A big burly young Chasid from the Mea Sha’arim ultra Orthodox area went to America to schnoor money. As he travel around the country he came to a far out place in Texas where he came to the synagogue to pray the afternoon service.
He announced that he had a obligation to lead the services since he had to say kaddish for his father. A small elderly local man told him that he also has an obligation to say kaddish and that he wanted to lead the service.
The Chasid asked him for whom was he reciting the kaddish?
“I am saying kaddish for my father-in-law’ replied the skinny man with a thick pair of glasses.
“A person who has an obligation to say kaddish for the father has precedence over that of the father-in-law” asserted the Chasid.
“Who says?” countered the man.
“That is what is written in the code of Jewish law. You obviously don’t read much and certainly appear fairly ignorant” the Chasid told him with disdain.
“Well, in these parts we don’t know so much what written in them books, sonny, we have a different approach to settling disagreements.”
“Yeah,” sneered the stocky Chasid, “what do you do?”
“Well, like all disputes in this area. One guy gives a slug to the other, then the other guy gives a slug to the first and then the first slugs the second guy and then the second the first, until one of them gives up his claim.”
The big Chasid looks at the skinny old man, expanded his large chest and smiled, “OK, I’m game. Try me out and hit me.”
The little man took a step back and gave a fierce kick into the Chasid’s groin. Needless to say the Chasid doubled over in pain, fell on the ground and started screaming in pain to the merriment of all the congregants who watched the scene with smiles on their faces.
After about fifteen minutes of excruciating pain, the Chasid finally was able to pull himself up from the floor and seeking bloody revenge he said with his teeth clenched, “OK, now it is my turn!”
To which the elderly man said, “You know, if you really want to lead the service, I withdraw my claim. Go ahead and lead the services.”