Reply To: Sheva Brachos Torah

Some of these depend on the crowd. I frankly never found the right crowd for the mechasheifah joke, but could be there isn’t. Now that I’m married I can only say some of my jokes when the mrs. isn’t around…

Actyually oomis, you are correct. The Ohr Hatzafun says that women, by dint of being “formed” instead of “created”, are supposed to be better and more refined than men.

Now for chosson jokes.

This week is parshas Metzorah, and that reminds us of the chosson… (you then go on to explain how the metzorah gets transformed, and the chosson undergoes a positive transformation by becoming an adam shaleim)

The chovos halevavos says the moshol of the Rebbe and the talmid walking along and they see a rotting carcass.The talmid says “How smelly is the carcass”, and the Rebbe says “But how white are its teeth”. Even though the stench is overpowering, the Rebbe knows that one has to have an ayin tova and see the good in everyone. In this case, despite the obvious stench, he found the one positive thing jhe could say- the carcass has white teeth. This, my friends, is an ayin tova.

And that reminds us of our chosson. He has white teeth…