A young man knocks on the door of a great Talmudic scholar. "Rabbi, I wish to study Talmud." “Do you know Aramaic?” “No." “Hebrew?” “No." “Have you ever studied Torah?” “No, Rabbi, but I graduated from Harvard summa cum laude in philosophy, and received a PhD from Yale. I'd like to round out my education with a bit of Talmud.” “I doubt that you are ready for Talmud. It is the broadest and deepest of books. If you wish, however, I will examine you in logic, and if you pass the test I will teach you Talmud.” "Good. I'm well versed in logic." "First question. Two burglars come down a chimney. One emerges with a clean face, the other with a dirty face. Which one washes his face?” ”The burglar with the dirty face." “Wrong. The one with the clean face. Examine the logic. The burglar with a dirty face looks at the one with a clean face and thinks his face is clean. The one with a clean face looks ...
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