Jukai Koan

The custodian of a large synagogue approached the rabbi one day and said, "Rabbi, I'm at wit's end. The temple is infested with mice and no matter what I do I can't get rid of them!"

"Ah," said the rabbi, "that one is easy. You go into town and you buy as many tiny little yarmulkes as you can find. You put one on each mouse, and you bar mitzvah him."

"You will never see those mice in the temple again."


Wu Ya's commentary: "Pest control."


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