The Service Economy
No sooner were the gates free of b… than we’d paired off and squared off as fascists vs. totalitarians And as for the dissidents not spoi…
We are gathered around our phones Like little campfires And all we ever hear Are scary stories
It’s up to us Whether we do what we know is wron… Because it feels good in the momen… But if we do The devil is always there
Early on a Friday morning Just before I awakened My rabbi said, in a dream So, this is the way the Torah wor… But before he could explain
The internet wants to tell you a l… Instead, let me tell you a secret: After the Holocaust Antisemitism was buried just deep… That it came to seem an anachronis…
Every time I screw up God says what He has to say and then He says Over and I always think
You can neither know nor control t… But you can follow it And as you follow the truth You will come to know How to control yourself
If you count the rings on a tree stump it will tell you the cost of doing business
You can spend your life trying to understand why bad things happen to good people only to learn that good people do bad things
At the end of life you can either say I brought it or I bought it
Why bother keeping score when death assures that things always end in a tie Soon you’ll be able to get rid of death
Immortality still involves death Because we all still fear death Enough to die from it Moshiach will be the one Whose immortality eliminates death
My wife– All 5 feet of her– Busted me out of prison So that I could get back To a life of time
We’re always free to serve ourselves– Liberation is the process of freely choosing to serve others
They used to pay us A penny for our thoughts But then they realized We would pay them To think for us