reason Moses had prohibited the Jews from eating pork was because he
had discovered the trichina.

Simcha Kalimann had taken upon himself the office of censor in his
village, as may be seen by the following incident. The widow had
given him a richly illustrated German edition of "Nana" to bind. At
dusk one evening he discovered his apprentice crouched in a corner
by the window, evidently intensely amused over the illustrations. He
quietly seized the culprit by the hair, shook him as he would a
puppy, and then, putting on his spectacles, began inspecting the
volume himself. At first he shook his head, then took off his
glasses and rubbed them as though they were playing him some prank,
and finally closed the book with an expression of profound disgust.

Mrs. Barkany awaited the return of her "Nana" with unruffled
patience; finally she despatched her cook Gutel with an order for
the book. Kalimann was ready with his excuses, and after a
fortnight's delay the widow found her way into the workshop, and
began suing for the book in person.

"I want my copy of 'Nana,'" she began.

"Nana?" Kalimann went on with his work.

"You have not bound it yet?"

"No, madame."

"But when am I to have it?" "You are not to have that book at all."