A young woman brings home her fiancée to
meet her parents. After dinner, her mother tells her father to find out about the young
man. The father invites the fiancée to his study for a drink.
"So what are your plans?" the
father asks the young man.
"I am a Torah scholar," he
replies.
"A Torah scholar. Hmmm," the
father says. "Admirable, but what will you do to provide a nice house for my daughter
to live in, as she's accustomed to?"
"I will study," the young man
replies, "and God will provide for us."
"And how will you buy her a beautiful
engagement ring, such as she deserves?" asks the father.
"I will concentrate on my
studies," the young man replies, "God will provide for us."
"And children?" asks the father.
"How will you support children?"
"Don't worry, sir, God will
provide," replies the fiancée.
The conversation proceeds like this, and
each time the father questions, the young idealist insists that God will provide.
Later, the mother asks, "How did it
go, Honey?"
The father answers, "He has no job and
no plans, but the good news is he thinks I'm God."
