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The only cow in a small town in Poland stopped giving milk. The people

did some research and found that they could buy a cow from Moscow for

2,000 rubles, or one from Minsk for 500 rubles.

 

Being frugal, they bought the cow from Minsk.

 

The cow was wonderful. It produced lots of milk all the time, and the

people were amazed and very happy. They decided to acquire a bull to

mate with the cow and produce more cows like it. Then they would never

have to worry about the milk supply again.

 

They bought a bull and put it in the pasture with their beloved cow.

However, whenever the bull came close to the cow, the cow would move

away. No matter what approach the bull tried, the cow would move away

from the bull and he could not succeed in his quest.

 

The people were very upset and decided to ask their wise Rabbi what to

do. They told the Rabbi what was happening. They explained: "Whenever

the bull approaches our cow, she moves away. If he approaches from the

back, she moves forward. When he approaches her from the front, she

backs off. An approach from the side and she just walks away to the

other side."

 

The Rabbi pondered this for a while and asked, "Did you buy this cow from Minsk?

 

The people were amazed & dumbfounded, since they had never mentioned

where they had gotten the cow. "You are truly a wise Rabbi," they

said. "How did you know we got the cow from Minsk?"

 

The Rabbi answered sadly, "My wife is from Minsk."

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