A guy goes to his rabbi. "Rabbi," he says, "I need to know how to atone. I've done a bad thing".

The rabbi says "What is it?"

The fellow says "well, I went to a restaurant, and I neglected to say the Brachah before eating."

The rabbi thinks. "This, in and of itself, one time, is not such a bad thing.

But I'm curious, why did you neglect to say the Brachah?"

"Well," says the fellow, "I was embarassed to say it."

"Why," says the rabbi, "would you be embarrassed to say the Brachah?"

"Well, the restaurant I was eating in was not a kosher restaurant." says the man.

The rabbi tugs a bit at his beard. "This is more troubling! Why is it that you were not eating in a kosher restaurant?"

"Well," the man explains, "all of the kosher restaurants were closed."

"Why were all the kosher restaurants closed?" asks the rabbi.