. A young woman brings her fiancee' home to meet her parents. After dinner, her mother tells her
father to find out about the young man, so the father invites the fiancee' 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 fiancee'.
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, 'The bad news is, he has no job and no plans. However, the good news is he
thinks I'm God.'
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