from The Taste of Yiddish
by Lillian Feinsilver
A group of Jews were at early morning prayers in synagogue.
The rabbi suddenly stands up and declaims, "Oh Lord...I am nothing!" and sits down.
A little while late, the synagogues's cantor stands up and he says, "Oh Lord, I am nothing!"
Everyone continues praying. Then the synagogue's janitor gets together his courage, and he jumps up and says, "Oh Lord, I am nothing!"
So the rabbi leans over to the cantor and whispers, "Now look who thinks he's nothing!"
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