Yiddish text: Mendel (a potential convert): “Please tell me, Ivan Ivanovich, what should I wear to my baptism?” Ivan Ivanovich: “I really couldn’t tell you, we generally wear a diaper!”
Yiddish text: Pawel Woldimidovitch: "When did you become engaged?" Rivka Minsker: "On Passover" P.W.: "What is this Passover?" R.M.: "It happened once, a while ago, when the Jews left Egypt." P.W.: "Good Lord! Such a long time and you are still not married!"