Nothing (humor)

One Yom Kippur, in a little Orthodox shul, the rabbi stops in the middle of the service, prostrates himself beside the bima, and cries out, “O G-d. Before You, I am nothing!”

The chazen is so moved by this demonstration of piety that he immediately follows suit, throwing himself to the floor beside the rabbi and crying, 'O G-d! Before you, I am nothing!”

In the ensuing silence, a shuffling is heard in the back row. Saul Blumenthal jumps from his seat, prostrates himself in the isle and cries, “O G-d! Before You, I am nothing!”

Seeing this, the chazen nudges the rabbi and whispers, “So, look who thinks he’s nothing.”