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for baseless hatred Bes Mikdash was burned
our b'rit made void, the Land given away
but being human, we still haven't learned
contingent grant withdrawn because we stray

a thousand blossoms bloomed where now there's two
Chief Rabbinates empowered by the State
opining who's a Goy and who's a Jew
who'll tell us whom to wed, and whom to hate

Gedaliah's fast is honored in the breach
reminding us of intramural strife
Yigal Amir just did what others teach
to elevate the Land above a life

millenia of lessons taught, but spurned
and being human, we still haven't learned