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Mrs. Goldstein was trying to teach her first grade Hebrew school students about heaven.
"If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale, and gave all my money to the shul, would I get into heaven?" she asked.
"NO!" all the children answered.
"If I cleaned the shul every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would I get into heaven?"
Again the answer was, "NO!"
"Well," Mrs. Goldstein continued, "then how can I get to heaven?"
Little Moishie Rosenbaum shouted, "You have to be dead!"