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I don't think I read this one here, if so please ignore
A small, tight knit, Russian village buys their milk from the neighboring town. Eventually they realize they should pool their resources and buy a cow for the town.
They all gather their money, some put more, some less, whatever they can afford. Now they have 800 rubles. A cow from Moscow costs 900 rubles, but a cow from Minsk, costs 700 rubles. So off to Minsk the town elders go. They return with a great cow.
The cow produces plenty of milk for the whole town, and everyone is happy and well nourished! They even sell the excess to the neighboring town.
The town loves the cow and want to breed her so her calves will nourish the village.
So off to market the village elders go again, and they bring back a prize bull to mate with the cow.
They put them together in a beautiful pasture and the bull approaches the cow, but the cow moves away, and is not interested. The bull tries again from a different angle but still the cow rebuffs him. For hours the bull tries to mount the cow at the top of the field, the bottom of the field and the middle of the field but to no avail.
The town elders do not know what to do, so they call a local rabbi to help them with their problem.
They explain their story to the rabbi, they tell him all the details and ask him what to do.
The rabbi thinks for a while, he strokes his beard. Then asks the elders a question.
“Your cow, is she from Minsk?”
The elders are amazed! “Amazing!! You are truly a wise Rabbi. How did you know she is from Minsk?!”
And the rabbi replies,
“ahhh, well my... wife, she is from Minsk also…”
A small, tight knit, Russian village buys their milk from the neighboring town. Eventually they realize they should pool their resources and buy a cow for the town.
They all gather their money, some put more, some less, whatever they can afford. Now they have 800 rubles. A cow from Moscow costs 900 rubles, but a cow from Minsk, costs 700 rubles. So off to Minsk the town elders go. They return with a great cow.
The cow produces plenty of milk for the whole town, and everyone is happy and well nourished! They even sell the excess to the neighboring town.
The town loves the cow and want to breed her so her calves will nourish the village.
So off to market the village elders go again, and they bring back a prize bull to mate with the cow.
They put them together in a beautiful pasture and the bull approaches the cow, but the cow moves away, and is not interested. The bull tries again from a different angle but still the cow rebuffs him. For hours the bull tries to mount the cow at the top of the field, the bottom of the field and the middle of the field but to no avail.
The town elders do not know what to do, so they call a local rabbi to help them with their problem.
They explain their story to the rabbi, they tell him all the details and ask him what to do.
The rabbi thinks for a while, he strokes his beard. Then asks the elders a question.
“Your cow, is she from Minsk?”
The elders are amazed! “Amazing!! You are truly a wise Rabbi. How did you know she is from Minsk?!”
And the rabbi replies,
“ahhh, well my... wife, she is from Minsk also…”