New Chief Samurai

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

A year passed, and only three people applied for the
very demanding position: a Japanese samurai, a Chinese
samurai, and a Jewish samurai.

The emperor asked the Japanese samurai to come in and
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 then issued the same challenge to the Chinese
samurai, to come in and demonstrate why he should be
chosen. The Chinese samurai also opened a matchbox and
out buzzed a fly. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The
fly dropped dead, chopped into four small pieces.

The emperor exclaimed, "That is very impressive!"

Now the emperor turned to the Jewish samurai, and
asked him to demonstrate why he should be the chief
samurai. The Jewish 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, obviously disappointed, said, "Very
ambitious, but why is that gnat not dead?"

The Jewish Samurai just smiled and said, "Circumcision
is not meant to kill."