Solly Silverstein has been a 100% kosher Jew all his life, very devout, devoted to his family and working long hours (except the sabbath) in his tailor shop. He had just one son, who was the apple of his eye. He spoiled this son and doted on him.
One morning he woke up to find a note on his table saying "Pop, I've gone off into the world to make a name for myself. Bye, your son."
Solly was distraught; every evening he looked out the window for his beloved son... every day for 15 years. Nothing.
Then, one evening, he looked up from some cuffs he was turning up to see a large figure shadowing over his table. squinting, and with a trembling voice, he asked "Son? is that you?"
The son, now fully grown, and with a big beard, said, "Yes Poppie it's me." Solly leapt to his feet in joy but his son stopped him short...
"One thing, you have to know, Pop... I have become a Christian"
Solly was thunderstruck.
"My boy, my only son - you've become a goy! A Christian! Oh heaven help me! What am I to do?! What have I done to deserve this!!?""
Seeing how distraught his father was, the son left the house.
The next morning the sun rose and its rays broke into Solly's shop, he was sitting at the table where his son had left him, a wreck of a man, exhausted from weeping. He decided to go and see Rabbi Shmuel. The Rabbi was a wise and kind man; he could advise him how to deal with this terrible situation.
"Rabbi Shmuel - my son comes back to me after all these years and tells me.. I can hardly say it... he is a Christian!! What can I do?!?"
The Rabbi was indeed wise and he sat an pondered for a while before saying, "Solly, you have been a good and devout Jew all your life... if ever anyone deserved an answer from Yahweh, it is you. We shall go to the synagogue right now and pray for an answer."
So they arrived at the synagogue and the rabbi raised his voice to the heavens saying,
"Oh Lord, we beg of thee to look down with pity on Solomon Silverstein, your faithful servant. All his life he has served you well. He is a good man. Now, his only son has returned to him, a grown man, and tells him he is a Christian!"
There was a loud thunderclap.
Solly and the rabbi fell flat on their faces, transfixed with terror, and a loud voice boomed out from the heavens...
"You know vot? The same thing happened to me!!"