Jewish history in limerick

amother

Sun, Dec 24 2023, 9:13 pm

Here we go history of the Jews
More and more bad news
From Egypt He redeemed us
His People He deemed us
In His Land three cardinal sins we pursued

First Nevuchadnetzar kicked us out
Bavel for 70 years Yirmiya'd shout
Then back with Cyrus
Travel didn't tire us
Rules of Ezra, 2nd temple, and first public schools abound

Then along came the Greeks
Be Hellenists and get the glory you seek
Chashmonaim said GO!
Swine in Temple-no!
The Sages won though prognosis was bleak

After a while came the Roman
Said you toe the line, man
But the Jews refused
Bar Kochba ensued
Then legionnaires dragged us out of our homeland

Throughout the diaspora we spread
Varied countries said here break your bread
Then tired of us
Set fire to us
And on and on the Jews fled

On Wikipedia we've got a whole page
Of expulsions in each age
The kinos were written
Is that Anatevka you're singin?
Still faith we keep in each stage

Now over to the Middle East and the Yemenites
Mahmud and followers treated us like parasites
Jizya we'd pay
Keep the Imams away
Then they killed us like termites

In Spain Inquisition unexpected
Shema Yisroel we inflected
Whether running away
Burned in auto de fe
No matter if pleb or well connected.

Poland and King Boleslav beckoned
Po Lin we heard and we reckoned
We'd rest for a while
But wait - pogroms hostile!
Then Germans and Auschwitz threatened.

So the Irgun Lechi and Hagana
Fought Arab and British propaganda
Bombed trains and hotels
From Jaffa to Bethel
Did you ever hear of Uganda?

A state, a home for the Jews at last
See, time after time we're harassed
By all types of people
Of mosque or of steeple
From all quarters we get attacked

One could say Kahana Tzadak
With Vayoel Moshe some beliefs interlock
With Torah to guide
Divine Laws it provides
And FINALLY it's Moshiach o'clock!!