Chaim Yankel and his wife Rivkah were firm believers in the commandment to “be fruitful and multiply”. After only 10 years of marriage he already had 8 kids. When Chaim Yankel was forced to move because of his job he was having a very hard time finding an apartment where the landlord would be willing to rent to such a big family. Finally after being turned down one time too many Chaim Yankel had an idea. “Rivkah” said Chaim Yankel to his wife, “go with the six little kids to the cemetery while I go see this apartment.”
Later that day while checking out an apartment the landlord asked, “How many children do you have?” “I have 8 children,” Chaim Yankel truthfully replied, “but 6 of them are with their mother in the cemetery.”
Mendy and Mushkie were Chabad emissaries in Okinawa, Japan, and they were expecting their first baby. When the good news came, they called their parents immediately. Mendy’s father Avraham went to shul that morning with a broad smile on his face.
"I get a mazal tov!" Avraham declared. "I’m a Zadie! Baby boy weighs eight pounds!"
"Mazal tov! When was he born?" someone asked.
Recalling the date Avraham’s son told him, he stopped and looked at the calendar on his phone and said in amazement, "Tomorrow!"
It's 10pm when the phone rings in Dr. Minkofsky's house. "It's Dr. Gold," says his wife, passing him the phone, "I do hope it's not another emergency." Dr. Minkofsky takes the phone and says, "Hi, what's up?"
"Don't worry, everything's OK," replies Dr. Gold. "It's just that I'm at home with Dr. Lewis and Dr. Kosiner. We're having a little game of poker and we're short of one hand so we thought you might like to come over and join us?"
"Sure .... yes, of course," replies Dr. Minkofsky, putting on a serious voice, "I'm leaving right now." And he puts down the phone.
"What's happened?" his wife asks, with a worried look.
"It's very serious," Dr. Minkofsky replies. "They've already called three doctors."
