Can you sing?

You can sing

I don’t mind

But I’m not musically inclined

You enjoy singing

But I got to plug my ears

For your voice sounds like a record with peanut butter smears

Reb Hillel of Paritch[1] used to say

If you’re not musically inclined

A vort Chassidus will bounce right off your mind[2]

Why is that, you might ask

One is about the brain

And one is just a tune?

I hear your claim

Yet we do see, many that have a fine noodle

When it comes to these books

Their like a little poodle

On the 19^th of Kislev we are blessed with a great Chassidic year[3]

What does that mean?

To me it would seem

That we are blessed with the ability to tune in

With this we might begin

To get the spin

And be in the in

To not fall flat on our chin

Or to fall in the trash bin

L’Chaim!

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[1] Rabbi Hillel of Paritsh (1795-1864) was a chassid of the Mitler Rebbe and the Tzemach Tzedek.  Chassidim used to say he was ‘half a Rebbe’ in his own right.  He served as Rabbi of Bobruisk for many years, and authored Pelech HaRimon, a work of deep Chassidic thought. 

[2] There are two versions of this thought see Sefer Hasichos 5697 p. 221.

[3] See introduction to Hayom Yom