taking a deep dive into the Internet and coming up with an oldie but goodie retold by Jerri Kane, a resident of the Los Angeles Jewish Home.

Here's the setup: A couple went to the Pomona Fair every single year. And every year the guy would ask his wife "Can we go for a ride in the airplane?" and the wife would say "It costs 50 dollars." And then...

Enjoy!

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Dating Advice From Bubbes and Zaydes at the Los Angeles Jewish Home

When it comes to sage advice, we often turn to the seniors at the Los Angeles Jewish Home who have "been there, done that" in many areas of life.

With Valentine's Day approaching this weekend, the Los Angeles Jewish Home has released a video with some practical dating advice to those seeking love at any age from experts who have seen it all before. 

Jonathan, 28 and single, interviews 12 bubbes and zaydes who pull no punches in giving him  their best suggestions for success in love. Sympathetic and wise; practical and nurturing; funny and sweet — the seniors make the perfect matchmakers. They know from experience what it takes to light a spark and turn it into a flame.

The video was published in honor of "Sweetheart's Day," evidently a euphemism for Valentine's Day for those who feel it's not a holiday that Jews should celebrate. But for the last few years we have been publishing the "hechsher" for celebrating the day that Rabbi Benjamin Blech, professsor of Talmud at Yeshiva University, has written about Valentine's Day on the aish.com website, 

As Jews, we may not be sure whether it's proper for us to join the party. After all, for the longest time the full name of this holiday was “St. Valentine's Day” because of its legendary link with the apocryphal story of one of the earliest Christian saints. Yet academics aren't the only ones who have recognized the dubious historical basis of this connection. Vatican II, the landmark set of reforms adopted by the Catholic Church in 1969, removed Valentine's Day from the Catholic church's calendar, asserting that "though the memorial of St. Valentine is ancient… apart from his name nothing is known… except that he was buried on the Via Flaminia on 14 February."

What's left for this day, as proponents of its universal celebration declare, is something that people of all faiths may in good conscience observe: A day in which to acknowledge the power of love to make us fully human.

When I am asked as a rabbi if I think it's a good idea for Jews to celebrate Valentine's Day, my standard answer is, "Yes, we should celebrate love… every day of the year."

Enjoy!

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