The Rabbi and the IRS






The Internal Revenue sends their auditor (a nasty little man) to

audit a synagogue. The auditor is doing all the checks, and then

turns to the Rabbi and says, "I noticed that you buy a lot of

candles."


"Yes," answered the Rabbi.


"Well, Rabbi, what do you do with the candle drippings?" he asked.


"A good question," noted the Rabbi. "We actually save them up. When

we have enough, we send them back to the candle maker and every now

and then, they send us a free box of candles."


"Oh," replied the auditor somewhat disappointed that his question

actually had a practical answer. So he thought he'd try another

question, in his obnoxious way... "Rabbi, what about all these matzo

purchases? What do you do with the crumbs from the matzo?"


Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi calmly, " we actually collect up the

crumbs, we send them in a box back to the manufacturer and every now

and then, they send a box of matzo balls."


"Oh," replied the auditor, thinking hard how to fluster the Rabbi.





"Well,Rabbi," he went on, "what do you do with all the foreskins from

the circumcisions? "


"Yes, here too, we do not waste," answered the Rabbi. "What we do is

save up all the foreskins, and when we have enough we actually send

them to the Internal Revenue Service."


"Internal Revenue Service?," questioned the auditor in disbelief..


"Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi, "Internal Revenue Service. And about

once a year, they send us a little prick like you."