To my Jewish Friends and Subscribers:  I wish you 
Chag Kasher v'Sameyach! - a Happy and Kosher Passover!

For a personal Passover greeting from LadyHawke, please visit 
my Happy Passover web page. You'll be glad you did.

Happy Passover!

LadyHawke
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 "A Jewish Knight?"

Recently, Rabbi Jacobawitz, the chief rabbi of England, was knighted 
by the Queen. As part of the knighting ceremony, Rabbi Jacobawitz 
had to kneel before  the Queen, and as we all know Jews do not bow 
before anyone except Hashem. On  top of that, he was told to recite 
a paragraph from the Christian liturgy in Latin during the actual 
knighting.

The Rabbi was in a quandary, as this was being televised, but he 
could NOT violate the Jewish laws.

The five honorees were lined up waiting for the Queen to receive 
them.  As Her Majesty entered the room all kneeled, except for 
Rabbi Jacobawitz. The Queen noticed this, but diplomatically 
ignored it.  Then, the Queen began knighting each person. 

When she came to Rabbi Jacobawitz, who still wasn't kneeling, 
she looked at him expectantly. Realizing she was waiting for the 
Latin recitation, he began to sweat and shake with nervousness. 
Then, in a fit of utter desperation, he said the first thing that came 
to mind, 
"Ma nish tana haleilah hazeh!" 

The Queen, perplexed, turned to Prince Charles and asked, 
"Why is this knight different from all other knights?".....
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A bit of explanations for my non-Jewish subscribers:

Hashem is one of the permissible names Jews can use to refer to 
G-d, not wishing to say His name in vain.

"Ma nish tana haleilah hazeh" literally translated from Hebrew 
"Why is this NIGHT different from all other NIGHTS?"  It is the 
first of the four questions, traditionally asked by the youngest 
child during Seder.

Seder is festive meal during which the story of Passover is retold. 
It is held on the first and second nights of Passover.  And boy, it's 
a long one!

Passover (Pesach) is a Jewish Holiday which traditionally continues 
for eight days.  It commemorates the Exodus of the Jews from their 
enslavement in Egypt.  

Gosh, my explanations are longer than the joke...  I'll have to work 
on that.....  I'll get back to juicier jokes after the holidays.  
Have a happy!