Purim Gramin 2005

All over the world, groups gather each day
For the next 7 years they’ll learn the daf that way
But what we think is truly all the rage
That it can be said that all of klal yisrael is actually on “the same page”

Greed, misunderstandings and refusing to listen to reason
Have caused the National Hockey League to cancel its season
What probably really upset the players and owners truly got their goat is…
None of the fans actually seemed to notice

The trial of Michael Jackson is now taking place
To us the verdicts obvious - as plain as the once upon-nose-on-his-face
Jackson cannot claim to be discriminated against in this case
Cause no one’s quite sure of his sex or race

There were no virgins eager to greet him
No paradise or angels waiting to meet him
What Yasir’s actually going thru, we are happy to boast
Is the rotissery rotating slowly on “roast”

In Mel Gibson’s movie - they all spoke Aramaic
It’s a pity that the film was trite and archaic
What to us is truly a mystery --
Why should we accept an Anti-Semite’s view of history?

Chani, our daughter’s working in a school in the United Kingdom
She teaches kids about Israel, and Hebrew songs - even helps 
them sing ‘dem
Her use of English language is causing many laughs and snickers
Cause how she should know a “vest” is a “sweater” and 
“underwear” are “knickers”?

Suha’s spending days are now complete
No more $3,000 a night for a Parisian suite
Truth is Yasir had a bargain spending all that money each day
We’d pay twice that just to keep Suha away

In the Ukraine elections, here’s something we read
1 candidate poisoned the other, sending him to his deathbed
Maybe they should learn from the way the Arabs hold an election
Put up only 1 candidate and eliminate the selection

Many world leaders came to the Yad Vashem dedication
And we’d like to impart to them some vital information
This goes to the English, Dutch, French and also the German head
Next time - stay home and fight your anti-semitism instead

Once again the professionals, we consider wizards
Wrongly predicted the coming of blizzards
Why we rely on them, we do not know
When we too can just look out the window?

We are hoping that at the last minute the hitnatkut won't go through
And like on Purim the majority will be led by the few
In actuality all we need to do in order for us to keep Gush Katif
Is for us to strengthen in Hashem, our belief.

Lately, learning kaballah is all the rage
Even Madonna has done it on stage
But to her we say you still have to learn a ton 
We prefer our own Esther -- the original one