Peter Himmelman’s Morning Musings

Peter Himmelman’s Morning Musings

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Peter Himmelman’s Morning Musings
Peter Himmelman’s Morning Musings
Look Ma, It's The Blood Libel!

Look Ma, It's The Blood Libel!

(Eleven verses)

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Look Ma, It's The Blood Libel!
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Matzo has many names.

The Bread of affliction. 
The Bread of Humility. 
The Bread of Healing. 
The Bread of Freedom. 

Not one of them is  
The Bread of Blood.

Had you been alive in England in say, 1255
would you have scoffed, pointed a finger
as we were wrongly, horribly accused? 
As we cried out in our innocence? 
As our bodies hung from 
the branch…

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