Re'eh

Re'eh makes clear, the ger is free to eat
the chazerei the other nations do
the laws of kashrut circumscribing meat
don't obligate him as they would a Jew.
It's we who feel the obligation's bite
to love him as we would one of our own
be he an atheist, or proselyte,
or worshipper or idols carved in stone.
The pharaohs treated refugees as things
to buy as concubines for so much grain.
But we, who deign to serve no earthly kings
must empathize with every Other's pain.
The inward-focused shtetyl-Jew can't shine
the Light unto the Nations that's divine.