Not Quite Kosher Poem by gershon hepner

The Jews deduced the laws of keeping kosher
from two small tablets or a little brochure,
but God, believing them to be far needier,
gave Moshe laws in an encyclopedia
so heavy that it took the holy chariot
to bring it down from heaven, and to carry it
was far beyond his power, so he dropped it.
That’s why its laws have rarely been adopted.
Had Moshe had a PC or a Mac
he might have brought so many of them back
that everybody would have felt it safe
to keep them, but he didn’t, so we’re treif.
I think it’s mainly God’s fault, don’t blame Moshe:
he thought the deal was that he’d get a brochure.

7/18/06