First Day of Rosh Hashanah October 3, 2016; 1 Tishrei 5777

The people of the little village of Chelm needed a better system to fight fires. So they sent Shloime to Warsaw to learn the latest big-city methods. He found that a person was stationed in a high tower to look for fires. Shloime climbed up and asked the man what he did when he saw a fire.

“I blow on this bugle very loudly,” the Warsaw man said.

“And then what happens?” asked Shloime.

Deciding to have a little fun with the yokel, the Warsaw man answered, “And then the fire is out.”

Shloime rushed back to Chelm. Everyone was excited, but someone pointed out that they didn’t have a bugle.

This put a damper on the mood. But then Berl said, “No, but we do have shofars.”

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