A reminder ¨C WUTSup 5 ¨C 5:30 PM Mountain Time. Topic: The Last Words of the Biblical Book of Genesis.

 

Our text for today is Genesis 49:26 through the end of Gen. 50¡ªthe end of the stories of Jacob and Joseph. Bonus: Time permitting, we will also look at Maimonides¡¯ Book of Commandments on Tefillin: learn about this archetypical aspect of Judaism, worn by Jews for at least 2000 years and possible 3000 years.

 

Here¡¯s the link for today: WUTSup! Wyoming Union Torah Study - Klatch (getklatch.com)   (not my usual ZOOM). Today would be a good day to try it out.

 

Seth Ward

 

 

 

Hi everyone!

 

Many students, friends and colleagues have expressed interests in Scriptural Studies. Some of you have been active with WUTSup! Today would be a good time to join us! Our text for today is Genesis 49:26 through the end of Gen. 50―the end of the stories of Jacob and Joseph. Here’s the link for today: WUTSup! Wyoming Union Torah Study - Klatch (getklatch.com)

 

WUTSup! has been meeting online and with informal Scripture discussions since March 2020. The name “WUTSup” comes from prior to March 2020, when we used to meet in the Wyoming Union on the UW campus for “Torah Study.” I hope to go back to meeting in person January 19, but will keep the online-access.

 

The Scriptural Passages we discuss are largely based on the traditional Jewish reading cycle (“Weekly Torah Reading”). I try to include traditional Jewish commentary, legends and folklore (what might be called “Bible Stories”), as well as Modern scholarship, and comparative material from Christian and Muslim sources. For example, in the past I have compared Qur’anic and Biblical materials about Abraham, Joseph, Moses and other Biblical figures. I strive for the sessions to be “ecumenical and inclusive” while remaining true to the original sense of Scripture and to Jewish interpretational traditions. This year, I am also trying to read a section from Maimonides’ Book of Commandments each week to give another way of learning about Jewish scriptural interpretation. (Time permitting, today’s passage is about the Tefillin worn today during the morning prayer.

 

I strive to keep these sessions 30 minutes (although some of us stick around to chat a little while longer). No one can complain that they don’t have an hour to spare.

 

TODAY’s link is a new platform. It requires registration, which should only take a few seconds (although I recommend registering in advance anyway). Here is the link again: WUTSup! Wyoming Union Torah Study - Klatch (getklatch.com) Please note that the website says 7PM Eastern which is the same thing as 5 Mountain. It also sets a “charge of $0.” i.e. there is no charge.

WUTS meets at 5 PM Mountain time today, Wed. Dec. 15. Looking forward to seeing you!

 

Seth Ward

 

 

 

 

 

Wyoming Baroque and The Golem

 

 

 

Wyoming Baroque

Performs a new Film Soundtrack by 

Dr. Mark Elliot Bergman

Sheridan College Director of Strings and Orchestral Studies

together with

 

a screening of the 1920 silent film

The Golem

 

 

Monday, October 4, 2021--7:30 PM

Choral Rehearsal Room, Room 2003 in the

Buchanan Fine Arts Center

University of Wyoming, Laramie WY.

 

 

 

A short trailer about the project is available here. 

 

 

 

INFO:

Dr. Mark Elliot Bergman
Sheridan College Director of Strings and Orchestral Studies

Music Director, Wyoming Baroque

mbergman@sheridan.edu

307.675.0730

Sheridan College Music Department

Personal website

Sheridan College Strings and Orchestral Studies

 

 

 

 

 

 Sefarad vehaMizrah on the occasion of its 30^th year anniversary is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting on Wednesday, July 28 beginning at 19:30 p.m. Israel time.

Topic: Global zoom of some 27 Sephardi and Mizrahi presentations going from east to west every 20-30 minutes beginning in Israel and continuing throughout Europe and the Americas until the same evening on the west coast of the USA Pacific time.

 

 
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6968745676?pwd=RE84RDhyYy9CNzdsdytKS0R4T3Jvdz09

Presentations (ca. 20 minutes each):

1) Ambassador Dan Oryan, Israeli ambassador to North Macedonia and initiator of Bitola/Monastir cemetery restoration project, “The Jewish Cemetery in Bitola (Monastir) from the Perspective of the Israeli Ambassador” 19:50

2) Dr. Vlatko Janev, University of Skopje (from Tiblisi, Georgia), “The Jewish community in Skopje during the last century of Ottoman rule (1800-1912)”. 20:10 (21:10 in Tiblisi)

3)  Prof. Zvi Zohar, Bar Ilan University, “Are Israeli Mizrahi Rabbis still Sephardic? Reporting on a newly -begun research project”.20:30

4) Yagel Harush, paytan of Moroccan Jewry, Yerucham College Sephardi/Mizrahi studies program. 20:50

4a) Dr. Aviva Franke, Univ. of Koln/Jerusalem. “The Twenty-four Wards of the Priests in the Holy Temple as they appear in archeological inscriptions in Yemen”. 21:05.

5) Prof. Dov (Claude) Stuczynski  Bar-Ilan University, “New Christian `Men of the nation’: Judeo-Christian Identities”. 21:25

6) Dr. Margalit Bejarano, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, “FESELA” (”La Federación Sefaradí Latinoamericana”) 21:55

7) Yossi Ohana, Kehilot Sharot Piyyut Project, Jerusalem. 22:15

8) Dr. Avraham Huli, “Greek Jewish Rescuers in the Holocaust, and growing up at Greek Jewish moshav Tzur Moshe”.22:35

9) Dr. Rami Kimhi, Ariel University, Sephardic filmmaker, film scholar, and film critic, ”Material Culture of the Land of Israel; In New Palestinian and Israeli Cinema”. 22:50

Musical interlude, Sarah Aroeste “Mi Monastir”. 23:05

10) Dr. Paul Isaac Hagoel, Thessaloniki (Salonika), “The Holocaust in Salonika”.23:10 (Israel), 22:10 Thessaloniki

11) Ken Blady, Berkeley, California, “From the Land of Frankincense and Myrrh: The Jews of Yemen”.23:30 Israel, 13:30 Pacific time, California

12) Nardo Bonomi, Florence, Italy, “The History of Sephardim in Italy”.23:50 (Israel), 22:50 Florence, Italy time.

13) Sydney Corcos, Jerusalem (from Essoueira, Mogador, Morocco), “The New Jewish Museum in Essoueira (Mogador) and the Corcos family”. 24:20 (Israel), 22:20 Morocco time.

14) Prof. Jose Tavim, University of Lisbon, “Portuguese Jews in Morocco and Cochin, XVI century”.24:40 (Israel), 22:40 Portugal time.

15) Prof. Shalva Weil, Hebrew University (broadcasted from Univ. of Cambridge, England) “The Jews of Goa”.  1 a.m, Israel time, 11:00 p.m./23:00 p.m. Cambridge, England time

16) Yosi Stepanski, archeologist, Safed, Israel, “Newly Discovered Sepharadi Epitaphs from the Tsfat (Safed) Cemetery”. 1:30 a.m. Israel time.

17) Dr. Shoshana (Susana) Weich-Shachak, Tel Aviv, “The Treasure of Sephardic Childhood Repertoire”. 2 a.m. Israel time.

18) Dr.Judith Roumani, Editor Sephardic Horizons, “"The online journal Sephardic Horizons in the contact of electronic publication; and an update on Libyan Jewish studies", Wash. D.C. 2:30 a.m. Israel time, 7:30 p.m./19:30 p.m.  Wash DC, EST)

19) Dr. Annette Fromm, Miami, anthropologist and museum curator, “We are a minority among a minority, the romantization of the Romaniotes”. 8:00 p.m./20:00 p.m. Miami, FL. EST

20) Dr. Judith Cohen, Toronto, musicologist and Judeo-Spanish singer “Around the worlds of Sephardic music in 20 minutes”, 8:30 p.m./20:30 p.m. Toronto, Canada

21) Dr. Hernan Rodriguez, author, Santiago, Chile, “Kultura Sefardi Biva”. 9:00 p.m./21:00 p.m. Santiago/Chile. Equivalent to EST. 

22) Prof. Henry Green, Univ. of Miami, “Sephardi Voices: the Untold Story”.9:30 p.m./21:30 p.m. Miami, Florida EST

23) Prof. Victor Friedman, University of Chicago, “Judezmo in Macedonia”.

9:00 p.m./21:00 p.m. (Central time).

24) Arthur Benveniste, Los Angeles, CA, Editor “Halapid” (Crypto-Jewish studies), “The History of the Sephardim in Los Angeles”. 7:30 p.m./19:30 p.m. Los Angles, CA, Pacific time. (20:30 Mountain time)

25) Dr. Seth Ward, Univ. of Wyoming, Denver, Colorado, “Anusim Descendants in Contemporary Colorado and New Mexico, USA: a talk celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Sephardic Newsletter”. 9 p.m./21:00 p.m.  Mountain time, Denver, Colorado.

26) Prof. Ethan Katz, University of California, Berkeley. Historian on North African Jews in France, and Operation Torch in North Africa during WWII.  8:30 p.m./20:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Berkeley, California.

Conclusion: Prof. Yitzchak Kerem, 7:00 a.m. (Jerusalem), 21:00 PST, 22:00 Mountain time, 23:00 Central Time, 24:00 EST.

 

Foundation for Jewish Diversity, Los Angeles

The Heritage House for the Sephardic and Eastern Communities (Beit Maksim), Jerusalem

 

A TASTE OF JEWISH MUSIC FROM—ANYWHERE: JAFFA

(in the musical / film Kazablan)

Seth Ward

22 February 2021

 

 

FOOD AND DRINK

Each program in this series has featured food and drink—a recipe and a drink recommendation. These are somewhat obvious for Kazablan. This movie is often called a “Bourekas” film—a moniker for melodramatic films from the 1960s through 1970s and 80s that focused on ethnic tensions, and featured Sephardic and Mizrachi characters. Similar films portraying largely Ashkenazi communities were sometimes called “Gefilte Fish” films—also appropriate for Kazablan which features a memorable scene with this Ashkenazi favorite. Here is a recipe for Bourekas.

I adopted this recipe from a number of online sources. One of these is Tori Avey’s website:

https://toriavey.com/toris-kitchen/cheese-bourekas/.

 

Avey linked Bourekas to Purim. “These Cheese Bourekas are also a fun recipe option for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim. Purim is sometimes celebrated with a meatless menu in honor of Queen Esther, who became a vegetarian to keep kosher in the palace of her non-Jewish husband King Ahasuerus. Stuffed foods are traditional for Purim, as are triangle-shaped foods. These Cheese Bourekas are both triangular and meatless, making them a great choice for your Purim menu!”

 

Avey may have something here: Bourekas are similar in some ways to kreplach, although kreplach would normally be meat-filled, and boiled rather than baked. While I imagine most readers of this recipe are most familiar with kreplach on Erev Yom Kippur, most sources indicate that kreplach are eaten on Hoshana Rabba and Purim as well.

In order to make the bourekas Pareve, I used margarine rather than butter. Similarly, I made the filling without cheese.

BOUREKAS RECIPE

Pastry Dough

·        1 cup cold unsalted margarine (about half a tub)

·        1 teaspoon coarse salt

·        1 tablespoon olive oil

·        2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, (spooned and leveled)

·        3 tablespoons ice water

 

Combine all the ingredients except the water in a food processor.  Add a little water, then pulse, continue until dough rolls up into a ball.

Pack the dough into a plastic container or wrap in plastic and refrigerate for ½ hour or more.

Filling

·        2 russet potatoes 

·        ½ to 1 cup mushrooms, carrots or other vegetables

·        2 large eggs

·        Salt and pepper, spices to taste

·        1 large egg yolk; 2 teaspoons water

·        1 tbsp sesame or poppy seeds for topping (optional)

·        Sesame seeds

·        Nonstick cooking oil spray

Preheat oven to 350; put parchment paper on baking pan(s)

Microwave potatoes until just able to be mashed; mash

Add mushrooms or other vegetables to taste, 2 eggs, salt, pepper and other spices.

Roll out pastry dough 12” X 12” or 12” x 8” sheets. There should be 2 if doing 12” x 12”, or 3 if 12” x 8” sheets.

Cut into 4” x 4” squares – this makes about 18 such squares, place on baking pan

Put filling on a corner of the dough: try to fill half the square along the diagonal

Fold one corner to the other, to make a triangle.

Use a fork to make indentations in two sides of each one

Mix egg yolk with a little water, brush onto each boureka, top with sesame seeds

Bake for 30-35 minutes.

Enjoy!

 

Fans of the film should also consider Almonds and pistachios, baklava, gefilte fish and of course… goulash!

 

 

DRINK

Arak.

In the film, if you look closely, you can see glasses with a white liquid: add water to Arak and it turns white. However, you can also drink it straight or over ice.

 

 

SONG SHEETS

The song sheets that follow were taken from Internet sources and from Dovi Seltzer, Oseh Ha-Manginot, ”The Melody Maker” (Kineret, 2010), which includes a biographical narrative by Seltzer, words and musical notation for many of his songs, and comments on much of the music. Sometimes there are differences between the Hebrew texts and the transliteration in the musical notation, or the wording sung on the film.

 

YAFO
Words: Amos Ettinger. Music: Dov Seltzer

Come, and set your eyes at the tower's clock you'll look to the sky A thousand stars above Smell the fragrance and look at the sunset and then you'll feel in your bones, feel that again you are, you are in Jaffa	Tavo, tasim einaim basha'on shebamig'dal tabit al hashamaim elef kochavim me'al tari'ach et hareiach vetabit al ha-shki’ah ve'az tar'gish ba'atzamot, tar'gish ki shuv atah nimtza, atah nimtza beyafo	תבוא, תשים עיניים בשעון שבמגדל תביט על השמיים אלף כוכבים מעל תריח את הריח ותביט על השקיעה ואז תרגיש בעצמות, תרגיש כי שוב אתה נמצא, אתה נמצא ביפו
You are in Jaffa, you are in Jaffa Jaffa, Jaffa, Jaffa, my beautiful you are in Jaffa, Jaffa, Jaffa, Jaffa	Atah nimtza beyafo, atah nimtza beyafo yafo, yafo, yafo, yafo yafati. atah nimtza nimtza beyafo, yafo, yafo, yafo.	אתה נמצא ביפו, אתה נמצא ביפו יפו, יפו, יפו, יפו יפתי אתה נמצא נמצא ביפו, יפו, יפו, יפו
Come, and tune your ears and order a full meal Hear how the bouzouki does good to the soul We'll give you a cup of arak That goes down straight to the heart and then you'll feel in your bones, feel that again you love, You are in love with Jaffa you love Jaffa	Tavo, tasim oznaim vetaz'min manah sh'lemah tishma eich habuzuki tov oseh baneshamah niten lecha kos arak sheyered lecha lalev ve'az tar'gish ba'atzamot, tar'gish ki shuv atah ohev, atah ohev et yafo atah ohev et yafo.	תבוא תשים אוזניים ותזמין מנה שלמה תשמע איך הבוזוקי טוב עושה בנשמה ניתן לך כוס ערק שיירד לך ללב ואז תרגיש בעצמות, תרגיש כי שוב אתה אוהב, אתה אוהב את יפו.
You love Jaffa Jaffa, Jaffa, Jaffa, my beautiful You love, you love Jaffa Jaffa, Jaffa, Jaffa.	Atah ohev et yafo yafo, yafo, yafo, yafo yafati atah ohev, atah ohev et yafo yafo, yafo, yafo.	אתה אוהב את יפו יפו, יפו, יפו, יפו יפתי אתה אוהב, אתה אוהב את יפו יפו, יפו, יפו

 

Some may be interested to note that the lyrics and music for this section are in Melody Maker but not in the film. Here is the score for this section:

 

ROSA ROSA

Lyrics: Haim Hefer, Music: Dov Seltzer

 

This song was not in the stage musical. Seltzer writes that he composed it for Yehoram Gaon’s first solo performance; Israel Broadcasting (Kol Yisrael) “didn’t get the joke” but the public loved it and demanded Gaon sing it in his concerts. Note that Hefer wrote a third verse that was not included in the film. Interestingly, Yehoram Gaon sings about opening a store to sell “almonds and raisins” in the film, and not the pistachios of the published lyrics.

When I saw you as a little girl Laughing such a wide laugh, Suddenly I felt like a knife entered me here in the chest. I sent you a million flowers And two million letters, But you kept laughing and you drove crazy All those living on the street.	Ksheraitich yalda ktana Tsocheket tschok rachav kaze Pitom hirgashti eich kmo sakin Elai nichnas po bachazeh   Milion prachim shalachti lach Ushnei milionim michtavim Ach at himshacht litschok ve at shigat Bar'chov et kol hatoshavim	כשראיתיך ילדה קטנה צוחקת צחוק רחב כזה, פתאום הרגשתי איך כמו סכין אלי נכנסת פה בחזה. מיליון פרחים שלחתי לך ושני מיליונים מכתבים, אך את המשכת לצחוק ואת שיגעת ברחוב את כל התושבים.
Ah-Ah-Ah Rosa Rosa Rosa Rosa You are my love How many more poems must I compose Until you become my wife But, Rosa Rosa, You are my love.	Akh akh akh Rosa, Rosa, Rosa, Rosa At ahuva sheli Kama shirim od lach achrosa Ad sheh tihi ishti Ach Rosa, Rosa At ahuva sheli	אך אך אך רוזה רוזה רוזה רוזה את אהובה שלי כמה שירים עוד לך אחרוזה עד שתהיי אשתי אך, רוזה רוזה, את אהובה שלי.
I dragged bricks I broke my back for you, To see you from the building Which was built then in front of your house. You said you wanted to live A good and sweet life, So for you, I opened in the neighborhood A store selling almonds and pistachios..... Rosa Rosa Rosa ...	Ani sachavti levenim Ta’gav shavarti bishfilech Bishvil lir’ot otach min habinyan Asher banu az mul beitech Amart she'at rotza lichiot Chaim tovim umetukim Az bishfilech patachti bashchuna Chanut shkedim ufistuchim Rosa Rosa Rosa	אני סחבתי לבנים ת'גב שברתי בשבילך, בשביל לראות אותך מן הבניין אשר בנו אז מול ביתך. אמרת שאת רוצה לחיות חיים טובים ומתוקים, אז בשבילך פתחתי פה ברחוב חנות שקדים ופיסטוקים רוזה רוזה רוזה ...
I went through beatings for you And got mixed up with the law, And you did not even sign a guarantee for me Just kept laughing all the time. Say what the end will be I can go no longer, You're already forty-five or six And I'm closing in on fifty. Rosa Rosa Rosa	Makot halachti bishvilekh Vehistaksakhti im hahok V’at afilu lo hatamt li al arvut Rak kol hazman himshacht litzhok Tagidi mah yehyeh hasof Ani kvar lo yakhol yoter At kfar ba arbaim hamesh o shesh Va’ani ta’chamishim soger   Rosa, Rosa, Rosa	מכות הלכתי בשבילך והסתכסכתי עם החוק, ואת אפילו לא חתמת לי על ערבות רק כל הזמן המשכת לצחוק. תגידי מה יהיה הסוף אני כבר לא יכול יותר, את כבר בת ארבעים חמש או שש ואני ת'חמישים סוגר. רוזה רוזה רוזה

 

I chose this song, a great production number, largely because it is the piece my students at the University of Wyoming typically remember best, both in terms of the refrain and the critique of the gap between democracy’s promise and reality.

 

 

DEMOCRATIA

   Lyrics: Amos Ettinger, Music: Dov Seltzer

Democracy is equality Between the poor and the wealthy But let’s try to clarify why-- Some are “more equal” than others.	HaDemocratia zeh shivyon Bein ‘ani u-va’al hon Aval tzarikh od levarer Madua yesh shavim yoter.	הדמוקרטיה זה שוויון בין עני לבעל הון אבל צריך עוד לברר מדוע יש שווים יותר
Demo Demo Democracy ...	Dem Demo Democratia	דמו דמו דמוקרטיה...
If you have a serious complaint Do not reveal this to your wife! Do not protest this rule, Just democratically—be silent!	Im yesh lekha t’luna kasha Al tgaleh zot la-isha Al t’arer al zeh ha-Hok Be-ofen Democrati-Shtok!	אם יש לך תלונה קשה אל תגלה זאת לאישה אל תערער על זה החוק, באופן דמוקרטי שתוק!
Demo Demo Democracy ...	Dem Demo Democratia	דמו דמו דמוקרטיה...
The Sephardim are the majority here But who is sitting pretty? The Ashkenazim and that's no joke Because they made up the law!	Ha-Sefardim etzlenu rov Akh mi yoshev etzlenu tov? Ha-Ashkenazim ve-zeh lo tzhok Ki hem himtzi’u et ha-hok	הספרדים אצלנו רוב אך מי "יושב" אצלנו טוב האשכנזים וזה לא צחוק כי הם המציאו את החוק
Demo Demo Democracy ...	Dem Demo Democratia	דמו דמו דמוקרטיה...
What’s good about democracy is You can curse it all day long. It will not hear or say a thing Even if you shout until tomorrow.	Ba-democratia mah she-tov Kalel; otah yom-yom ba’rhov Hi lo tishma ve-lo tomar Gam im titz’ak poh ad machar.	בדמוקרטיה מה שטוב קלל אותה יום יום ברחוב היא לא תשמע ולא תאמר גם אם תצעק פה עד מחר
Demo Demo Democracy ...	Dem Demo Democratia	דמו דמו דמוקרטיה...
That this area is ruled, Absolutely by “law and order” In case you do not understand, This is where the knife speaks.	Zeh she-bashetah poh sholet Mishtar va-seder be-hechlet Le-khol adam sh-lo mevin Kan medabberet ha-sakin	זה שבשטח פה שולט, משטר וסדר בהחלט לכל אדם שלא מבין כאן מדברת הסכין.
Demo Demo Democracy ...	Dem Demo Democratia	דמו דמו דמוקרטיה...
Democracy is progress Which just stands in place And you’ll find out if you just look It’s really going backwards	Ha-Democratia hi kidmah Asher dorekhet bi-mkomah Ve-tegaleh im rak tabit Holekhet hi ahoranit	הדמוקרטיה היא קידמה אשר דורכת במקומה ותגלה אם רק תביט הולכת היא אחורנית
Demo Demo Democracy ...	Dem Demo Democratia	דמו דמו דמוקרטיה...
In a democracy there’s always food For those who have money In a very democratic way You can starve to death!	Ba-demokratiah yesh mazon Tamid lemi sheyesh mammon Be-ofen democratiy rav Efshar ligvo’a be’ra’av	בדמוקרטיה יש מזון תמיד למי שיש ממון באופן דמוקרטי רב אפשר לגווע ברעב
Demo Demo Democracy ...	Dem Demo Democratia	דמו דמו דמוקרטיה...
Democracy is an office Where a pleasant clerk sits To whomever comes he’ll always say "Maybe habbub, come back tomorrow"	Ha-Demokratiah zeh misrad Sham yoshev pakid nechmad Le-mi she-ba tamid yomar Ulay habbub tavo machar	הדמוקרטיה זה משרד ששם יושב פקיד נחמד למי שבא תמיד יאמר "אולי חבוב תבוא מחר"
Demo Demo Democracy ...	Dem Demo Democratia	דמו דמו דמוקרטיה...

                              

 

 

 

 

 

Kol Ha-Kavod is probably best translated as “congratulations for this honor!” or “great job.” This song is last on the list only because it was covered recently in the Colorado Hebrew Chorale’s program on Yehoram Gaon, in the Marvelous Musical Men series.

 

KOL HAKAVOD

Lyrics: Dan Almagor, Music: Dov Seltzer

In the kasbah in midday when the market is open I'd just walk (around) with a stretched chest everyone says what a cannon passing in the alleyways greeting me from every window all the honour! Everyone would know then very well who, who, has more respect Everyone would know then very well Who, always who, has more respect. And when the battle blazed and our unit did not move the commander would say" "you first, Kaza!" Everyone knew that Kazablan is always first to march and from behind they yelled: "all the honour!" Everyone would... Someone walks with a girl in Jaffa at twilight if I'd only wanted she'd be by my side straight between my arms but I won't bother the guy so he won't start to shake because it's a principle to me I have honour! Everyone would... If a drunk comes to some bar I will relax him he'd fly away from my watch straight to Jebelia but afterwards he comes back he comes very humbly raises a glass and then says: "all the honour!" Everyone would...

Bakasbah bachatzi hayom k'shehashuk patu'ach hayiti kachah stam holech vehachazeh matu'ach kulam omrim eizeh kanon over basimta'ot osim shalom mikol chalon kol hakavod! Kulam hayu yod'im az tov me'od lemi lemi - yesh yoter kavod kulam hayu yo'dim az tov me'od lemi lemi, tamid lemi - yesh yoter kavod. Uch'shehakrav hayah bo'er vehakitah lo zazah hamefaked hayah omer: "ata rishon ya kazah!" Kulam yad'u shekazablan rishon tamid litz'od ume'achor hem tza'aku: "kol hakavod!" Kulam hayu... Echad holech im bachurah beyafo bein arbaim im rak ertzeh etzli tihyeh yashar bein hayadaim ach lo afri'a labachur she'lo yatchil lir'od ki zeh etzli pashut printzip li yesh kavod! Kulam hayu... Im ba shikor le'eizeh bar ani oto margi'a hu af etzli min hasha'on yashar ad Jebalya aval achar kach hu chozer hu ba katan me'od merim kosit ve'od omer: "kol hakavod!" Kulam hayu...

בקסבה בחצי היום כשהשוק פתוח הייתי ככה סתם הולך והחזה מתוח כולם אומרים איזה קנון עובר בסימטאות עושים שלום מכל חלון כל הכבוד! כולם היו יודעים אז טוב מאוד למי למי - יש יותר כבוד כולם היו יודעים אז טוב מאוד למי למי, תמיד למי - יש יותר כבוד וכשהקרב היה בוער והכיתה לא זזה המפקד היה אומר: "אתה ראשון יא קזה!" כולם ידעו שקזבלן ראשון תמיד לצעוד ומאחור הם צעקו: "כל הכבוד!" כולם היו יודעים אז טוב מאוד... אחד הולך עם בחורה ביפו בין ערביים אם רק ארצה אצלי תהיה ישר בין הידיים אך לא אפריע לבחור שלא יתחיל לרעוד כי זה אצלי פשוט פרינציפ לי יש כבוד! כולם היו יודעים אז טוב מאוד... אם בא שיכור לאיזה בר אני אותו מרגיע הוא עף אצלי מן השעון ישר עד ג'בלייה אבל אחר כך הוא חוזר ובא קטן מאוד מרים כוסית ועוד אומר: "כל הכבוד!" כולם היו יודעים אז טוב מאוד...