Opening his front door, the Rabbi found himself face to face with the local priest.
"Rabbi, may I have a few words with you?" asked the priest. "Of course," replied the Rabbi, somewhat nervously. "Rabbi," began the priest, "It must be evident to you, that in this town we are plagued by thieves.
Scarcely a day passes, without one of my members coming to me, bemoaning the fact, that his house has been broken into.
On the other hand, I have noticed, that thieves do not bother you Jews, nearly as much." The Rabbi answered: “You are correct." Inquired the priest: "Yes, but why is that?"
___________
The Rabbi then said: "Look at this little box, on the side of my door post, it's called a Mezuzah.
We Jews believe, that when we put a Mezuzah on the entrances to our houses, the Holy One, may His Name be blessed, protects both us, and our property."
"In that case", replied the priest, "I must have one!" Not wishing to be the cause of a pogrom, the Rabbi reluctantly handed over a mezuzah to the priest.
_________
Two weeks later the Rabbi was awakened, by the sound of someone pounding violently on his door. Dressing himself hastily, he made his way down the stairs. "Who's there?" the Rabbi asked. "Open the door, open the door!" screamed a voice on the other side.
Leaving the door on the chain, the Rabbi racked the door open wide enough, to see the priest standing in front of him, in great distraught. "What happened?" asked the terrified Rabbi. "Were you not protected from robbers?"
____________
"I was! But these people were worse than robbers!" screamed the priest. "Who?" asked the Rabbi. "The Fundraisers!!"
