Lazarus The Jew
A rich man and a beggar
lived and died together
When living
the rich man stepped over
Lazarus the beggar
who laid at his door
begging
while the dogs licked his sores
When they were dead
Abraham held Lazarus
to his chest
his hand holding his head
to his heart
like a father holds a child
while the rich man watched
from afar
unable to move
out of the flames
of fear and shame
that consumed him
Who was Lazarus?
And why was he a beggar?
Lazarus was the Jew
who heard Moses and the prophets
and so became a beggar
in this world
and a beloved child embraced by Abraham
in the next
Who were the dogs
who licked the sores
of Lazarus the Jew?
They were the true Sabbos Goys
who did all they could rightly do
to comfort Lazarus
in this world
And who was the rich man?
He was the soul without a source
whose emptiness is like a dragon
and whose pride is his god
who does not hear Moses and the prophets
For to the [hardened] sinner
God gives the labor
of gathering up and accumulating things…
(Ecclesiastes 2:26)
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