Thou shall not kill?!?

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There once was a powerful Japanese emperor who needed a new chief samurai. So he sent out a declaration through-out the entire known world that he was searching for a chief.

Only three people applied for the very demanding position: a Japanese samurai, a Chinese samurai, and a Rabbi samurai.

The emperor asked the Japanese samurai to demonstrate why he should be the chief samurai. The Japanese samurai opened a matchbox, and out popped a bumblebee. Whoosh! went his sword. The bumblebee dropped dead, chopped in half.

The emperor exclaimed, "That is very impressive! "The emperor issued the same challenge to the Chinese samurai who also opened a matchbox and out buzzed a fly ... Whoosh, whoosh! The fly dropped dead, chopped into four pieces.

The emperor exclaimed: "Very impressive!"

He turned to the Rabbi samurai, and asked him to demonstrate why he should be the chief. The Rabbi Samurai opened a matchbox, and out flew a gnat. His flashing sword went Whoosh! But the gnat was still alive and flying around.

The emperor, disappointed, said: "Why is that gnat not dead?"

The Rabbi Samurai just smiled : "Circumcision is not meant to kill."