Jewish Humor

The sea in front of them, the Egyptian army pressing their rear, the desperate Jews turned to Moshe; “Is there any lack of grave-land in Egypt that you have brought us out here to die?” Rabbi Shamshon (Ben) Refael Hirsch z”l sees here the native sense of humor Jews possess. Even in their darkest moments they were able to quip “Did you bring us here because there a lack of grave-space in Egypt…?”