12 Mar
When a Picture Is Worth More than a 1000 Words
Ramat Shlomo, East Jerusalem. Lower right corner: replica of 770 Eastern Parkway, the world headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. (AP/ Ha’aretz.)
The picture surprised me. At first I thought somebody thus superimposed it into the background, but this was not the case. Aside from looking completely out of place, I am amazed the Israeli government would even allow a building that was not made up of limestone. One must wonder why the Chabad architects would choose a style that sets it apart from all the rest? The answer is only too obvious, Chabad loves being “different.”
For those of you who don’t know, there is another facsimile of the 770 Headquarters in Kfar Chabad. Something tells me they are planning to franchise the model. McDonald’s and Pizza Hut may have some competition in the next decade or so.
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Yochanan composed another great melody I think everyone will enjoy.
Apologies to the Animals:
Notes:
[1] The recurring phrase “Rising Son,” is a pun and parody of the Chabad belief that Rabbi Schneersohn is going to literally “rise from the grave,” and claim to be the King Messiah.
There is a house in Jerusalem
They call the Rising Son [1]
And it’s been the ruin of many a Chasid
Hashem, I know I’m one
My mother was a hatter
She sewed my new fedora
My father was a talmid chacham
Down with his gemara
Now the only thing a shaliach needs
Is tefillin for Chabadniks
And the only time he’s satisfied
Is when he is a nudnik
—— klezmer solo ——
Oh mammaleh tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in messianic heresy
In the House of the Rising Son
Well, I got one foot near the kotel
The other foot in 770
I’m goin’ back to Brooklyn, New York
To where the air is heavenly
Well, there is a house in Jerusalem
They call the Rising Son
And it’s been the ruin of many a Chasid
Oy vey, I know I’m one
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