Jews -- Fiction; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
“Well, it runs this way: 'He has defied the law of the Lord our God.
Let him tremble and be afraid. He has dishonored the memory of his
ancestors; he has besmirched the name of his family; he has broken the
tie that bound him to his kinsfolk; he has sent the father that begot
him, and the mother that bore and suckled him, weeping on the way to
their graves. Oh, let him cast down his face and be ashamed. To his
brothers and sisters, to those who were his friends and loved him,
to the rabbi, the chazzan, the parnass, and the people of this
congregation, and to all faithful Jews from one end of the earth to the
other, he is as one who has died a disgraceful death. The anger of the
Most High shall single him out. His cup shall be filled to the brim with
gall and wormwood. The light of the sun shall be extinguished for him. A
curse shall rest upon him and upon all that concerns him. His wife shall
become as a sore in his flesh. With a scolding tongue she shall be-shrew
him. As a wanton, she shall shame him.
“His worldly affairs shall not prosper. Misfortune and calamity shall
follow wherever he goes. Whatsoever he puts his hand to, that shall
fail. An old man, homeless and friendless, he shall beg his bread from
door to door. His intelligence shall decay. He shall be pointed out and
jeered at, as a fool that drivels and chatters. His health shall break.
His bones shall rot in his body. His eyes shall become running ulcers in
their sockets. His blood shall dry up, a fiery poison in his veins.
And his seed also shall be afflicted. From generation to generation, a
blight shall pursue those that bear his name. For the blood of Israel
mixed with the blood of a strange people, is like a sweet wine mixed
with aloes. His sons shall be weak of mind and body. His daughters shall
be ugly to look upon. To him and to his the Lord our God will show no
mercy, even unto the brink of the grave. They shall be as if touched
with the leprosy, shunned and despised of all men. To the Goy they will
continue to be Jews; but to the Jew they will have become Goym. The Lord
our God is a jealous God. His love knoweth no bounds. His wrath is like
a great fire that can not be put out. He showereth favors abundantly
upon them that love Him and keep His commandments. The iniquity of the
fathers He visits upon the children and the children's children, even
unto the third and fourth generations. Blessed be the name of the Lord!”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account