Guest guest Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 Sandeep <sandeepc We broke for lunch Several centuries ago, the Pope decreed that all the Jews had to leave Italy. There was, of course, a huge outcry from the Jewish community, so the Pope offered a deal. He would have a religious debate with a leader of the Jewish community. If the Jewish leader won the debate, the Jews would be permitted to stay in Italy. If the Pope won, the Jews would have to leave. The Jewish community met and picked an aged Rabbi, Moishe, to represent them in the debate. Rabbi Moishe, however, could not speak Latin and the Pope could not speak Yiddish. So it was decided that this would be a " silent " debate. On the day of the great debate, the Pope and Rabbi Moishe sat opposite each other for a full minute before the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers. Rabbi Moishe looked back and raised one finger. Next, the Pope waved his finger around his head. Rabbi Moishe pointed to the ground where he sat. The Pope then brought out a communion wafer and chalice of wine. Rabbi Moishe pulled out an apple. With that, the Pope stood up and said, " I concede the debate. This man has bested me. The Jews can stay. " Later, the Cardinals gathered around the Pope, asking him what had happened. The Pope said, " First I held up three fingers to represent the Trinity. He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there was still one God common to both our religions. Then I waved my finger around me to show him that God was all around us. He responded by pointing to the ground to show that God was also right here with us. I pulled out the wine and the wafer to show that God absolves us of our sins. He pulled out an apple to remind me of original sin. He had an answer for everything. What could I do? " Meanwhile, the Jewish community crowded around Rabbi Moishe, asking what happened. " Well, " said Moishe, " first he said to me, 'You Jews have three days to get out of here.' So I said to him, 'Up yours'. Then he tells me the whole city would be cleared of Jews. So I said to him, 'Listen here Mr. Pope, the Jews ... we stay right here! " " And then? " asked a woman. " Who knows? " said Rabbi Moishe. " We broke for lunch. " Very cool. You've won a picture of a picture of the Tower of Babel. Very apropo for this list:) eido Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 - <ewa1 <Nisargadatta > Wednesday, November 26, 2003 06:14 PM Re: Digest Number 1096 <SNIP> > " Who knows? " said Rabbi Moishe. " We broke for lunch. " > > > Very cool. You've won a picture of a picture of the Tower of > Babel. Very apropo for this list:) -------- You mean the List at the moment? Yes, the resemblance is close. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 Nisargadatta , ewa1@r... wrote: > Sandeep <sandeepc@b...> > We broke for lunch > > Several centuries ago, the Pope decreed that all the Jews had > to leave Italy. There was, of course, a huge outcry from the > Jewish community, so the Pope offered a deal. He would have a > religious debate with a leader of the Jewish community. If > the > Jewish leader won the debate, the Jews would be permitted to > stay in Italy. If the Pope won, the Jews would have to leave. > > The Jewish community met and picked an aged Rabbi, Moishe, to > represent them in the debate. Rabbi Moishe, however, could > not > speak Latin and the Pope could not speak Yiddish. So it was > decided that this would be a " silent " debate. > > On the day of the great debate, the Pope and Rabbi Moishe sat > opposite each other for a full minute before the Pope raised > his > hand and showed three fingers. Rabbi Moishe looked back and > raised one finger. > > Next, the Pope waved his finger around his head. Rabbi Moishe > pointed to the ground where he sat. The Pope then brought out > a > communion wafer and chalice of wine. Rabbi Moishe pulled out > an > apple. With that, the Pope stood up and said, " I concede the > debate. This man has bested me. The Jews can stay. " > > Later, the Cardinals gathered around the Pope, asking him > what > had happened. The Pope said, " First I held up three fingers > to > represent the Trinity. He responded by holding up one finger > to > remind me that there was still one God common to both our > religions. > Then I waved my finger around me to show him that God was all > around us. He responded by pointing to the ground to show > that God was > also right here with us. I pulled out the wine and the wafer > to > show that God absolves us of our sins. He pulled out an apple > to > remind me of original sin. He had an answer for everything. > What could I > do? " > > Meanwhile, the Jewish community crowded around Rabbi Moishe, > asking what happened. " Well, " said Moishe, " first he said to > me, 'You Jews > have three days to get out of here.' So I said to him, 'Up > yours'. > Then he tells me the whole city would be cleared of Jews. So > I said > to him, 'Listen here Mr. Pope, the Jews ... we stay right > here! " > > " And then? " asked a woman. > > " Who knows? " said Rabbi Moishe. " We broke for lunch. " > > > Very cool. You've won a picture of a picture of the Tower of > Babel. Very apropo for this list:) > eido i imagine very easily a fuzzy pic of a pic of a pic of babel tower must look pretty much like a huge I-scream, a thousand and one flavours ;-) erix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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