A young Rabbi, fresh out of a Brooklyn Yeshiva, thought it would help him better understand the fear and temptations his future congregations faced, if he first took a job as a policeman for several months.
He passed the physical examination; then came the oral exam to test his ability to act quickly and wisely in an emergency.
Among other questions he was asked, “What would you do to disperse an angry crowd?”
He thought for a moment and then said seriously , “I would take up a collection.”