RABBI AND THE PRIEST

A Priest and a Rabbi were sitting next to each other on an airplane. After a while, the Priest

turned to the Rabbi and asked, "Is it still a requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?"

The Rabbi responded, "Yes, that is still one of our beliefs." The Priest then asked, "Have you

ever eaten pork?" To which the Rabbi replied, "Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to

temptation and tasted a ham sandwich." The Priest nodded in understanding and went on with

his reading. A while later, the Rabbi spoke up and asked the priest, "Father, is it still a

requirement of your church that you remain celibate?" The Priest replied, "Yes, that is still

very much a part of our faith." The Rabbi then asked him, "Father, have you ever fallen to the

temptations of the flesh?" The Priest replied, "Yes, Rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and

broke with my faith." The Rabbi nodded understandingly and remained silent, thinking, for

about five minutes. Finally, the Rabbi says, "Beats a ham sandwich, doesn't it?"