A Hebrew teacher stood in front of his class and said, "The Jewish people have observed their 5,759th year as a people. Consider that the Chinese, for example, have only observed their 4,692nd year as a people.   Now what does it mean to you?" After a moment of silence, a chubby student raised his hand. "Yes, David," the teacher said, "what does it mean?" "Well," David replied, "it means that the Jews had to go without Chinese food for 1,067 years."