There are Yiddish tales that begin
Amul, amul iz geven a yid
Once, once, is given a Jew.
Given: the Jew is postulated;
What follows from this given Jew?
Will there be Jewish jokes?
Or prayers or the heavy smell
Of new-baked challah? Or was
The Jew given as a gift is given?
Given a Jew, they said thank you
Though they already had two better
ones
Given a Jew, the universe looked
For a manual but couldn't find
one.
Perhaps, given a Jew, one should
wait:
To see if a story turns up..
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