It was Easter and a great king decided that he wanted to throw a huge Easter party and invite all the nobles from all the lands near and far.
He sent word to all the other kings, and dukes, and barons, and chevaliers to come to his party and to bring with them their traditional Easter dishes so that they could all celebrate together.
On the evening of the party, the nobles from lands near and far came bringing sweet Easter breads, smoked hams, delicious pies, fancy tortes, flans dripping with syrup, delicate chocolates, fluffy souffle, and all sorts wonderful things to eat.
That was except for one lone vassal. His squire laid out the most humble-looking foods, squares of Matzoh, gefilte fish, horseradish, and cholent.
The king stood up, frowning at the cold fish balls and flatbread sitting among the beautiful dainties brought by the other nobles.
Then the king asked, “can anyone tell me why this knight is different from all the other knights?”
My late father-in-law used to tell a version involving a Jewish English man who’s to be knighted for his philanthropic work. Despite his coaching on proper form and ceremony, he’s so overwhelmed at seeing the Queen that he falls to his knees and bursts into a flood of impassioned Yiddish (which, of course, my father-in-law would speak). Then the Queen turns to the Archbishop of Canterbury and asks, “Why is this knight different from all other knights?” A favorite memoryl
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