In a slalom skiing race, the skier must pass through about twenty “gates” as rapidly as possible. It came to pass that Israel had the fasted slalom skier in the world, and the country had great expectations for an Olympic gold medal.
The day of the final came, and the crowed waited in anticipation.
The French champion sped down the course in 38 seconds. The Swiss was closed at 38.7 seconds, the German at 37.8 seconds, and the Italian at 38.1 seconds.
Then came the turn of the Israeli. The crowd waited and waited…six minutes! “What happened to you?” screamed his trainer when the Israeli finally arrived.
The exhausted Israeli replied: “Who fixed a mezuzah to each gate?”
From Alan King’s Great Jewish Joke Book, by Alan King