Get real. There is a world out there. Get real, you gotta make a living. Get real. 98% of America isn’t Jewish. Get real: neither is 99.999% of the world. Get real. Since 1940 Jews have been disappearing faster than just about anyone. Get real rabbi, these plans are gonna cost money.
Get real. The Hellenes haven’t just conquered Israel they’ve conquered everything worth conquering. Get real; everybody loves the theatre and stadiums, including your own Jews. Especially your own Jews: they’re more Greek than the Greeks. Get real: the High Priest is more Greek than the Greeks. It’s just you and a couple of mountain goats who don’t want to go Greek.
Get real: the Nile has raised the lushest, funnest, safest place. Get real: nobody makes better linen, majestic homes, titillating parties. Get real, 80% of your Hebrews are more Egyptian than the Egyptians and wouldn’t leave if the Good Lord himself knocked on the door.
You don’t get it, do you?
Thou shalt not bow down to idols. Fine, I don’t like bowing and I’ve never seen an idol so I shouldn’t. I mean those little stone ivory and marble pieces why did those ancients bow down to them. Anyways who cares, I’m not an anthropologist, I never even use words like anthropologist. My subscription to National Geographic ran out, (whither Nambia?) and I haven’t heard talk about idols since Hebrew school.
I celebrate Chanukah I celbrate Passover. I mark our redemption form the ancient greeks and ancient Egyptians. I don't worship idols. I don’t daven in the morning, sometimes I’ll say a short prayer, thanking G-d for this new day, may it be glorious. I go on-line to check my stocks, I hold my breath. My morning devotion.