Why Our Generation is Like "Dead Skin" on a Heel

The Kabbalists say it means we have the thick dead skin on the bottom of the feet. You, me, that's who we are. You know what's a characteristic of the thick skin on the bottom of the feet? It's dead. According to the Gamara, the Gamara says the heels don't rot after death cuz they're dead even when you're alive. That's why they're insensitive. You know, in South Africa as a teenager, in the summer we used to walk barefoot. I had a friend who used to put his lighted cigarettes out on the bottom of his bare feet. Thick dead skin, don't feel anything. One of the Kabbalists of this generation said that's exactly like us. You know what's amazing about the bottom of the feet? Speaking medically, no nerves at all. You can cut it, stick pins in, but the most sensitive part of the body to being tickled. Very interesting. Superficial stimulation makes you laugh. That's our generation. Totally insensitive to the worst brutality and immorality, but available for superficial stimulation that makes empty laughter. That's how he characterized us.