Taxing Humor
The Israeli government does not take VAT for calls made abroad.
This must be based on the following Mishnah Shvi’is end of chapter 6:
אין מביאין תרומה ומע”מ מחוצה לארץ
No, it does not say that exactly. Humor.
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Letter From A Reader
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A Lesson From Rabbi Steinman
Rabbi Ahron Leib Steinman was honored as Sandak at a Bris for twins. The assembled waited between the two circumcisions, so as not to transgress “Ain osim mitzvos chavilos chavilos”. Meanwhile the Rabbi was asked the following question. We know that Elijah comes to every Bris Milah ceremony. Does Elijah wait here with us, or does he leave and come back again?
Rabbi Steinman’s answer: Better you should spend your time posing, say, a difficulty on Rabbi Akiva Eiger…