The Gates of Heaven

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After a long illness, Miriam arrived at the Gates of Heaven. While she was waiting for God to greet her, she peeked through the Gates. She saw a beautiful banquet table. Sitting all around were her parents and all the other people she had loved and who had died before her. They saw her and began calling greetings to her -- "Hello" "How are you! We've been waiting for you!" "Good to see you."

When God came back, Miriam said to him, "This is such a wonderful place! How do I get in?"

"You have to spell a word," God told her.

"Which word?" Miriam asked.

"Love."

Miriam correctly spelled "Love" and she was welcomed into Heaven.

A few years later, God asked Miriam to watch the Gates of Heaven for the day. While Miriam was guarding the Gates of Heaven, her husband Moishe arrived.

"I'm surprised to see you," Miriam said. "How have you been?"

"Oh, I've been doing pretty well since you died," Moishe said. "I married the beautiful young nurse who took care of you while you were ill. And then I won the lottery. I sold the little house you and I lived in and bought a big mansion. And my wife and I traveled all around the world. We were on vacation and I went water skiing today. I fell, the ski hit my head, and here I am. How do I get in?"

"You have to spell a word," Miriam told him.

"Which word?" Moishe asked.

"Czechoslovakia."

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