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Poetry challenge: Christmas poem.
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This snippet’s lost in Christmas lore joy.…
Baby Jesus was not the first “Goy.”
Here’s what most Christians miss –
The Wise Men came for the Bris….
Which they have for a Jewish baby boy!
Did you get the bad “snippet/snip it” pun? Harry, you asked for Christmas poems. There’s more on the way
Christians in general tend to forget that Jesus was Jewish and he did his teaching as a Jewish man, the same as all of our prophets.
Since the Christian moral religious ideology is based on the teachings of Jesus, who taught as a Rabbi, it is essentially the same moral spiritual ideology of Judaism. The fairy tale doesn’t take place until the death of Jesus, which, ironically, gives Christians a way to absolve themselves after leading a life which is not in accordance with the teachings of Jesus….but people do love to believe in fairy tales. I happen to believe if you live your life in accordance to God’s commandments and perform mitzvot, God will take care of the rest.
The pun comes from this
Snippet | Definition of Snippet by Merriam-Webster
Define snippet: a small piece of information or news —
So ……
This small piece of information is lost in Christmas lore joy – snippet
becomes…….
Jesus’s ceremonial circumcision signifying his covenant with the God of Abraham is lost in Christmas lore joy – snip it
It popped in my head in the middle of the night. I jumped out of bed and wrote it down and worked it later
More on the way Joel, great 🙂
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