What is the Jewish perspective on Jokes?
by Rabbi Yossi Marcus addthis_pub = ‘rabbisimcha’; –> function gomprint(Hierarchy, ixObject){ var vwidth = 680; var vheight = 520; var url = ‘/en/article_print.html?h=’ + Hierarchy + ‘&o=’ + ixObject; window.open(url,’print’,’toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,menubar=no,status=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,width=’+vwidth+’,height=’+vheight+’,top=’+((window.screen.height/2)-(vheight/2))+’,left=’+((window.screen.width/2)-(vwidth/2))); } Library » Philosophy » Happiness | Subscribe | What is RSS? PRINT EMAIL COMMENT The Talmud tells an interesting tale: One of the sages, a man named Rabbi Beroka, was often visited by Elijah the Prophet. (After Elijah left this world he became an angel of sorts. He often comes down to earth to fulfill some mission or other, though he does have some standard jobs, like attending everyone’s Passover Seder and circumcisions. Otherwise, he does other stuff and hangs out with Rabbi Beroka types.) Once, while Rabbi Beroka was in the marketplace of Bei Lefe
