Ari Lesser - Purim Poetry Slam - Illustrated

[Music] [Applause] [Music] This song goes out to Ahmed. The Jews don't fear you. We fear God. We don't give a damn about your evil plan. Cuz no man could stand up against God's hand. Not the first to curse us. won't be the last. And if I were you, I would learn from the past. Many came before you to do what's wrong, but they're all long gone and we still stand strong. Ain't lived a man named Ham who rose in the capital of Shine when he walked down the street. Every man he would meet was commanded to bow to the ground at his feet. But there was one guy named Morai, a Jew who served only God most high. Day after day, he refused to obey. So Hermion decided he would make him pay. But it wasn't enough just to kill one man. Instead, he devised a grandmaster plan and persuaded the king to kill every Jew from the land of Kushar. The way the whole dude drew random locks to determine the date. Put our people's lives in the hands of fate. And it fell on the 13th day of Adar. They would slay every Jew both near and far. When we heard the news, we wept and fasted. Sack cloth and ashes spread through the masses. We humbled our hearts all of Israel. Pray that the wicked her mind would fail. This song goes out to the Jews don't fear you. We fear God. We don't give a damn about your evil plan. Cuz no man could stand up against God's hand. Not the first to curse us. Won't be the last. And if I were you, I would learn from the past. Many came before you to do what's wrong. But they're all long gone. and we still stand strong. Just could not wait for the date that the Jewish people would meet their fate every day. He saw more to hide at the gate. Then his heart was filled with so much hate when he complained to his friends and his wife. They told him might just take that Jew's life. So he built the gallows 50 high and tried to have the king hang the high. But the queen secretly turned out to be a girl from a nice Jewish family. So she came in to the king, told him that someone was trying to wipe out a king. Enraged that anyone was threatening the life of those close to the woman he chose as a wife. The king asked her, "Who's behind this plan?" She replied, "This wicked her is the man." He trembled in tear. He lost control. He begged Queen Esther to spare his soul. But the king decided her mind must die on the gallows that he had made for more hide. This song goes out. The Jews don't fear you. We fear God. We don't give a damn about your evil plan. Cuz no man could stand up against God's hand. Not the first to curse us. Won't be the last. And if I were you, I would learn from the past. Many came before you to do us wrong. But they're all long gone and we still stand strong. President of Iran. You're just like her mind. But instead of the gallows, you're building a bomb. If you want to see Morcai's family dead, but your wickedness a drop down on your own head. Open your ears. We won't disappear. Been here 3,800 years. We were slaves to Pharaoh, but God set us free and tossed the Egyptians in the Red Sea. The wicked by tried messing with us, but their curse turned into a blessing. Canaanites tried to fight us, but all of them had to fall like Jericho's walls. Goliath the Philistine talked a lot before he got knocked out with a slingshot. Assyrians conquered every other land, but they ran when they came up against God's hand. Babylon took us into captivity. We're back. They've been gone since BCE. And her mind who decreed every Jew should die. Got hanged on the gallows. He made for high. Our enemies fade, but we still exist. Do you really want to add your name to the list? You've been warned. If you don't proceed with caution, we'll name a food after you like humash. This song goes out to Ahmed. The Jews don't fear you, we fear God. We don't give a damn about your evil plan. Cuz no man could stand up against God's hand. Not the first to curse us. Won't be the last. And if I were you, I would learn from the past. Many came before you to do what's wrong. But they're all long gone and we still stand strong. [Music]