The Bear

The Bear
Dec 28, 2008 23:30
DODGER Points: Join Date: Jul 15, 2007 Status: offline	A man is out in the woods when he comes across a bear. Frightened for his life, he runs as fast as he can to escape the bear and hides in a cave. He is horrified to find that the bear has run after him into the cave, and now the man is trapped. He closes his eyes and begins to recite "Sh'ma Yisrael" in anticipation of his final moments. When he is finished, he opens his eyes and is surprised to see the bear in front of him with his eyes closed - also praying. The man thinks to himself "how lucky am I to be cornered by what must be the only Jewish bear! We're mishpocheh - I'm saved!" And then he listens more carefully to the bear's prayer "hamotzi lechem minhaaretz" ( A prayer before eating bread) Dodger.

Dec 28, 2008 23:30

DODGER
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A man is out in the woods when he comes across a bear.
Frightened for his life, he runs as fast as he can to escape the bear and hides in a cave. He is horrified to find that the bear has run after him into the cave, and now the man is trapped. He closes his eyes and begins to recite "Sh'ma Yisrael" in anticipation of his final moments. When he is finished, he opens his eyes and is surprised to see the bear in front of him with his eyes closed - also praying. The man thinks to himself "how lucky am I to be cornered by what must be the only Jewish bear!
We're mishpocheh - I'm saved!"
And then he listens more carefully to the bear's prayer "hamotzi lechem minhaaretz" ( A prayer before eating bread)
Dodger.

Dec 29, 2008 00:17

CANADAGUY
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>>And then he listens more carefully to the bear's prayer "hamotzi lechem minhaaretz" ( A prayer before eating bread)
Dodger.<<

Good one Dodger! :)
The punch line would probably have been more effective if you left out the "bread", just "A prayer before eating".

BTW did you read about/see what happened recently in Canada with a bear attack?
Amazing story. You can read about it here and also see a video in the second link.
(As always, just remove the spaces that this site inserts into the address):

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/10/08/bc-bear-attack-survivor.html

http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/bc/ondemand/video/bc-081008-bear-attack-west-INTERVIEW.wmv

Dec 29, 2008 03:44	#2
DODGER Points: Join Date: Jul 15, 2007 Status: Offline	Canadaguy, I wasn’t sure to include a translation or not, but then if I had of left out the reference to bread some Rabbi would have come on and corrected me. Thanks for the link. Dodger.

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