The gold spoon
As the catering staff is clearing up after Benjy’s bar mitzvah party, they notice that one of the gold spoons is missing. It’s the one from where Rabbi Bloom sat. So they tell the hosts, Moshe and Sadie, of the disappearance.
“Can you believe it, Sadie?” says Moshe. “But how can we call our rabbi a thief? We’ll just have to keep quiet about it.”
Twelve months later, while out buying bagels one Sunday morning, Moshe finds himself next to his rabbi.
“Moshe, I’m glad we’ve met,” says Rabbi Bloom. “What’s the problem, why have you been avoiding me?”
Moshe replies, “Now that you ask, Rabbi, I’ve been avoiding you ever since we discovered one of our gold spoons missing from Benjy’s party.”
Rabbi Bloom smiles. “It was a little experiment. I put the spoon in Benjy’s tefillin bag. He obviously hasn’t opened it since his bar mitzvah day.”
The Top 10 Jewish Country and Western Songs
1. “I Was One of the Chosen People (‘Til She Chose Somebody Else)”
2. “Honky Tonk Nights on the Golan Heights”
3. “I’ve Got My Foot on the Glass, Where Are You?”
4. “My Rowdy Friend Elijah’s Coming Over Tonight”
5. “New Bottle of Whiskey, Same Old Testament”
6. “Stand by Your Mensch”
7. “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Latkes”
8. “I Balanced Your Books, but You’re Breakin’ My Heart”
9. “My Darlin’s a Shmendrick and I’m All Verklempt”
10. “Mamas Don’t Let Your Ungrateful Sons Grow Up to Be Cowboys (When They Could Very Easily Have Just Taken Over the Family Hardware Business That My Own Grandfather Broke His Back to Start and My Father Built Up Over Years of Effort Which Apparently Doesn’t Mean Anything Now That You’re Turning Your Back on Such a Gift)”