There once was a powerful Japanese emperor who needed a new chief
samurai.
So he sent out a declaration throughout the entire known world that he
was
searching for a chief.
A year passed, and only three people applied for the very demanding
position: a Japanese samurai, a Chinese samurai, and a Jewish samurai.
The emperor asked the Japanese samurai to come in and demonstrate why
he
should be the chief samurai. The Japanese samurai opened a matchbox,
and out
popped a bumblebee. Whoosh! went his sword. The bumblebee dropped dead,
chopped in half.
The emperor exclaimed, “That is very impressive!”
The emperor then issued the same challenge to the Chinese samurai, to
come
in and demonstrate why he should be chosen. The Chinese samurai also
opened
a matchbox and out buzzed a fly. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The
fly
dropped dead, chopped into four small pieces.
The emperor exclaimed, “That is very impressive!”
Now the emperor turned to the Jewish samurai, and asked him to
demonstrate
why he should be the chief samurai. The Jewish Samurai opened a
matchbox,
and out flew a gnat. His flashing sword went Whoosh! But the gnat was
still
alive and flying around.
The emperor, obviously disappointed, said, “Very ambitious, but why is
that
gnat not dead?”
The Jewish Samurai just smiled and said, “Circumcision is not meant to
kill.”
