Reply To: Yeshivishe maaselach

Another good lavud joke:

Story: A thief once took advantage of a crack in a succah wall, to reach in and steal a pair of silver candle sticks. When the incident came to the attention of the Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky, zatzal, he remarked that thief must have been an am ha’aretz – someone ignorant of Jewish law. “A Torah Scholar could never have done such a thing,” jested the rabbi. “Knowing the din of lavud (that the halacha considers a break smaller than three handbreadths as though it is sealed), a Torah Scholar would never have been able get his hand through!