Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Laundering money

Talk about laundering money. I was personally involved in a money laundering scheme several years ago.

Well... quite...

A while ago I wrote out a check  for a joint project we were involved in, and gave it to a neighbor of mine.

Several weeks went by, and every so often I would check my bank account, only to be surprised that the check has not been cashed yet.

Finally, 2 months later I ran into Moshe.

"What happened to the check? Why didn't you cash it?" I asked.

"I laundered it" said Moshe.

"You did what?!"

"I laundered the money", exclaimed Moshe sheepishly. 

"The check was in my pocket, and I mistakenly put it in the laundry..."

:-)

(I was nice enough to reimburse him and replace the missing check.)


Collecting Tzedoka During Davening

I couldn't have said it better:

I hope I'm not sinning, but I don't give to anyone who comes during Shma, or between shel Yad & shel Rosh.

And not to anyone who has the chutzpa  to talk to me during davening.

I'm talking to Hashem! Please respect!

(My Kavona might not be the best, but you're sure not helping by interrupting...)